WhyshouldyoulearnSignLanguage?Doyouwanttoimproveyourcommunicationwithafamilymemberorfriendwhoisdeaf?Doyouwanttobeabletocommunicatewithdeafpeopleingeneral?WouldyouliketoadvanceinyourcareerbybeingabletocommunicateinASL?DoyouwanttobeaSignLanguageinterpreter?
Signlanguageisnotjustarandom(随意的)collectionofgesturesbutafull-blown(完全成熟的)languageinitsownrightcompletewithitsowngrammaticalrules.EachcountryorregionhasitsownsignlanguageasdifferentfromeachotherasEnglishisfromSpanish.Eachversionofsignlanguageissomewhatlinkedtothespokenlanguageinitsregion.ForexampleAmericansignlanguagedoessharesimilaritieswithEnglisheventhoughitisitsownlanguage.
Theadvantagesofknowingsignlanguageinadditiontoaspokenlanguagearemany.Communicationbecomespossibleonmanylevelswiththedeafcommunitywithotherpeopleeitherhearingornotinanyoftheabovesituationsaswellasmanymore.
WhileotherlanguagestakeyearstolearnAmericanSignLanguagecanbetaughtinamuchshortertimeperiod.Itisoneoftheeasiestlanguagestolearnbecausemostofthesignsweredevelopedtomimictheactualwordorphraseitisrepresenting.EventhealphabetsignslooklikethelettersoftheEnglishalphabet.
AmericanSignLanguageorASListhethirdmostusedlanguageintheUnitedStates.Usedbythedeafcommunityinterpretersandfriendsandfamilyofthedeaf.Therearealotofsitesontheinternetthatnotonlyshowsyouthesignwithvideobutwillhelpyoupracticereadingsignsaswell.
Teachingevenhearingbabiessignlanguageseemstobethefashioninrecentyearsandforgoodreason.Communicatinginsignlanguageisfunandnaturalasbabiesnaturallyusebodygesturesinearlycommunication.Teachingbabysignlanguageactuallyappearstoenhancethelearningofverbalskillsandbraindevelopmentofthechildreninvolved.
1.Whichtworegionssharesimilaritiesintheirsignlanguage?
A.SpainandBritain.
B.MexicoandUSA.
C.AustraliaandCanada.
D.JapanandKorea.
2.Signlanguage________.