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Recognition of ASL as a Language - Coggle Diagram
Recognition of ASL as a Language
gestures
gestures or signs rather then speech
helped keep quiet so pray didnt hear
more effective
point and describe shapes
visual
facial expression
eyes, face, head, body posture, hands, and arms
written can be recorded
deaf history
used sign before 1817
American asylum of the deaf and dumb in Hartford
some sign similar to ASL
expressions evolved over the years
school
some didnt even know they had a name
fingerspelling most didnt know
first taught pronouncing and peaking their name
then taught sign name
finally learning to fingerspell their name