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Sign languages and learning CH5
Sign language is the close to the heart of deaf culture.
There are hundreds of different kinds of sign languages all around the world.
Anyone can learn sign language but to become completely fluent it takes years.
American sign language could be traced back to Spain in the early 1500s
Native american sign language
African American sign language or BASL
Old french sign language
Linguistics is the field where languages are studied.
Linguists are scientist who study languages
People like Thomas Gallaudet are pioneers for deaf communications in American history.
Thomas went to France and England to learn new methods to teach deaf students.
learned about Abbe De L'epee a monk who established the first deaf school in Paris and visited it.
A deaf man named Laurent Clerc helped Thomas establish a school for the deaf
The school was named the American School for the deaf in Hartford Connecticut.
Native/ Indigenous roots
Traders and explorers learned some sign language from natives.
The explorer referred to native communication as "hand talk".
NAISL represents 7 different geographic regions and they all have their own variants of sign language.
When the Europeans colonized North America , The natives went through genocide because of the languages they had spoken.
After the civil war , deaf students were separated and segergated.
African Americans created their own version of sign language called BASL (Black American sign language.
ASL learners include teachers, doctors, social workers and lawyers
Used in classes of all ages , children with autism , down syndrome , cerebral palsy