Comments on: Thoughts on Pagan Sign Language – part one

By: ocean1025

ocean1025 — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:41:01 +0000

It IS sad. Unfortunately, it’s also pretty common.

One of the problems is that quite frankly…many of the people teaching sign language classes are not really qualified to do so. Yes, they might be Deaf, and they might be skilled ASL users themselves…but that does not necessarily mean they have the knowledge and training on how to TEACH the language to others. I cringe when I think about my own awkward attempts at doing so. Nowadays, I really feel that teaching ASL is not just about knowing signs. It’s about fluency, it’s about attitude, it’s about teaching skills. If you don’t have the right combination of all three, then you’re really doing your students AND the language a disservice.

By: Erika

Erika — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:26:28 +0000

I started learning ASL at school when I was a Sophmore, and I remember not being taught the grammar for the language until my third year taking the class. Before that, we were given signs and told to use them. Thankfully, the teacher did make sure we knew ASL wasn’t signed English, but most of us really had no clue how to sign more than PSE unless we decided to take a third year of the class.

Looking back, that seems really sad, to be honest.

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