When Ruthie Charendoff attended a conference on inclusion last fall and saw everyone speaking in American Sign Language, she said she realized for the first time how large the deaf population is in ...
The University’s American Sign Language program will continue next semester with only one regular instructor, and the first-level ASL class will not be offered as a result. “One of the ASL instructors ...
Over Spring Break, the ASL club took a field trip to Washington D.C. in coordination with the deaf liberal arts university Gallaudet, which has an elementary and secondary school for the deaf and hard ...
With increased awareness of the importance of American Sign Language, more opportunities to learn the language have arisen as well. ASL is an integral part of countless lives from birth until death; ...
One year ago, senior Ellyn Skodack switched her major to communicative sciences and disorders. In making this transition she decided that she wanted to learn American Sign Language, or ASL, a skill ...
Northwestern students learned how to communicate with their hands and facial expressions instead of their voices at the American Sign Language Club’s first beginners’ workshop Sunday. The event aimed ...
Despite the Deaf population standing at one million people in the U.S., the American Sign Language (ASL) department at Uconn is small. ASL club is a group of students committed to learning about Deaf ...
It takes an average of 8 or more years to become fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The proficiency chart below (created by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) shows levels of ...
The Associated Students of Michigan State University passed bills advocating for sign language classes at MSU, more free spaces for student organizations and the implementation of gun violence ...
SALEM, Va. (WFXR)– Roanoke College is utilizing the classroom to make the campus and community more accessible through American Sign Language with four different ASL classes. Demand for those classes ...