ASL And The History Of Sign Language

From the twentieth century until the present of 2015, the people often wonder about how sign language started. Sign language is described as a visual language that is used in combination with facial and body movements to communicate with other Deaf people. The definition of "Deaf" people are the people who use sign language as their "spoken language everyday life"(World Federation of the Deaf 2014, ¶ 1). It is estimated there are about "130 Deaf sign languages"(UCL, Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre 1999-2015, ¶ 1). More sign languages have recently been recognised as ‘languages’ in their given countries around the world. This essay will attempt to explain the history, culture and social aspects of Australian Sign Language otherwise known as Auslan.

The location of Jamestown is important because it was the first town that was made from the England’s people. There were three ships that carry the England’s people to the new world. They had 104 men that were aboard the three ships. The names of the boats are the Susan constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery. There is a river that is named James river is 60 miles. It was named after the king James first. Early conflict and mess with Jamestown colonists nearly spelled accident in the first few years. John smith was able to bring peace and order from chaos. John Smith wrote that the men that came over were getting lazy. That is when John Smith told the men that if they do not work then they will not eat. John smith was shot with gunpowder

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was a hearing minister that designed American Sign Language, which is the first language used by deaf and hearing people in the United States and Canada. Two thousand hundred million people are using ASL, and at least five thousand hundred people are using it as their most important way of communication. Throughout a period, Deaf people in America were already using sign language, in the early 1800’s; Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet had become friends with a young Deaf girl named Alice. Gallaudet started to teach the girl a few words, and succeeded at doing so. In 1815, Gallaudet went to Europe in search of methods of teaching the Deaf. He approached a number of program directors, the signs used at the school for the deaf, and the signs began to develop into American Sign Language. American Sign Language in America also has

The technique that Clerc taught was by the use of his hands, which he communicated with French sign language, blended with a bit of signs used by students in the United States. To Gallaudet the language was a inspiration which he called it, “Highly poetical,” but to Clerc and many of the deaf people, the using of sign was natural and useful. This was a result of a created acculturated nonverbal language known as American Sign Language (ASL). As new schools for the deaf spread west and south, American sign language also evolved as well in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois. By the year of 1864, Abraham Lincoln signed a law constituting the first college in the world for deaf students called Gallaudet University and all these schools used sign as a curriculum.

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The use of ASL is extremely important to the deaf community and to Deaf culture. Although fluency is always desired, the willingness to learn and communicate in ASL goes a long way in being accepted. A skilled signer who does not have the right attitude will be seen in a less appealing light than a struggling signer with a true heart for the deaf.

As part of daily life, we communicate and connect ourselves with certain communities. School, jobs, families, sports, extracurricular activities, and many other communities are just a few we come into contact with. Although these may seem to appear the same, there are specific types of communities such as a discourse community. A discourse community is a group of people involved in and communicating about a particular topic, issue, or in a particular field (Webcourses, N.d, Website) that has a share a common set of goals and attempt to achieve these goals (Swales, 1990). According to researcher and educator, John Swales, there are six characteristics that define whether or not a community is considered a discourse community. Following the criteria Swales states is necessary to be a discourse community, I did an in depth research on the American Sign Language community. Through my study, I was able to meet all six characteristics.

The authors visted different places in France to understand  the orgins myth of sign language. They were invited to by the local Deaf club in Marseilles, France, to a spcially oranized dinner. They heard a story again about Abbé de l’Epée and how he met two deaf women. As he wonder outside in the dark, he found a a house and as he entered the house he found two young women. When he spoke to them they didnt respond. He didnt know both girls were deaf until the mother walked in. He then decided to educate Deaf students. He became very known for creating the signs and educating Deaf

The technique that Clerc taught was by the use of his hands, which he communicated with French sign language, blended with a bit of signs used by students in the United States. To Gallaudet the language was a inspiration which he called it, “Highly poetical” (Weta and Florentine films/Hott productions Inc., 2007), but to Clerc and many of the deaf people, the using of sign was natural and useful. This was a result of a created acculturated nonverbal language known as American Sign Language (ASL). As new schools for the deaf spread west and south, American sign language also evolved as well in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois. By the year of 1864, Abraham Lincoln signed a law constituting the first college in the world for deaf students called Gallaudet University and all these schools used sign as a curriculum (Weta and Florentine

Sign language in the United States started out with each area having there own form of sign language specific to that area. What is known as American sign language today was developed by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Gallaudet started to develop ASL after he visited his family in 1814 and met Alice Cogswell, a young deaf girl who his siblings had left out. Gallaudet started to teach Cogswell written words for things such as the word hat. After that Alice's father, Mason Cogswell wanted Gallaudet to continue to teach Alice so he paid for Gallaudet to go to Europe to learn how deaf children were taught there. While in Europe he met Laurent Clerc, a graduate of the Institut Royal des Sourds-Muets in Paris. Clerc eventually came back to United States

     ASL is essentially the offspring of native new world sign languages and French Sign Language. LSF merged with the indigenous sign languages when it was brought to the United States in 1817 by Laurent Clerc, a Deaf Frenchman who opened the first American school for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. Grammatically, ASL is far removed from English. One common misconception is that ASL is simply silent English; a means of representing English with the hands. Codes such as this do exist, but they are rough hybrids of English grammar and ASL hand

In learning about the deaf culture I have taken on a new understanding about the people it includes. Through readings and the lessons, I have learned that being deaf has both its hardships and its blessings. The beauty of the language alone makes one want to learn all that he or she can about it. In this paper I will discuss the beauty of the language and the misconceptions the hearing world has about deafness.

Do hearing problems run in your family? Maybe or maybe not, but even if hearing problems don’t necessarily run in your family, that doesn’t mean that there is a 100% certainty that your child won’t be born without hearing difficulties. When having a child you should always be aware of many potential health concerns that can arise in the unborn child, and not just hearing problems. With todays’ health care advances, having a child born that is deaf or that has severe hearing problems may bring some challenges, but it does not mean the end of the world. Your baby is still perfect. What this does mean is that you will need to know what different options are available to you to help your baby with their hearing problem so that he/she can live a full, productive and happy life. While teaching any child that they can accomplish all they want out of life if they work hard at it, coping with hearing problems is along those same lines. It is very important you show and teach them nothing can stop them in life from achieving their goals and dreams and that includes having to overcome being deaf. In many cases I believe it can make you a stronger person with a greater drive to succeed. There are a couple of main options. A great deal of the time these tend to all work together to achieve the greatest overall success. There is the cochlear implant, American Sign Language (ASL), reading lips, and lastly if it is an option intense speech therapy.

The Deaf Studies in the 20th century focused on the studies of sign languages and of Deaf culture (Bauman & Murray, 2010). It was during the late part of the 20th century when sign languages and their practical use for communication of deaf students were formally studied. Many systems were explored, but the study of American Sign Language (ASL) became popular. A powerful argument why formal studies of sign language existed was to give Deaf students access to various modes of communication. Later, the study

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