Capturing a Movement: Sign Language Preservation

From: Sign Language Studies | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Burch, Susan | Copyright information

THE REAL AND SYMBOLIC value of sign language remains at the crux of Deaf people's identity. Since the inception of schools for deaf students in America, the use of sign language as the primary mode of classroom communication has enabled students' easy access to knowledge. It fits the visual needs of those who cannot hear and for whom reading lips proves cumbersome, if not impossible. Its pedagogical implications-the significance of sign language-transcends the classroom. Deaf people, then as ...

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