Kent, Deborah. What Is Sign Language? Enslow 48p $23.93 978-0-7660-3771-7 2012 elm/ms VG series: Overcoming Barriers Nonfiction
Sign
language is the fourth most widely used “language” in the United States. Whether a person is born deaf, becomes deaf,
or lives in a deaf family or community, learning sign language is different for those who cannot hear.
Sign language reflects deaf culture and is a language with syntax and grammar rules of its own. For many years, use of sign language was forbidden in schools for the deaf. Deaf students instead focused on lip reading and finger spelling in English. Sign language has only recently become accepted as a legitimate form of communication. Many find the language to be very expressive, conveying thoughts and emotions through motions of the hands, face and body to communicate.
Kent explores the history of sign language, how it is used today, and how it is the first language for one special fourth-grade girl. It is interesting to note that Deborah Kent herself was the first blind student to attend public school in Little Falls, New Jersey.
In addition to colorful photographs featuring deaf individuals, the volume includes several useful websites, a list of suggested readings, and a brief glossary and index.
American Sign Language, Deaf-Means of communication --Hilary Welliver
Sign language reflects deaf culture and is a language with syntax and grammar rules of its own. For many years, use of sign language was forbidden in schools for the deaf. Deaf students instead focused on lip reading and finger spelling in English. Sign language has only recently become accepted as a legitimate form of communication. Many find the language to be very expressive, conveying thoughts and emotions through motions of the hands, face and body to communicate.
Kent explores the history of sign language, how it is used today, and how it is the first language for one special fourth-grade girl. It is interesting to note that Deborah Kent herself was the first blind student to attend public school in Little Falls, New Jersey.
In addition to colorful photographs featuring deaf individuals, the volume includes several useful websites, a list of suggested readings, and a brief glossary and index.
American Sign Language, Deaf-Means of communication --Hilary Welliver
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