ChristusG Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I wanted to start a foreign language with my kids while they are young.....but instead of a spoken language, I decided on sign language. I figured it could be very practical and could actually be used here in the States. Is anyone else doing sign language as their foreign language? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcyB Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 It's not necessarily our 'foreign' language as we're using LiveMocha to begin Spanish, but it's our second language :) As a former deaf-education Kindergarten teacher, I've lost a ton of my sign from non-use after being out of the culture for so long, so in an effort to review and renew, I'm teaching the kids at the same time. Since a lot of colleges don't view it as a foreign language, we're doing both at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fhjmom Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 We are learning sign language as a family. DH is in an interpreter training program. For us it is more than a foreign language, since the girls and I all have progressive hearing loss and I have already lost all measurable hearing in a large protion of the speech range. One of our friends is the ASL teacher at a local high school where it is taught as a foreign language credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelak Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 ASL will be our language for the first half of the year, then we will see. We are using an internet site for lessons. It has been fun and breaks up some monotony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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