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Originally Posted by deafskeptic
Yeah, it's said that even many deaf in this day and age don't realize that ASL is a language. It also say a lot about the bias toward spoken language and it's clear those students picked up on that.
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I should clarify that the students in my class are fluent in ASL and do know that it's a language. (And love to correct me when they think I've gotten something wrong, or help make up nonce signs, etc.) But about picking up on the bias towards spoken language, that's probably it. The funny thing is we emphasize so many English language skills in our program but we never, ever bother with speech or pronunciation so you'd think they would realize we don't consider speech as a necessary language skill. They must be getting it from their family or friends who are either hearing or very oral deaf.