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Originally Posted by Deaf Mortgage
Here's another thought...
If a person is really motivated to learn ASL... they will need to marry the language to excel and become fluent in ASL. As deaf individual, we fell love and married to ASL. We learned all kinds of structures that is not covered in the classroom.
The fastest way to learn is to "marry" the language as attending any deaf social events and have a deaf friend to social with.
Otherwise... its a waste of time to open a club or weekly classes where they will be limited to book information. Life experinces is best way to learn...
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Who says you have to "marry" ASL to excel in it?
Interpreters aren't "married" to ASL. They took class and became skilled because they put their learnings to good use. Yet, they don't follow ASL or Deaf Culture in their daily activities all the time.
I've seen interpreters who sign better ASL than those who claim to be strongly involved in Deaf Culture.