Is American Sign Language a 'foreign' language?

[Francis Hult]

Chicago Tribune

 

Is American Sign Language a 'foreign' language?

 

On many college campuses, it is, but to some, it doesn't make the cut, sparking a fierce debate about the nature of culture and language itself

 

Twenty students are holding several animated small-group discussions, but no one in this Northern Illinois University classroom utters a word.

Their fingers weave in complex patterns as they converse in American Sign Language, which the university has declared an official foreign language.

 

Full story:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-sign-language-20100416,0,2337497.story

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