[lg policy] Utah: Sign language scholars need not apply

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


The Salt Lake Tribune



Sign language scholars need not apply



American sign language (ASL) is the third most used language in the United
States, behind English and Spanish. It is growing rapidly in its popularity
as a foreign language course in public schools and is accepted as foreign
language credits in colleges and universities across the country.



The LDS Church has ASL-speaking missions and the Book of Mormon has been
translated in ASL via DVDs.



But when top ASL students applied to compete in the foreign language
category of the annual Sterling Scholarship program sponsored by the Deseret
News and KSL-TV, they were turned away.



Full story:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13722779


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