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American Sign Language As A Foreign Language Equivalent At James Madison University, Abigail E. Compton
American Sign Language As A Foreign Language Equivalent At James Madison University, Abigail E. Compton
Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019
ASL is increasingly gaining acknowledgment as a foreign language in the university setting. At James Madison University, sign language classes have traditionally been housed within the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. This research makes a case for considering ASL as an equivalent to courses in the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and argues that ASL meets the university standards for the study of a foreign language with regard to fulfilling Bachelor of Arts requirements.
Considering the linguistic history of ASL and the language’s accompanying culture, we will demonstrate the standards for teaching ASL are identical to the …