ASL

Does anybody speak Sign Language? Sign is a language which deaf people uses to communicate with each other. ASL stands for American Sign Language. ASL originates from French Sign Language, and there is a difference between American Sign Language and British Sign Language. Sign Language is not a common language among the world. There is International Sign Language which is mainly used at international conference, but it's not major. American Sign Language has been major for long time.

I've been studying my country's Sign Language for ten years. Now I start to study American Sign Language. The session of ASL is silent. The teacher uses finger spellings, very few ASL , and many body languages. She tries to teach ASL as hard as possible. ASL doesn't have a grammar as English. That's very convenient for me ! When I ask your name in English , I use an interrogative sentence. For example " What is your name? " But ASL is different. When I ask your name in ASL , it is important to use a face expression. That is " You name what ? " with lowered eyebrow.

For ten years , I've been studying Sign Language , however I used Sign Language to communicate with deaf people few times except at classes. Sometimes people said that my studying was my self conservation. Surely starting Sign Language is my self satisfaction . I thought that I wanted to help people who is deaf as a start. But , people who is deaf can do almost everything by themselves. They don't need my assistance. My thought that I wanted to help have been changed gradually. I just want to talk with them by using Sign Language , and I think I want to learn Sign Language more and more.
Why am I studying Sign Language? Because I want to communicate with people who uses Sign Language.
Now I 'm studying two language. First , ESL, and second, Sign Language.