Is American Sign Language a ‘foreign’ language?
Angie Leventis Lourgos is a writer for the Tribune. She has studied journalism in college and has been writing ever since. She has written a lot of breaking news articles for the Tribune. She seems to focus on familial issues like animals, heartbreaking stories, and the like.
I would say this article is intended for college students and those involved in the deaf community. The reason is that this article is about college credit being given for Foreign Language to those who take ASL. This mostly impacts college students and those who disagree with the "foreign" part of this delegation. Those would be those involved in the deaf community who understand that ASL is not "foreign".
Jane Collingwood is an author in Psychcentral, an online psychology news program. She has written a lot about pregnancy, mental illnesses, and emotional disorders. She has a degree and holds her profession in Psychotherapy and Therapeutic counselling.
This article is oriented towards professionals interested in learning the hard facts about baby sign, as well as well educated parents who may be considering baby sign for their child. The language in this article is very scientific which may confuse those who don't already understand the concept of baby sign or it's benefits.
The publication of this article is from January 2013. This article was delivered through the internet. Baby sign has become increasingly popular since the 90's and is becoming a very interesting topic because it is seen as a higher class thing to do. This article is intended for hearing parents with hearing children. There wouldn't be a question about sign language usage in a family with hearing impaired individuals as it would be their only method of communication.
This article was written by John Miller. Miller has been trained as an interpreter for ASL when he was 22 years old. He frequently demonstrates ASL videos on this website. He also has a masters in deaf education.
This article is intended for parents who are interested in learning about the options of their ASL child before they are old enough for school. This means that these parents may be a little confused as to how to handle their child as of yet due to the fact that they aren't used to the hearing impaired or ASL world yet. This is evident by the fact that the article starts by describing preschool options and the fact that the author states the intention of the article.
This article was published in 2012, which may be a little outdated but highly informative all the same. The author has a masters in deaf education so this article is what he studied for at least 2 years intently. This makes this article highly intelligible. This article is intended for a mixed family of hearing and non-hearing family members.
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