AMERICAN SIGN

LANGUAGE (ASL)
TUBO, RANDY JR. M.
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

• It is a complete, natural language that has the

same linguistic properties as spoken languages,
with grammar that differs from English.
• General education classrooms are becoming more diverse.
Children with a variety of disabilities and from diverse cultural
and economic backgrounds are mainstreamed into the general
education environment. This makes it difficult for one teacher to
reach all the students using one single type of learning style.
TEACHERS ARE USING SIGN LANGUAGE TO:

• Manage students behavior

• Keep students actively engaged
• Assist students in literacy development of phonics, reading, and spelling
• Assist students in speech development
• Assist students in language development
• Promote positive peer to peer communication and interactions