im going to school for speech pathology and have an option of taking an ASL class this summer. i think it could be really fun and interesting. i’m just wondering if learning ASL would be beneficial to me in my future career. any thoughts i would appreciate it, especially from someone in the field! 🙂
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I think that it could definitely be useful.
I’m just in the process of learning ASL now and a lot of the Deaf culture and resources sites that I’m visiting also have links to speech pathologists and whatnot.
Although ASL is mainly used by the deaf, there are also those who can hear fine but are unable to speak. ASL often becomes their main form of communication.
I think that if you have the opportunity to learn ASL, you should definitely take it!
Don’t expect to be fluent after a single summer course; this is a whole new language you’re learning after all, with its own unique grammar and syntax, but you should be able to get a good start. I enjoyed my ASL course a lot and look forward to taking another one as soon as I can. In the meantime I’m working through some lessons on the Internet to keep me in practice.
Good luck!