American sign language or German? I grew up speaking Spanish and English and then learned French when I moved to Quebec when I was 8. I moved back to Seattle and I kind of wanted to learn another language. Which could I benefit more from in terms of the what I could use them for?
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Absolutly..go with the sign language. you will be able to communicate with deaf people all over the world…did you know that asl is pretty universal. just because the word itself is spoken differently in every language, the interpretaion into sign is often the same in any language
LEARNEN SIE DEUTSCH!!!! It’s harder, but if you go to Zürich, you can make money, and Germany is an amazing country. MUCH MORE USEFUL!!!!!!!
I would say Sign Language. They need interpreters very badly. At hospitals, court house, just about anywhere they need to communicate. I started taking it and quit, really thinking about starting up again.
Well it really depends on what you “want to do” with your life:) I would say sign language, even though I don’t know it. It seems to me someone would rather hire you for sign language than German.
sign language is a universal language, you would sign the same in any country. German only german peaker would understand you.
Well, you have two people who have give you incorrect answers. Sign language is not at all a universal language. Almost all countries use their own sign language.
however, as a sign language interpreter myself, I would agree that learning American Sign Language would be more beneficial than German unless you intend to live or do business in Germany. ASL is the third most widely used language in the United States. There is a great demand for interpreters, and some other types of jobs will give you extra pay for knowing it even if you can’t interpret.
There are several careers that use ASL and not so many that use German. If you’re dedicated enough to the language, you can beome an interpreter for public school, colleges, hospitals, and all sorts of other places. You can also become a teacher for the deaf. Other jobs that use sign language to a lesser degree would be a special ed teacher or aide, speech pathologist, audiiologist, or a social worker or mental health tech who specializes in working with the deaf population.
Just incidentally, I recently met some deaf Germans traveling here in the US. Their sign was very different. there is also French Canadian sign language used in Quebec. it’s called LSQ. The rest of Canada uses ASL. If you want to see sign language from other countries, go on youtube and search for them. I have seen Russian sign language, Japanese Sign language, British sign language, and French sign language on there. It’s very interesting, and nothing at all like ASL