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It takes an average of 8 or more years to become fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The proficiency chart below (created by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) shows levels of ...

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The president of the Quad-Cities Deaf Club, which serves northwestern Illinois and southeastern Iowa, penned an op-ed claiming that hearing people teaching American Sign Language classes amounts ...

Ip Kin-yuen, Hong Kong’s education lawmaker, praised the deaf teacher who uses sign language to teach primary school students with special needs. Anita Yu On-lam, 38, teaches young students at ...