ASL:
The Unheard Language
Conclusion
- ASL is a beautiful, interesting and fun language to learn.
- ASL will benefit our student body, school, and community
Take Action!
Spread the word about ASL
Counterargument
Hiring teachers and providing learning materials is too expensive.
Fund raising and donations
Justification
Although ACU does offer several foreign languages, very few universities offer ASL...
ACU already offers so many foreign languages, we don't need any more.
Offering ASL at ACU will benefit:
What if all the money we spend on these classes goes to waste if only a few students take the class?
Solution
Tell our Faculty
Spread the word
Get students interested by
Best Solution:
Intro:
Once We Have ASL
Many Americans do not think ASL is a true foreign language
- ASL has its own sentence structure, history, and culture
- Deaf world and Hearing world
- Provide learning materials
- We may live in the same country but ASL is truly foreign.
- Offer interpreting classes
Problem
1. Intro
2. Problem
3. Solution
4. Justification
5. Counterargument
6. Conclusion
This problem has yet to be solved because...
ACU does not consider ASL a foreign language
- Not enough students have shown their desire to take ASL
- Offensive to deaf community
- Depriving students of career opportunities and a beautiful new language
- Widen the gap between the deaf and hearing community in Abilene
If ACU does not offer ASL
- students will be deprived of career opportunities
- remain ignorant to such a beautiful and interesting language
- our deaf and hearing community in Abilene will remain separated
So...
ACU should offer ASL as a foreign language because it opens up new career opportunities for students and will bring the deaf and hearing communities in Abilene closer together.