Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...

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Correction: The original video with this piece did not include captioning for some of the American Sign Language seen on screen. The video has been updated to include ...

Digital media is changing language — sometimes rapidly. We explore the example of American Sign Language. By David Leonhardt On a train ride from New York to Connecticut last fall, my colleague Amanda ...

Big Ocean, a boy band whose members are deaf or hard of hearing, has found success with a mix of singing and signing. By Ephrat Livni Like other K-pop sensations, Big Ocean sings, raps, dances and ...

American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

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EdSource · From a juvenile facility to a college dorm room If we could teach American Sign Language to all students, including hearing students, from kindergarten to 12th grade, the benefits would be ...