Learning sign language

 


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Learning sign language 

A 

We can all 1 ________ sign language when we see it. The 2 _____ _______uses this combination of hand, eye, and body movements together with facial expressions all over the world. But there are many things about sign language that are surprising, and this starts with its earliest history!


B 

Experts believe that sign language 3 ____ _____ ____ before humans began to use spoken language. Juan Pablo de Bonet, a Spanish priest who believed in education for the deaf, published the first book of 4 _____ _____ in 1620. But sign language doesn't belong only to the deaf community. Parents often learn to use a simple form of sign language with their babies, because signing is an easier form of communication. It's a part of your everyday life, too, 5 _____ ______ you don't realize it. Do you raise your hand to speak in class, or hold out an arm to stop a bus? Do you point to things, or hold a finger to your lips when a room is too noisy? All these movements are a simple form of sign language! It is even used regularly in sports, 6 ________baseball. The hand movements players use to communicate are the invention of a deaf player in the early 1900s, called William "Dummy" Hoy. 


D 

There are lots of different types of sign language around the world. A user of American Sign Language (ASL) uses different signs from someone from France, for example. And the sign language your country uses 7______ has a very different grammar from your spoken 8 _________.


E

However, learning a new language is great for the brain, and it allows you to 9 ________ with a new group of people. If, one day, you decide to learn another language, consider learning to sign!

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