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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue is that language has four elements--comprehension, speaking, reading and writing. ASL only has two of those elements. You can't really read or write in ASL. That is why it does not satisfy the FL requirement at a lot colleges.

I grew up in a deaf family so have been signing since birth. I also took Spanish in high school and college. As a native English speaker, I would argue that ASL is a much easier language to learn than Spanish, French, etc. because of the reading/writing.

Whether or not ASL is more useful than a foreign language is another issue but that's very dependent on the person. Of course, ASL was essential to me in the first 35 years of my life but now that my deaf family members have passed away, I find that knowing even basic Spanish is much more useful.

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Utility is subjective. 
So is ease. (And I'd argue that "ease" is irrelevant. Some people just don't have the aptitude for it. Some do. As with any other subject).

I took to foreign language easily and did well. I could write it, understand it, and speak it pretty well. I have not used it to this day. For anything. Even in the countries that speak the language, everyone speaks English.[/quote]

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