In high school I took French and was lucky to be put into ASL for my foreign language class. I learned the alphabet in sign language when I was younger because my friends little brother was deaf and I fell in love with the language. For the kind of nursing I want to do, it would be helpful for communicating with patients.

During the class I learned a lot of phrases in sign language, from asking someone how they are feeling to taking their order in a restaurant. I feel like I am now able to speak to anyone in sign language. One of the harder things about sign language is the sentence and grammatical structure. In American Sign Language, sentence structure goes from general to specific while in English it is the opposite. Below is a paper I wrote on the difference between ASL, English, and Pidgin. Pidgin is a mix between English and American Sign Language. 

Overall, I am very happy I took this class because it will help me with my major. I am also excited that I will be able to speak to a variety of people who I would not have been able to speak to if I didn’t take this course.