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Article: School may offer sign language instruction
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- May 10, 2007
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Marshfield High School may have a new world language offering next
year: American Sign Language.
Administrators proposed the course, American Sign Language I and
Deaf Culture, to the school committee this week. A decision is
expected on May 22.
If approved, the course would be offered next fall to 60 students.
It would be an alternative for students who have difficulty learning
spoken languages and an elective for others.
Administrators say about 120 students have already requested the
sign language course, including 15 recommended by their foreign
language teachers. The other 45 students would be selected by
lottery.
In the first year, the teaching would be done by a part-time
instructor, ...