Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Haylee Bohm. In the state of Michigan, students are required to take two years of the ...

The notion of making English the official language of the United States is not only misguided, it's harmful. It threatens the cultural identity of millions of people, including me and my community. On ...

American Sign Language is a dynamic living language with approximately 1 million users in the United States and Canada. A minor in ASL provides students with the ability to conceptualize language in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of leadership, culture & equity in business. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 01: An immigrants rights ...

I was 3 years old the first time I mixed up Spanish and English. It would not be the last. It was 1975, and my family had recently migrated from Peru to Northern California. Shortly after our arrival, ...

"Somewhat to my surprise, what came up number one was American Sign Language, and so I recommended to the school board, in ...

Ross Perlin is a linguist, translator and author of “Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York.” To hear what this land really sounds like, go to Hilo on the Big ...

We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

The Trump administration has hopefully just learned an important lesson: the strategic importance of Voice of America’s foreign language services for U.S. national security. After Israel launched a ...

Discover the meaning of “language deprivation” and why accessible language exposure for children born deaf or hard of hearing is important.

TikToker Veronica Ochoa posted a sweet video of her son, Mark, using American Sign Language to communicate with Indianapolis ...