u/Appropriate_Guest_49

Hello, everyone.

I've been slowly incorporating ASL into teaching my ESL students (very basic gestures: thank you, help, let's go...), and sometimes other harder words (breakfast, living room, cooking), but nothing insanely complicated.

Are there any teachers out there doing this? I just wanted to see how other teachers think about it, as I'm also aware that there's this principle among the ASL communities that teaching ASL should only be done by deaf instructors, so I definitely do not want to violate this unwritten rule.

I guess in the end, if it helps my ESL students learn, then I don't think it's a terrible idea to incorporate ASL, but please, let me know your thoughts.