The Arizona Languages Articulation Task Force has established a Statement of Expected Learning Outcomes for American Sign Language for their state with the expectation that students will be able to Maintain a conversation on immediate needs . Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://online.sju.edu/graduate/masters-special-education/resources/articles/modern-teaching-techniques-for-deaf-students, https://www3.gallaudet.edu/clerc-center/info-to-go/deaf-education/200-years-of-deaf-education.html, https://www.gallaudet.edu/tutorial-and-instructional-programs/english-center/reading-english-as-second-language/practice-exercises/laurent-clerc, https://www.asd-1817.org/about/historycogswell-heritage-house, https://sites.ed.gov/idea/about-idea/#IDEA-History, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hopkins_Gallaudet, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cogswell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Fitch_Cogswell, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch-Ambroise_Cucurron_Sicard, https://www.ctmq.org/oldest-school-etc-for-deaf-in-us/, https://www.gallaudet.edu/academic-catalog/about-gallaudet/history-of-gallaudet, https://www.gallaudet.edu/about/history-and-traditions/the-legacy-begins. USA). Soon many students young and old enrolled in the school to learn sign language and get the schooling they missed out on because of their deafness. ASL literature-on-videotape is in the making. Online "ASL Training Center!"