What is the difference between American Sign Language (ASL) and Signing Exact English?
American Sign Language (ASL) is a visual-gestural-spatial language in which the placement, movement and expression of the hands and body are actually part of the language. ASL is considered by the deaf community to be the native language of deaf people. Research has shown that ASL is a language in its own right. It has its own grammatical structure, vocabulary and linguistic principles and is one of the most complete sign systems in the world, able to convey abstract thoughts. ASL is accepted as a true and complete language with its own grammar (syntax) and linguistic principles which are completely different from English. Signing Exact English (SEE) is a sign language system that represents literal English, to make visible everything that is not heard, SEE supplements what a child can get from hearing and speech reading. Since American Sign Language or ASL has different vocabulary, idioms and syntax from English, SEE modified and supplemented the vocabulary of ASL so children can see
