When I was in fourth grade, I became fascinated with the life of Helen Keller. I read every book I could find. I taught myself the alphabet and numbers in sign language. In 5th grade, our chorus director taught us a song in sign to sing and perform. It must have been around that time I realized some people do actually communicate this way. I believed that if I continued to learn more sign language, that I would have children who were deaf and would be able to hear me when I spoke to them. I stopped learning more about the language at that point.
A childhood belief about foreign languages
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I spoke with whatever accent a language was in, I was speaking that language...— Renae
- I used to believe, that I am able to speak every foreign language only by learning "their" alphabet.— matej
- I used to think that the chorus of "mountain song" by jane's addiction was in a different language— nothing'sshocking
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I used to believe that translating from language into language was only a matter of changing letters ! :) — EwS
- I used to believe that, no matter what language other people spoke, that everyone thought in EnglishAnon