TASL 501

Individual Assessment L1 versus L2

Debra Aronson
Please use the following scale to check the boxes below. There are no right
or wrong answers, as this is your opinion and feelings towards ASL and
learning the language.
1 Strongly Disagree
2 Moderately Disagree
3 Neutral
4 Moderately Agree
5 Strongly Agree
Question
1. Studying ASL will help me in my future
career.
2. Studying ASL will allow me to meet and
converse with Deaf individuals in the Deaf
Community.
3. Studying ASL will make me a more
knowledgeable person.
4. ASL will be helpful when I seek
employment.
5. People will respect me more if I know
another foreign language such as ASL.
6. It is important to know more than one
language.
7. People will earn more money if they
know/speak two or more languages.
8. I plan to learn as much ASL as possible.
9. Learning ASL will help me be more
successful in school.
10. Learning ASL is a complete waste of
time.
11. My parents feel that its important to
learn foreign language.
12. My parents support my learning of
ASL.
13. I am interested in learning more
foreign languages other than English and
ASL.
14. It worries me that some students in
the class learn ASL faster than me.
15. I wish I were fluent in ASL.
16. I look forward to the time I spend
learning ASL.

17. I plan on continuing to learn ASL past

level 1.