CHAPTER 27

"Doesn't closed-captioning help deaf people improve their English"

"Captioning is best appreciated by those with a reasonable degree of fluency in written English_ a fluency many Deaf viewers simply do not have". Considering that ASL is the language to Deaf people, they feel more comfortable with signs rather than wrtitten English. Just as a native English speaker would feel  more comfortable with written English rather than signs. Many deaf people preger interpreters on TV because they can see the signs, facial inflections and rhythm that provides a much clearer visual sense than written English across the bottom of a screen. 
I agree with this chapter because I do believe that closed-captioning has the potential to increase English skills among deaf viewers. However, I feel as if the captioning industry should focus on the wants of the Deaf cmmunity because they are the people who use the system.