Face coverings inhibit ASL instruction during COVID, so schools have turned to clear masks
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
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For many teachers, covering their faces all day has become second nature during the coronavirus pandemic. But for Loren Hsu, an unobstructed view of her face is non-negotiable she relies on students being able to see her mouth.
That’s because Loren, an American Sign Language teacher at Arthur L. Johnson High School in Clark, is communicating in a language that is as much about the shape or placement of one’s hand, as the way one purses their lips or makes a facial expression.