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Broadly, language teachers have been working to justify our profession and its importance to American students for decades. Since GoogleTranslate officially launched almost exactly 20 years ago, in April 2006, we have faced the same obstacles which all amount to the same question: why do we need to learn languages if computers can do it for us, especially when “everyone in the world speaks English”?

Dr. Lewis Lummer, senior lecturer of communication sciences and disorders, has taught ASL for 17 years at Baylor. Throughout his time as a lecturer, Lummer advocated for expanding the classes offered in the department to respond to the recent rise in demand.