These performances aided the deaf in realizing the expressive power of their language. People of all ages and from all walks of life have taken up sign language. Their motives range from the desire to communicate with a relative, to an interest in expanding their field of knowledge and keeping active, to simple curiosity.
手語研究班的成員，在種種不同的學習動機之外，「比手」畫腳的肢體運動，和童年記憶猶新的經驗，也為這門功課帶來更多樂趣。