In 1981 the Ministry of Education went a step further to promote a unified sign language. It directed the Taipei, Tainan and Taichung Municipal Schools for the Deaf to work in coordination with their city governments and the China Youth Corps to organize courses which would give more people the opportunity to learn sign language.
一位幼稚園的老師，看了手指運動能使人變聰明的報導後，參加了手語班。祖母級的陳女士本來要報名參加「家庭電器修護班」，沒想到額滿向隅，就轉到手語班，「多學一種技藝總是好的嘛！」