HAZLETON – Jeanette Ovens moved her hands and fingers to show words in American sign language as young people copied her, interlocking thumbs and waiving fingerings for “butterfly,” karate chopping a ...
The online American Sign Language (ASL) courses and certificates teach learners how to effectively communicate in ASL. Students in these courses also learn about the Deaf Community and Deaf culture, ...
When Darrell Utley began his first American Sign Language lesson with a new student, he didn't realize his client was a star football player. "I had no idea what his walk of life was. I just knew he ...
The emotionality of ASL can free you from the trap of precision. By Hannah Seo When I arrived on the second floor of a commercial building in Manhattan for my first sign-language class, a man took one ...
It takes an average of 8 or more years to become fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The proficiency chart below (created by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) shows levels of ...