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Myths about Online ASL

By Paul Fugate · 13 years ago

MYTH #1 – IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LEARN ASL ONLINE. Learning ASL online is not impossible. In fact, it saves you a lot of time. Learning ASL online provides a way for anyone to learn ...

Some of you may wonder, why would someone learn ASL? Well, the answer is quite simple. Many people learn ASL in order to communicate with family and friends. Ninety percent of deaf children are born ...

What Is Sign Language – American Sign Language?

By Paul Fugate · 13 years ago

Sign language is a manual method of communication. American Sign Language is the third most used language throughout the world. Sign language has its own grammatical structure. One main feature of sign language is the ...

What Is Sign Language?

By Paul Fugate · 13 years ago

Sign language is a form of handshapes, facial expressions, fingerspelling, and non-manual markers to convey a thought or idea. Sign language has its own grammatical and linguistical structure including semantics, pragmatics, and, syntax. Sign language ...

What Is ASL - American Sign Language

By Paul Fugate · 13 years ago

American Sign Language (ASL) is a manual language, used by the deaf community throughout North America,and other select countries. It includes syntax, structure, fingerspelling, facial expressions, numbers, non-manuals, prosody, and other grammatical features. American Sign ...

Sign Language For Children

By Paul Fugate · 14 years ago

Learning American Sign Language can have many benefits. Besides being able to communicate more effectively with your deaf friends, once learned, you may decide to become a teacher for the deaf or interpret for those ...