Sign language resources
Sign language resources and extracurricular materials for ASL students, ASL instructors, homeschoolers, parents, sign language interpreters, and language enthusiasts who are interested in learning how to sign language online and/or beyond classes for practice or self-study.
American Sign Language (ASL) dictionary
How do you say "thank you" or "I love you" in sign language? Browse thousands of signed words in the ASL video dictionary online or search ASL signs/words.
Acquiring ASL as a first language (L1)
The documentary blogs of signing with baby and signing with toddler show similar language development milestones from manual babbling to first words in sign language.
Learning ASL as a second language (L2)
Free ASL self-study resources and extracurricular materials for ASL students, ASL instructors, homeschoolers, parents, sign language interpreters, and language enthusiasts who are interested in learning how to sign language online and/or beyond classes for practice or self-study.
Learn how to fingerspell the alphabet in ASL and BSL. Practice receptive skills in fingerspelling.
ASL Tutorials offers some mini-lessons and tips. Practice and improve your expressive and receptive skills in ASL using ASL phrases including classifier and verb phrases.
Browse research topics on sign language for your research paper or presentation.
Deaf Culture
Learning sign language is inseparable from learning its Deaf culture, including its history, literature, and art. Deaf culture with the core of sign language is a distinct, cultural-lingusitic identity of eyeing people.
Literature and Art
With the nature of its visual-spatial medium, sign language brings richness to its literary arts: ASL storytelling and poetry.
ASL Word of the Day
Equivalent to English: hard
Quote on sign language
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to heart. The language of our thoughts and our emotions is our most valuable asset."
-- Nelson Mandela
