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How to sign "learn" in American Sign Language (ASL)? And, how to learn ASL.
Definition: to gain knowledge (of something) or acquire skill in (something).
Pronunciation (sign description): Dominant, loosely half open hand, palm down, in contact with non-dominant palm-up palm. The dominant hand moves toward the upper side head where top of dominant hand is in contact with the forehead and the handshape is now "flat-O".
A plural form, meaning "in the process". E.g. "I've been learning a lot." Or "I am still learning."
Verb inflection: to learn from (her/him, etc.) You can change the direction of the palm orientation to indicate whom one learns from who.
Related signs: PICK UP, ACQUIRE, ASSIMILATE, MEMORIZE.
learn a lesson:
Meaning: Profit from experience, especially an unhappy one.
In addition to the ASL dictionary, this online resource has tutorials in the blog section where hearing students can learn in complementary with offline or online courses. In this section, here are some links to sign language learning topics.
What are the ways to learn sign language? There are several ways that you can overlap them for most optimal learning. For ASL learners and students, discover some learning strategies in classrooms. How to support yourself and your classmates through cooperative and collaborative learning.
How long does it take to learn ASL? Learning a signed language is no different from learning a spoken. It takes few to several years to become an intermediate level and many years to decades to become fluent for leaners. Native signers are ones who were born and raised speaking full-fledged ASL or other signed language as their first languages every day in family life and schools for the deaf.
How hard or easy is it to learn sign language? Before signing up for the ASL 101 or equivalent classes, most of our students thought it would be easy to learn it. Somewhere during the near-middle of the semester, most of the students admitted it's rated as "fairly hard" and some "fairly easy". "Hard" or "really hard" for the few others and pretty easy for the few ones. This curve is similar to other foreign or second languages, such as German, Spanish, and French.
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