American Sign Language (ASL) information and resources.

Are Signed Languages “Real” Languages? Yes, signed languages are naturally-evolved, non-invented real languages. There is the serious scholarly hypothesis that they may have existed since the onset of spoken languages and, crucially, co-evolved with them. Like spoken language, signed languages are not universal. Many wholly autonomous natural signed languages are used within distinct Deaf cultures…

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Temporarily Free Resources The Babaob - eBook for Apple Devices (free until April 2)LIVE YouTube session for The Babaob on March 23rd at 10am EST Dawn Sign Press - 16 videos (free for 3 months) ASL Poetry The Treasure Tomorrow Dad Will Still Be Deaf Bummy’s Basic Parliamentary Workshop Bragg o...

On Read with ASL YouTube videos, American Sign Language descriptions of real-life images give "brain-friendly" input to help learners easily pick up meaning. On-screen sentences are reading comprehension opportunities. Voice-overs are ASL translations. Read with ASL videos encourage American Sign Language fluency and English reading comprehension with evidence-based language acquisition facilitation design. #vocabulary #multiplemeaningwords #literacy #signacy #reading #readingcomprehension #learnasl #ASL #AmericanSignLanguage #signlanguage #languageacquisition #learninglanguages #comprehensibleinput #ell #esol #esl #deaf #deafeducation #accessibility #conceptualreading #metacognition #signlanguageinterpreting #tprs

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Early Childhood Center teacher Jennifer Love and her talented friends bring us ASL Storytime! These videos share the magic of stories and celebrate our bilin...

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Language Assessments for American Sign Language (ASL) FORMAL NAME AREA AGES WEBSITE NOTES American Sign Language Assessment (ASLA) Vocabulary, phonology, morphology, syntax 4-21 https://www.asledcenter.org/services ASL Communication Development Inventory (ASL-CDI) ...

The following resources are ones that I personally recommend and are not a comprehensive list of available resources on this topic. A to Z Sign With Me: Sign Language for the Alphabet by Dawn Babb …

Play Video Basic ASL Vocabulary Jump into basic ASL Vocabulary with our fun videos, categorized by theme. Go to Videos Free Online ASL Lessons Learn basic ASL with our free online interactive lessons. Go to Lessons Want to learn more ASL? For more in-depth learning of ASL, sign up for credit ASL online courses. Go […]

Baby sign language makes it easy to communicate with your child, and Nita makes it fun! Nita’s First Signs teaches ten essential signs for every parent and child to know, including eat, more, hungry, milk, all done, ball, play, love, please, and thank you. A simple story about Nita and her parents teaches each sign in context, and … Nita's First Signs Read More »

Recursos para familias latinas con niños sordos y hipoacúsicos Websites Artículos sobre Adultos y Niños Latinos Sordo Trilingüismo: ASL, Ingles, y Español Radio Podcast sobre los Desafíos e ideas equivocadas de personas y niños latinos y sordos Lenguaje de Señas Familiar, enseña el lenguaje d...

BU deaf studies researchers say the ASL-LEX 2.0 database could aid ASL learners and lead to new ASL-based technologies akin to Siri, Alexa

Environmental print: words we see in everyday life, such as on menus, ads, and road signs. ASL translations boost reading skills. Deaf American Sign Language presenter! Facebook: English by Eye englishbyeye.org Facebook: ASL Access aslaccess.org

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