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Student

This is really great. I am currently taking a class called Communicating with the Deaf at a tech school, but outside of class I have no one to practice

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The Deaf Children

In my inept attempt to answer this question, I find myself so ignorant of Deaf history and culture and am amazed how little is taught in our schools. That

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Animal Game

What you do is sign an animal sign, like SEAL. Then, the next person signs SEAL and then another animal sign, like RABBIT. The next person would then sign

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Can you please sign slower?

I love your website, and the fact that you're teaching ASL for FREE!! But sometimes I have some trouble following everything that you're doing because

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Hidden Blessings

I started this online class about 3 weeks ago now. As I mentioned in my deaf history answer, my nephew and I are learning so we may teach martial arts

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William Stokoe finally gets the world to hear

I actually have three favorites. The first is Ludwig Von Beethoven. He developed his own method of composing music even though he was deaf. By placing

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The New Material

This new material that was just put on Learn Sign Language is really amazing! I'm learning and understanding sign language a lot quicker now

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Nothing is Impossible

I came to be on this site because my nephew decided that he wanted to learn ASL. We are both martial arts instructors and plan on opening a school soon.

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