For the past several years I’ve had an interest in learning sign language but inevitably found myself getting lost in recommendations for apps or services to use. Some resources looked far to basic. And while I am a complete beginner, I wanted something of a challenge in terms of steepness of learning material increasing at a rapid pace. Basically I didn’t want to go through a course having only learned the alphabet.
I’m excitedly sharing the below resources I found now at the beginning of 2023, as I’m more committed to trying to learn than ever:
Beginning with the article that pointed me in the direction of the resource I’m really eager to get embedded in, Wired magazines article 6 Free Ways to Practice Sign Language Online ( https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-learn-sign-language-free/ )
Apparently Bill Vicars course ( https://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm ) is well known, and having only just begun the first course, I feel like it’s going to be a joy to watch, take screenshots, and learn. I will say however that in some moments things can feel very fast. Vicars has a student in the video who seems to be learning along with you and they will sometimes express having forgotten a sign they just learned, so it’s comforting to know they will stumble just as much as I (you) likely will.
As ever, I wanted to make it habit to come back to this post and fill it out with more content and commentary unless something is super deserving of an individual post.