Learning a new language can be a daunting task, especially if you are not sure where to begin or even where to start. Below are some helpful resources that can help you get started.
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Online ASL Dictionaries
YouTube Channels
Videos
Movies, TV, and Documentaries
Games
Books
Interpreting
For Kids
Instagram accounts
Our Classes and Programs
Online ASL Dictionaries
- Lifeprint
- ASL Pro
- Signing Savvy
- Hand Speak
- ASL Clear (STEM)
- ASL Core (sciences)
- Elemental ASL Concepts (early education)
- STEM Dictionary by DeafTEC
YouTube Channels
- Bill Vicars
- ASL That
- ASL Meredith
- SignDuo
- Signed With Heart
- Jeremy Lee Stone
- Chris Gorges
- ASL Rochelle
- ASL Nook
- Nyle Demarco
- The Daily Moth
- Our Signed Word
- Rogan Shannon
- ASL Stew
- The Coda Brothers
- Deaf in Scrubs
- Statewide Outreach Center Videos
Videos
- How deaf researchers are reinventing science communication
- How you can learn any language in 6 months | Chris Lonsdale
- The secrets of learning a new language | Lydia Machova
- Mind hack: 7 secrets to learn any new language | Steve Kaufmann
- The 3 Keys to Learning a New Language | Chris Gorges
- How ANYONE can learn ANY language | Juliana Russell
- Intro to ASL | Two things not to skip and the 3Ms
- 100 Signs You Need to Know
- What is the best approach to learning ASL?
- ASL High Frequency Words
Classes & Guides
Movies
TV Shows
- Switched at Birth
- Signing Time
- Baby Signing Time
- Rachel and the Treeschoolers
- Signing Time Sentences
Documentaries
ASL Games and tools for learning
- 500 Flash Cards for ASL
- ASL Scrabble tiles
- Sign language building blocks
- Sign language playing cards
- Sign language dice
- ASL Word Search Puzzles
Books about sign language
- Learn American Sign Language
- Master ASL: Fingerspelling, Numbers, and Glossing
- Alone in the Mainstream: A Deaf Woman Remembers Public School
- When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf
- 101 Easy Signs for Nonverbal Communication
- The ASL Handshape Dictionary
- Concise American Sign Language Dictionary
- The Pocket Dictionary of Signing
- ASL for Dummies with Online Videos
- A Concise Introduction to Linguistics
- Fingerspelling in American Sign Language (2nd Edition)
- The Gallaudet Dictionary of ASL
Books about interpreting
- Encounters with Reality: 1,001 Interpreting Scenarios
- So You Want to be An Interpreter?
- Transliterating: Show Me The English
- Interpretation Skills: English to ASL
- Interpretation Skills: ASL to English
Books about learning and habit building
- Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive
- The Motivated Brain
- Autodidactic: Self-Taught
- The Miracle Morning: The Not-so-obvious secret guaranteed to transform you life (before 8am)
- Eat That Frog!
- Make Your Bed
- Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
- Scholastic FACE Compendium
- The Power of Habit
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- The Secrets of Polyglots
- The Dip by Seth Godin
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
For Kids
- Signing Time
- Baby Signing Time
- Rachel and the TreeSchoolers
- ASL Storytelling
- Flash cards for kids
- American Sign Language Made Easy
- ASL Nook
- Mighty Mila (Children’s Book)
- More
Instagram Accounts
- @signedwithheart
- @aslconnect
- @aslsignbank
- @aslmeredith
- @aslstorytelling
- @deafduo
- @savvyasl
- @drluannesailors
- @whatsthatsign
- @aslbasics
- @teachmeaslnyc
- @jordan.asl
- @teachmesignlanguage_
- @thelanguagemindset
Music
- Savvy ASL
- Sean Forbes
- Megg Rose
- Sarah Tubert
- Christine Sum Kim
- Amber Galloway
Other Resources
Our Classes and Programs
- Free Skillshare Course
- Workshops
- 1:1 Programs
- Interpreting Programs
- 7-Day ASL Bootcamp
- 7-Day ASL Challenge
- 30-Day Crash Course
These are just some resources that I’ve gathered that can help you get started with learning ASL. What resources have you personally found helpful in learning ASL? Let me know in the comments below and I can add them to the list!
Another ASL dictionary (for STEM Concepts): ASL Clear https://aslclear.org/app/#/
Other Youtube channels:
The Coda Brothers
https://www.youtube.com/user/Olsonterp
Deaf in Scrubs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1mrgxxrCtcAUBFR5Z9Kn6A/videos
Rogan Shannon
https://www.youtube.com/user/FlameMaverice
Great, thanks.
Wow! The youtube channel I use the most isn’t on here.
https://youtube.com/c/aslrochelle
ASLRochelle rocks!
Just added it 🙂
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Fingerspelling Receptive Practice Tools:
https://www.handspeak.com/spell/practice/
http://asl.ms/
https://www.signschool.com/tools/fingerspelling/
http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/fingerspell.cgi (works best on firefox for me)
https://www.signlanguageforum.com/asl/fingerspelling/fingerspelling-game/
create your own word search
https://www.signlanguageforum.com/asl/fingerspelling/fingerspelling-wordsearch/
Thank you so much for sharing, Madison!
One ASL youtube channel I didn’t see on your list is https://youtube.com/user/signlanguagepro
sign genious sign language software
There’s also the One Fact ASL channel.
https://youtube.com/c/OneFactASL