Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

Kansas educators are taking steps to improve the teaching of American Sign Language and putting it on par with other world languages taught in public schools. The Kansas State Board of Education on ...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — American sign language or ASL is gaining momentum in becoming one of the most studied languages in high school and college classrooms. It's also a favorite inside a Lockport ...

Duke’s American Sign Language (ASL) Club hosted a “sign-in” on Abele Quad last week, with leaders teaching alphabet letters and simple signs to participants. Here’s a snapshot of their lesson. We’re ...

Mastering American Sign Language is much more than memorizing gestures, volunteer instructor Sheila Johnstone says. The language is practically an art form. “It’s so expressive that it’s almost ...

Kraig Klingenberg’s road to teaching the popular new American Sign Language course at Duke was circuitous. In grade school Klingenberg had a classmate whose mom was Deaf, and he became interested in ...

The emotionality of ASL can free you from the trap of precision. By Hannah Seo When I arrived on the second floor of a commercial building in Manhattan for my first sign-language class, a man took one ...

The online American Sign Language (ASL) courses and certificates teach learners how to effectively communicate in ASL. Students in these courses also learn about the Deaf Community and Deaf culture, ...