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Welcome to ASL Training Center

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ASLU has been offering online sign language resources since 1997.  The program began as an effort to support parents of Deaf children living in rural or "outlying" areas without access to sign language classes. (See:www.lifeprint.com) The resources at Lifeprint.com were organized into a curriculum and grew to be quite popular with ASL students, teachers, and interpreters as well as parents of Deaf children.


The courses here at the ASL Training Center are self-study and provide a "course completion certificate" which indicates the participant has successfully completed the course.  Note: The certificate is auto-generated upon successfully completing the course assignments and quizzes. The certificate does not include a human signature nor letter grade.  If you need a signature and letter grade -- that will require a more in-depth course including verification of your signing ability, proctored testing, and qualified review of a submitted video -- all of which takes considerable time and thus costs more ($483.00) see: http://lifeprint.com/asl101/index.htm for more information.

If you are looking for a self-study course for home-school or personal enrichment then the courses here at the ASL Testing Center (asl.tc) will meet your needs in an economical way. Tip:  Some parents or home-school teachers simply compute their own grade for their student by using the ASL.tc quiz percentages (100-95%=A, 90 = A-, 87=B+, 84=B, 80=B-, 77=C+, 74=C, 70=C-, 67=D+, 64=D, 60=D-, 59=F) thus saving quite a bit of money.

 

Bill's biography

Great to meet you!

Bill

I go by "Dr. Bill."
My students also sometimes call me "Dr. V" or "Dr. Vicars."  (Hey, I'm flexible.)

 

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Dear ASL Hero

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I'm glad you are here. You can learn ASL!

Learning American Sign Language is fun and can open the door to a new world of friends and interesting people.

ASL is a living language. It is a visual-gestural (eyes/hands/face/body) language used by members of the Deaf Community throughout North America, much of Canada, and many other places too. (But not everywhere.)

ASL is not English on the hands. It uses a different grammar system. Some people confuse ASL with "Signed English". Much of the vocabulary is different. They are two separate ways of communicating. Some people who think they are signing ASL are actually using Signed English.

Unless you are a young child growing up in a "Deaf household" chances are you are going to have to put some serious  work into learning this language.

I assure you it will be worth it.Let me make a few quick suggestions and point out a few things:

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FAQ's

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What does a subscription cost?

We have two special rate plans: 1) $9.95/month and 2) $59.95/year.

What do I get with a subscription?

You have access to 7 complete ASL courses and all new courses in the future. Each course is set up in a weekly format with a lesson and a quiz for that week. Additionally, some weeks have practice quizzes, practice flashcard sheets,  and unit review quizzes. Everything is self paced and graded so you can track your progress in your personal gradebook. All quizzes may be attempted more than once and give you the chance to better your score. Browse the available courses and see the topics for each lesson in the courses. There are Android applications for your phone or tablet that you can download and take on the go.

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Deaf Jokes

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1.  TURNED OUT THE LIGHT:

Two Deaf men are signing to each other. 
The first man asks, "What did your wife say when you got home late last night? 
The second man replies, "She swore a blue streak" 
And the first man asks, "What did you do then?" 
And the second man replies, "I turned out the light."

2.  DEAF MAFIA:

A Mafia gang takes on a Deaf man to run their deliveries, feeling it would be safer having someone unable to overhear conversations.  However, one day when he is to deliver a large sum of money, he never shows up with it.  The mobsters track him down, but don't find the money on him.  As none of them are able to use sign language, they bring in an interpreter.

Mobster: "Where'd you hide the money?" (Interpreter signs the question.)

The bag man signs his reply.  The interpreter says, "He says he had to ditch it in the river because the cops were onto him."

Mobster:  "I'm not fooling around!  You better tell me where that money is!"  (Interpreter again signs.)

The bag man signs his reply, and the interpreter relays, "He swears he is telling the truth.  He had to get rid of it."

The mobster pulls out a revolver and points it between the Deaf man's eyes.  "Tell me where that money is, or I'll kill you right now!" 
(Interpreter signs his statement.)

The bag man, sweating profusely, signs, "It's inside a shoebox under a loose floorboard in my bedroom closet."

The interpreter says, "He says he doesn't know where it is and he doesn't think you have the guts to pull the trigger."

3. LIPREADING:

Researchers tell us that only about 25 percent of what is said can be understood by lipreading.

For example:

Suppose a woman says:
"This place is a mess! C'mon,
You and I need to clean this place up,
Your stuff is lying all over on the floor
and you'll have no clothes to wear tomorrow
unless we do the laundry right now!"

Her lipreading husband will get:
blah, blah, blah, blah, C'MON
YOU AND I blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, ON THE FLOOR
blah, blah, NO CLOTHES blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, RIGHT NOW!

4.  HOT MAMMA:

A 92 year-old man went to the Doctor to get a physical. 
A few days later the Dr. saw the man walking down the street 
with a gorgeous young lady on his arm.

A couple of days later the Dr. talked to the man and said, "You're 
really doing great, aren't you?"

The man replied, "Just doing what you said Doctor, 'Get a hot mamma 
and be cheerful."

The Doctor said, "I didn't say that. I said you got a heart 
murmur. Be careful."

5.  NEW HEARING AID:

An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. 
He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a 
set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%.

The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor 
said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that 
you can hear again."

The gentleman replied, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit 
around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three 
times!"

6.  HARD OF HEARING WIFE

An old man was wondering if his wife had a hearing problem. 
So one night, he stood behind her while she was sitting in her lounge chair. 
He spoke softly to her, "Honey, can you hear me?" 
There was no response. 
He moved a little closer and said again, "Honey, can you hear me?" 
Still, there was no response. 
Finally he moved right behind her and said, "Honey, can you hear me?" She replied, "For the third time, Yes!"

 

 

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