Visually Speaking Youth Mentorship Program It’s starting to get to be that time again: setting up summer goals! You want to go to the gym every day, and finally get to your long reading list. Why not add “learn a new language” to that? We have just set up […]
ASL
What is ASL?
American Sign Language is just that: a language. ASL has grammatical features completely different than that of English! For example: ASL relies heavily on facial expression to indicate sentence structure, sentence type, and even specific words. Body movement is instrumental to the understanding of storytelling. There are a multitude of […]
Things Deaf People are Sick of Hearing: not Music and Sound
Though it is true that some Deaf people do not enjoy music, do not assume this is true for all! Many Deaf people enjoy the vibrations that come with music, and feel the beat through the floor or speakers. This can make songs with stronger bass more popular among the […]
The Fingerspelling Gateway
Sometimes it can be difficult to know where to begin when learning a new language. American Sign Language has many parts: grammar, vocabulary, and other parts you don’t find in spoken language. Fingerspelling is a great place to start! Learning to fingerspell the alphabet is one of the easiest ways […]
ASL class on Mercer Island
New ASL class starts Thursday February 5th, open to all levels of signing experience! Beginning signers are especially welcome, but Visually Speaking caters American Sign Language education to all: a great way to start growing your signing conversational skills! We will meet on Thursdays at 7pm at Mercer Island Community […]
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