How to Learn American Sign Language in Los Angeles

American Sign Language is used within the deaf community to communicate. It can also be taught to babies so that they can communicate before their speech develops. Knowing American Sign Language will break the language barrier so you can communicate freely with a deaf friend or colleague. If you would like to learn American Sign Language in Los Angeles, there are several schools in and around the city that offer language courses for beginners. Taking a language course gives you access to an instructor so that you can ask questions and receive feedback about your signing progress.

Instructions

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      Sign up for one of the American Sign Language courses at the Language Door School in Los Angeles to learn ASL in a small class setting. The school offers an eight-week program that meets once a week for about two hours, a four-week immersion program that meets five days a week or every Saturday for about five hours, a week-long crash course that meets for about five hours each day and classes for kids in three different age groups. Language Door also offers corporate language instruction and private lessons.

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      Take a course in American Sign Language at Los Angeles City College. Although course offerings are subject to change, as of February 2011, current courses are American Sign Language I and American Sign Language II, which teach elementary level vocabulary and grammar.

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      Register for an American Sign Language course with the Learning Skills Center at the Los Angeles Trade Technical Community College. The ASL course teaches communication skills, vocabulary, grammar and deaf culture.

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      Learn American Sign Language at the Pasadena Language Center, which is about a 10-mile commute from downtown Los Angeles. The center offers beginner, intermediate and advanced level courses that are divided into sub-levels for more structured learning.

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      Teach yourself American Sign Language at your own pace with the American Sign Language University resource site at lifeprint.com. The website has a directory of free lessons, basic signs and practice tools that you can access from Los Angeles or anywhere in the world with an Internet connection.

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