Course Overview
This virtual, instructor-led course will review the basics of American Sign Language (ASL) and expand on the essential handshapes, facial expressions, vocabulary, syntax, semantics and commonly-used phrases for ASL immersion in real world Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities. The textbook for this course is a free online textbook titled ASL University Lessons by William G. Vicars, Ed.D.
Learning Objectives:
- Expand usage of handshapes and phrases
- Initiate conversations
- Analyze facial expressions
- Understand core grammar, sentence structure, and facial grammar
- Utilize fingerspelling and combining signs to construct detailed sentences
- Explain the culture of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities
Course Topics:
- Handshapes and phrases
- ASL conversations, introductions, and facial grammar
- Vocabulary review and practice
- Combining signs to construct detailed sentences
- Immersion Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities
Feel free to email us with any questions you have!

Price: $189
Format: Virtual, live, instructor-led class
Location: Zoom
Dates: 10/26/26-12/22/26
Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00pm to 9:00pm
Online course registration and payments are limited to one per person.