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🤟American Sign Language from scratch

Fingerspell, sign greetings, and read the grammar in the face

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ASL is a language, not English on the hands

Deaf culture and why the capital D matters

Deaf etiquette you can use today

The five parameters of every sign

How to read the sign descriptions in this course

The manual alphabet, part one (A through I)

The manual alphabet, part two (J through R)

The manual alphabet, part three (S through Z)

When fingerspelling is actually used

Numbers one to ten

Numbers eleven to twenty

Your first greetings

Introducing yourself

Pronouns and pointing, called indexing

The face is grammar, not mood

Yes-or-no questions versus WH questions

ASL word order: topic-comment

Time goes first: time-topic-comment

Everyday vocabulary: family

Everyday vocabulary: food, feelings, and colors

Classifiers, the beginner version

Common beginner mistakes

A simple daily practice routine

How to keep learning and join the community

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