Learning American Sign Language is an enriching, life-long experience that broadens students' personal and professional horizons. It introduces the learners to the Deaf Culture and to the principles of a visual-gestural language.                                         

The program offers preparation for acquiring visual-gestural language, finger spelling, vocabulary, modeling, and basic grammatical structures. The linguistic elements are incorporated into cultural and communicative activities. We create a learner-centered environment in which students are the real protagonists, while we strive to maximize the use of ASL in the classroom. With the guidance of expert, professional instructors, students develop linguistic competencies in American Sign Language, as well as socio-cultural competencies in communicating with deaf or ear impaired people.

A first-semester course in American Sign Language corresponds to two years of high school study.

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