ASL Resources

Here's a quick list of sites for you to bookmark if you're looking to learn ASL.

https://www.signsavvy.com

Dictionary, blog, learning area, and more!

http://lifeprint.com

First 100 signs, videos, and more!

http://aslpro.com

Dictionary, Quizzes, and Sign Language for babies!

http://asl.ms 

Fingerspelling practice

http://asl.bz

Number Practice

http://www.signlanguage101.com

Absolutely free ASL instruction!

Http://www.deaftv.com

Videos in ASL

http://howyousign.com

Links to many ASL resources

http://aslized.org/

Journal of American Sign Language and Literature

http://ideafnews.com

World Wide News For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing

http://www.oicmovies.com

News, information, and entertainment in American Sign Language

Mondly.com

Hello, everybody! I know it's been a while since I blogged. I thought I'd run out of language courses. But today I came across one that is definitely worth talking about. It's called Mondly and it uses the "gamification" method of learning.

I like to pick a language I don't know well to review the course in. So for Mondly, I picked Chinese.

You start here with what looks like a travel map.

And once you pick your destination you will have a set of lessons. See the stars? They reflect how well you did the lesson.

Mondly feels a lot like a crossover between Duolingo and the old LiveMocha. You start off seeing pictures and hearing names. Basically, this is a total immersion course.

For each wrong answer you lose a heart.

Mondly's method is even more "sink or swim" than Duolingo as you don't get translations of the words and they will throw you expressions you haven't heard yet. I highly recommend combining it with a vocabulary course such as Memrise.

So why bother with Mondly when there's Duolingo? Well, here's one good reason. They have quite a few languages that Duolingo hasn't even begun to hatch yet such as Mandarin and Afrikaans.

Overall, I really like Mondly and I think you should give it a try.

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