Well, I have to say, ASL has been a ride. Since this is officially my LAST ASL post, let me summarize the adventure.

A list of my posts, in order:

• Journey towards ASL
  • Laying out the reasons I wanted to learn ASL, and how I was planning on doing it.
• Relearning the Alphabet
  • My reflection on my first week of learning, having used two separate apps.
• A step out of the shallow water
  • My post about having used Animoto to make a progress video of my learning.
• Finishing the Alphabet
  • Using inspiration from a classmate (Stephanie Voss’s) post, and a progress video of the alphabet.
• Numbers, numbers, numbers
  • Learning how to sign the numbers 1-10 with a slideshow.
• Numbers 11-20
  • Learning how to sign the numbers 11-20 with a video.
• A New Tool – ASL Continued
  • Using a new website, SignSchool, to learn, including a review of the website.
• ASL – Part 8
  • Learning from SignSchool again, including a slideshow and images.
• Learning How to Speak to Friends
  • More review of how much I love SignSchool, and a video to show my learning.

Here’s a video to summarize everything I’ve learned thus far.

I have to say, I’m still not very good at ASL. I don’t think I could carry on a conversation. But hey, it’s a whole different language. You can’t expect me to learn a whole language over the course of a few months. And, to be fair to myself, I retained most of what I learned. So there.

But, in all seriousness, overall, I enjoyed the ride. ASL is fun, and I might keep cracking at it every once in a while, just for fun.

Bernice