Whats Best Way to learn and progress in ASL if you cant find deaf people on...

Riah

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...the island you live on? Im a college student currently living on the big island of Hawaii and Im learning ASL on my own. Is there any way I can learn faster and improve my skills? There are no ASL classes at my college and no deaf students or people that i know of?
 
Google "deaf Hawaii" there are many resources and groups in every state that people just don't know about. You may find a church that translates to ASL, or schools that specifically deal with deaf people.

I was lucky enough to have found a church that had about 25% deaf parishioners. Each service was shown in live ASL as the songs and sermon were going on. One of the parishioners taught ASL classes (very cool to learn from a deaf person) which I took 3 of. Each year there was a "full immersion" conference/camp. It cost $500, but for a week you were in a large group with deaf people and deaf teachers, and no one was allowed to speak. You had to sign the whole time. I personally was never able to afford it, but heard it was fabulous.

You may also be able to find video tutorials online, or even a deaf friend or group that you can video chat with in sign only. I hope you continue to learn, I think it is the most beautiful language there is.
 
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