Monday, December 1, 2008

Can You Learn American Sign Language At Home?

Learning at home is great - the obvious advantages are that you an study at your own pace, and at times to suit your lifestyle. It's a lot easier to learn from home while still being able to deal with daily home activities. It becomes an issue of time if you have to jump in a car and drive to class somewhere. The requirements of sitting in a class environment can add stress to your already hectic scheduling which will than impact your learning.You could just buy yourself a book on the subject, but that's not advisable as the quickest way to learn, because you will be staring at a lot of diagrams which will take a lot of effort to turn into the actual hand movements you'll need.You'll also need to be a great self motivator to stick to the learning, and not just put it off.I prefer to recommend a full home study course. This has all the advantages of learning at home, plus it negates some of the downsides mentioned above.

A full home study course that's any good will have practical study, and interactive elements to the learning. This speeds up the process and taps into your subconscious quicker than trying to digest pages from a book.

Also, a good course for learning American signing will be taught by someone who is fluent and knows the current usages, so you are not learning old fashioned techniques.

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