Free Online Sign Language Courses Series Launched!
By LSO-21 | June 9, 2008
LearningSignsOnline, LLC believes in making learning American Sign Language (ASL) affordable and accessible to everyone. With that in mind, we’re very proud to launch a series of free online ASL courses as a supplement to our expanding regular coursework.
Our very first course is a simple one, but an important one. Learning to fingerspell the American Alphabet. To that effect, we’ve even included a free complimentary full-color Alphabet Fingerspelling chart that you can download and print out. You can even pass it along to your friends and learn fingerspelling together.
So stop by and check out our first course here.
In the coming weeks, we will be releasing even more free courses, filled with images and videos to help make your learning experience fun and exciting. We will also provide more structured, formal ASL training courses at LSO-21.com. Our current course, ASL Survival Class, is already generating a lot of popularity across the Internet.
As we’ve said, we at LearningSignsOnline , are very committed to delivering affordable, accessible and quality American Sign Language training to you right at the comfort of your own computer desktop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. This is our promise to you.
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ASL or Gas?
By LSO-21 | May 25, 2008
It is now Memorial Weekend, the traditional start of the Summer Season. As we’re standing on the corner, we noticed the gas station across the street. This Summer Season has new meaning that it didn’t have before…. Rising Gas Prices.
As we pondered what this means to everyone, we came to a realization. People shouldn’t have to choose between learning American Sign Language or paying for a tank of gas. So we made a decision this weekend. Despite the popularity of our newly launched LSO-21 Website after just one week, we want to make life easier for our customers. Yes, we’re SLASHING prices!
Our popular ASL Survival Course, originally priced at $49.95 is now permanently reduced to $29.95.
And here’s some extra good news for our existing customers who have already purchased our first course in the past week. We’re crediting you back the difference. Whether you paid by credit card or PayPal, you’ll instantly get a credit of $20.00 in your account within the next 48 hours.
We’re doing this because we care about our customers and we want our customers to be able to enrich their lives by continuing to learn American Sign Language affordably.
The response in the past week of new customers since our launch has been absolutely stunning. And it shows a real desire by Americans across the country to learn ASL. If you haven’t signed up for your course yet, click here to learn more.
Thank you.
THe LSO-21 Management Team
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Learning Kenyan Sign Language in the Peace Corps
By LSO-21 | May 21, 2008
Story by Erickson Young
Hello! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Erickson Young. And I’d like to tell you a short story about myself. I graduated from Gallaudet University in 2003. After that, I decided I wanted to join the United States Peace Corps. (We’ll call it PC for short.)
The Peace Corps decided to send me to Kenya. This is the sign for “Kenya.” I lived there for two and a half years. I was a teacher and wanted to go to a third world country to give my knowledge and skills. Living there for two years, I had to learn their language, called Kenyan Sign Language (KSL.)
I wanted to share with you approximately 10 words so you can get an idea of what KSL looks like. So watch the video.
(See video to see the remaining video printed on slides.)
Erickson Young recently returned from Kenya where he was a U.S Peace Corps Volunteer advising on Kenyan Sign Language and Deaf culture to teachers and parents of Deaf children. He currently is an instructor at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois.
If you liked this video, stay tuned for more KSL demonstrations from Erickson Young.
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Sign Language Training Website Launched!
By LSO-21 | May 19, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: info@learningsignsonline.com
LearningSignsOnline, LLC launches first fully-interactive
American Sign Language eLearning service.
May 19, 2008 – Seasoned Deaf American Sign Language university instructors, Lisa P. Hubble and Jennifer Briggs have teamed up to create the first fully-interactive American Sign Language (ASL) on-line courses to teach students from the comfort of their home or office, any time of day or night. With over 20 lessons and hundreds of videos and photos, students will learn the basics of ASL quickly.
Unlike other online services, LearningSignsOnline, LLC takes the student right into the course so the student can get started. Courses are taught using a combination of Flash technology, video animation and photography via the Internet. LSO-21’s innovative Internet video teaching approach provides clarity, rhythm, expression, and language flow that cannot be fully expressed through books and still photography alone. Only the most qualified and experienced Deaf instructors and actors are brought in for the course content.
By using the Internet as the primary medium of instruction, customers experience the benefits of fresh updates and evolving supplements delivered instantly online at any time of the day.
About the Founders
Founder Lisa Hubble earned her bachelor’s degree in American Sign Language from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. She has taught and tutored ASL for over ten years in various settings, including at colleges, high schools, businesses, churches, and federal agencies. Lisa has traveled throughout the US and overseas, enriching her range of experiences. In addition, she grew up with a deaf family where American Sign Language is used daily.
Co-Founder Jennifer Briggs teaches in the American Sign Language-English Department at Columbia College in Chicago, IL. With a bachelor’s degree in American Sign Language from Gallaudet University and a master’s degree in Teaching ASL as a Foreign Language from Columbia University in New York, Briggs has taught ASL for over seven years, and is also a deaf intermediary interpreter. Additionally, she travels the country presenting on extensive topics covering ASL, linguistics, Deaf culture and interpreting to both deaf and hearing audiences.
Both Lisa and Jennifer are Deaf and native ASL users. They have combined their interest for designing and developing curriculum for ASL classes to make learning sign language a positive, rewarding and accessible experience for others.
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