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Features of ASLdeafined

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There are numerous American Sign Language websites online.  And, you may not know which website to use.  Here at ASLdeafined, we try to meet the needs of all our users.  Listed below are many of our wonderful features we offer to every subscriber.  If there is something you would like to see on our site, please send us an email.  We would be glad to consider it.  Our email address is info@asldeafined.com.

Features of ASLdeafined.com: Video technology – 21st Century

  • Themed Lessons(140 + lessons) – 24/7 (always online)
    • 15 words per lesson
    • 4 retention exercises
    • New lessons added frequently – continuously evolving
  • Periodic Quizzes and Reviews
    • Constantly reviewing learned vocabulary and concepts
  • Individualized progress chart(students have their own username and password)
    • Every completed activity is scored and recorded
    • Instant feedback from completed activities
    • Excellent for progress monitoring
  • Fingerspelling
    • Starts off with 3-letter words and goes to 8-letter words (increase in speed)
    • Detect fingerspelling within an ASL phrase
  • Spelling (English – unscramble the word activity)
  • ASL grammar lessons
    • ASL to English
    • English to ASL
  • Deaf Culture and history
  • Story time
    • with comprehension questions
    • Based on learned vocabulary
  • Customizable vocabulary bank
    • Over 10,000 words to choose from
  • Synonyms with words(ASL is based on concept)
    • One sign could have multiple synonyms (car:  automobile, vehicle, transportation)
  • Automatic vocabulary review (based on customized vocabulary bank)
  • Customizable favorite pages
    • Favorite lessons
    • Favorite pages
    • Favorite activities
  • Alphabet and numbers
  • Multiple meaning words(Concept words)
    • Multiple meaning word activity  – checking for comprehension
  • ASL syntax / grammar
  • Classifiers
    • Samples of how to use classifiers
  • Common phrases used in ASL
  • Non-manual markers

Give the Gift of Learning

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Those of you who are learning to communicate with others who cannot hear are very special individuals.  And, during this Holiday Season, you may know of other friends and family members who would like to learn American Sign Language, also.

Because of this, ASLdeafined offers Gift Certificates year-round, for a variety of special occasions.  Gift certificates may be purchased for any period of time, from One Month to an unlimited number of months.

Simply email us at info@asldeafined.com to order your Gift Certificate today, OR, simply go to our website www.ASLdeafined.com, and click on “Gift Certificate”.  Once your order is completed, we will send you an Invoice through PayPal.  Then, we will e-mail you a Gift Certificate with a User Name and Password attached to it.  All you have to do is print out the Certificate and present it to your friend, or family member.

A sample of the Gift Certificate is attached below.   As you can see, the Gift of Learning makes wonderful Christmas gifts, as well as wonderful gifts for so many other special occasions.

Let us help you to help that Special Person to start learning American Sign Language today.

Review Your Saved Vocabulary Bank Automatically

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ASLdeafined has a new feature that you will find under “My Vocabulary”.  Every word that you saved under “My Vocabulary” can now be reviewed automatically.  Simply click on the icon “My Vocabulary”, then click on “Practice My Vocabulary” link (underneath the heading “My Vocabulary”).  Individual videos will randomly appear instantly, right before your eyes.  After a video is done playing, a new one will appear.  This is a great feature for helping you to retain newly acquired vocabulary.

Please let us know of other features and suggestions you would like to see integrated into ASLdeafined.com.

Which Group Should I Join?

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Occasionally, people have been confused on which group they should sign up for when completing the subscription information to ASLdeafined.  Some have subscribed inadvertently to the wrong group (deaf students, hearing parents of deaf children; community at-large.)   Later, they will contact ASLdeafined, asking if they can change to another group of learners.  The answer is YES , and it’s never a problem to switch.  Also, some individuals have inquired as to why the three groups were established.

At ASLdeafined, we created the ability to customize the three groups of subscribers for a reason:

For the deaf student group, we have added more activities designed to help students who are still in public education with improving their English grammar and skills.  In addition, this section helps students to improve their English vocabulary, and ASL structure.

The next group is for hearing parents with deaf children.  With this group, we have added pertinent information that may assist parents with raising their deaf child.

The last group created on ASLdeafined is for the community at-large.  This group was designed for people who work with a deaf person, or for those who simply wish to learn ASL for a variety of reasons.  Basically, if a subscriber does not fit into the first two groups, then this would be the area he/she would want to sign up under.  If you have the interest, or passion, to learn ASL, with the intent of one day becoming an interpreter, for example, this would be the group you would want to subscribe under.

At ASLdeafined, our goal is to provide  relevant information that best matches each of our subscribers.  As always, if you have further questions about our site, please email us.