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Hi! Glad you are seeking out to learn sign language! Here are some good resources: The best sites are: aslpro and lifeprint . I’m not a HUGE fan of youtube videos because you don’t often know that person’s credibility. Though, if you send me links I’ll be happy to check out and let you know if it’s thumbs up or down. :)But, the BEST way to become good at ASL is interacting with deaf people and taking ASL classes irl. 

Sure! A cool thing about Europe is that they have so many organizations. Nice thing about signs is that you can adapt to talk to people from other countries using international signs. So that makes it easier for deaf europeans to work together. EUD: European Union of the Deaf. https://www.eud.eu/ EUDYS: ^ but for youths in categories- kid to about 12 years old, 13 years old to 18 years old, and 18 years old to 30 years old. Each country has their own country association of the deaf and youth association. Also there are several deaf events in Europe, such as: Clin d’Œil in France (deaf film and arts festival. I just went there and it was so fun!), DEAFestival 2019 in Greece, Frontrunner’s iFrontrunner Festival in Denmark, Signmark performance, Sencity Festival in 2020 in Netherlands, etc. Some of these I found from looking up in facebook events. You can always contact your local deaf organization and ask. My organization in Canada- Ontario Association of the Deaf- get asked all the time about events. :) You could look up performers from Clin d’Œil’s social media and follow them. Here are the lists of artists: https://cdn.website-editor.net/d5695df609e144f7a27e8a0d8d2bbecb/files/uploaded/LIVRE%2520PROGRAMME%2520FINAL.pdf Example is Dawn Jani Birley who is an actress from Canada and lives in Finland. Her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dajabi/?hl=de. Also, Signmark is another example. I hope these help :)  

Oh no this is not appropriation of deaf culture. Anyone learning ASL is NOT a cultural appropriation. If people get mad at ya, tell them to talk to me. Idk why people are telling people it’s a cultural appropriation to learn ASL. If it is, then how would we have ASL interpreters?

http://lifeprint.com/ is a really great site to start with! Also, ASL app is really amazing app. These both would be good for you to learn few basics signs. Have fun!

Haha yeah I am fan of his work. Actually he was my teacher during my first year at gallaudet university- he taught ASL class. Also, his Sign Naturally stories helped my parents to learn sign language. But sorry- I don’t know of any links to videos of his stories. What I only have is VHS of his Sign Naturally videos hah. 

https://www.facebook.com/seektheworld2015/videos/1009157699199650/?pnref=story

Hey! Yes if you really want to improve in ASL, (or any sign languages), you’ll have to get involved with deaf community. It’ll help your signing to look more natural, help you to pick up signs and grammar faster. And of course, we want everyone to learn ASL. :3I’d suggest you to focus on deaf/ASL events that are stuff like: performances, plays (often have interpreters), events with booths selling stuff, lectures, etc. There, you will have easier time interacting with deaf people, such as talking with booth seller about their products, asking questions to presenters, etc. And deaf people at these kind of events are more open to interacting with new signers- after all, they are running business/clubs and want more customers. It’s totally ok to drop by more social-focused events like socializing at bar, deaf school sports game, etc. But keep in mind that deaf people there tend to be more focused on socializing with their friends, catching up, etc. They’ll be a bit less open to signing slowly to strangers who are new signers. With that kind of event, it’s best to go there with your deaf friend(s).Have fun!

I don’t support PSE/SEE. You can’t just fuse two different languages and mash them up into something. I do know some of SEE and it’s very.... robot-like to me when I’m signing it. It’s confusing to kids. Especially that majority of deaf culturally deaf people don’t use SEE. It’s better keeping English and ASL separated. We deafies learn English just fine with ASL. ((SEE/PSE are like code-system not a language. It was created by hearing people who thought that signing exactly english (SEE) would’ve helped deaf kids acquire English better and faster. It doesn’t really. Kids who know ASL actually have better chance of becoming fluent in ASL.))