I love these all for various reasons so I highly recommend checking them out!

How to learn any language in six months — Chris Lonsdale

The secrets of learning a new language — Lýdia Machová

How to learn any language easily — Matthew Youlden

Why We Struggle Learning Languages — Gabriel Wyner

Learning a language? Speak it like you’re playing a video game — Marianna Pascal

Hacking language learning — Benny Lewis

ASL is American Sign Language and it's a beautiful and complex visual language used primarily by Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. I've been studying it for about 3 months now and have completely fallen in love with it! My roommate and his gf both know varying levels of ASL (she's fluent and he's around my level) so it's been great to practice with them when we're able.

A lot of my language progress has been coming from youtube videos and practicing by myself (especially in a mirror or recording myself) so I wanted to share some of the resources I've found particularly helpful!

HandSpeak ASL Dictionary: This is a great database where you can look up how to sign various words

What The Deaf?! Podcast: A podcast run by two Deaf women talking about various aspects of their lives, gives some insight into Deaf culture and their lived experiences

ASL Fingerspelling Receptive Practice: They show short videos of a fingerspelled word that you then type out to see if you interpreted it correctly. Fingerspelling is a super important skill in ASL so I highly recommend practicing either with sites like this or through other resources meant for receptive practice!

Bill Vicars ASL 1 YouTube Lessons: These are more extended lessons taught entirely through sign while still being largely understandable. I recommend checking these out once you have a little more of a foundation in vocabulary so you can follow along better!

Chris Gorges ASL Basics YouTube Lessons: He gives clear and concise explanations for a lot of different concepts. I went through all of the videos in this playlist which helped me build up my vocabulary quickly

The Daily Moth YouTube Channel: They produce daily news segments signed in ASL with captions, which I’ve found is great for receptive practice and semi-immersion even though they still go quite fast for my current level

sí = yes

vale = okay

bueno = okay

claro = sure

cierto = true

exacto = exactly

perfecto = perfect

está bien = it’s fine

de acuerdo = alright

claro que sí = certainly

por supuesto = of course

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