American Sign Language (ASL) 101 & ISL (Udemy.com)
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Created by: Deaf Instructor
Last updated November 2025
What you will learn
- Practice: Sign Quiz
- Basics of ASL
- The Principles of ASL
- Camera Angles
- Deaf Sentence Structure Concepts & Deaf Grammar
- Mouth Morphemes
- ASL Collocation
- Analyzing the Use of Classifiers as Lexical Signs
- Layering Mouth Morphemes and Classifiers
- ASL Dictionary with Real Examples
- Deaf Experience
- ASL Classifiers
- Improve Interpreting Skills
- Deaf Manner and Culture
- Descriptive Signing
- ASL Thesaurus
- Sign Concepts
- Tips and Tricks
- Setting the scene
- Concept Challenges
- Indian Sign Language (ISL)
How it compares
Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 2% of them
- Reviews124#436 of 536 by number of reviews
- Length14.1 hourslonger than 83% of them
- Last updatedNovember 2025more recently than 70% of them
Course Description
No matter your background or origin, these lessons will help you to express yourself more like a Deaf person who signs naturally and fluently. To this end, this course will teach about Facial Expression, Use of Space, Hand Shapes, Deaf Grammars, Poetic Signs and of course, Deaf culture! Watch at your own pace and enjoy like you would a latte in a coffee shop. I'm available to chat- just message!
I was born profoundly deaf. My world is completely visual. I have spent a lot of time in the US- my brother, who is also deaf, lives there and my wife is American. I have been asked to deliver speeches and lectures in the ASL community as often as I have visited the US. This has granted me the privilege of having a rich experience in Deaf Language. You could say ASL is the language of my heart since it is my means of communication with all my closest loved ones and the vehicle for me to win the heart of the woman I love.
I was invited to work as translator in Sign Language. I have been trained at translation facilities using ASL in the US. I have learned how to teach through my nearly six years of translating from English text into a conceptual Sign Language that can be naturally understood by deaf. In this way, I understand my student's desire to learn accurately. If you need a window into the deaf mind, I am the right person to give you the insight!
Please note: This is an introduction to every visual sign language on a global scale. It is not sign language specific.
Important: Check the content and understand-ability of the course immediately upon purchase as there is only a one month window for refund due to dissatisfaction. Thank you.
Instructor Details
- 4.1 Rating
124 Reviews
Deaf Instructor
I was born profoundly deaf. My world is completely visual. I also have an older brother who is deaf. I have traveled through Europe, US and South Asia and have met many hundreds of deaf people. This has granted me the privilege of having a rich experience in Deaf Language. I was invited to work as translator. And I have learnt in my nearly six years of translating from English text into a conceptual Sign Language that can be naturally understood by deaf. In this way, I understand students's desire to learn accurately. If you need a window into the deaf mind, I am the right person to give you the insight!
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Reviews
By Andreae Callanan on 10/16/2022
Excellent start! It's so helpful to begin with an understanding of grammar instead of just developing a list of vocabulary. I really appreciate it!
By Nancy Jones on 5/26/2022
When they show the Hand Shapes it’s only for two seconds and you can’t read all five of the boxes. It’s extremely difficult to do on mobile.
By Aditi Shringarpure on 1/7/2021
i thought i would be learning how to sign, it said it was 101 but I'm not learning anything yet. maybe I didn't the course I was buying
By Cali Farley on 1/3/2021
I think it’s great that this kind of content is available for purchase at such a great price to learn right from home!
By Launna Baal on 8/18/2020
There was a lot of good content. I have beginner signing experience so I wanted a course that would not only help me review ASL but also go beyond beginner signs. At times it would have been nice to have the longer signing sequences, stories and explanations written out, maybe a brief written summary at the end of the video. Overall, I learned more about ASL and the Deaf culture.
By Sharon on 7/24/2020
Video is clear and easy to follow. However, there are no instructions as to the order of the signs for sentence structure. I did not find out until the end of the video that there is more than one way to sign each sentence,
By Amanda Waterman on 2/4/2020
Very educational and enjoyable course! I appreciated Anirban’s personal experiences and insight into deaf thinking and culture. Thanks for all of the effort in making this course, I would definitely recommend this it to anyone wanting to learn sign language!
By Sabrina on 9/6/2019
Very informative. I found the information was practical and general enough to fit a variety of of situations. The teachers were comfortable to listen to and entertaining to watch. The course was not boring or to slow. It was set up in an easy to understand and navigate. Excellent job! I look forward to more courses from you.
By R. Shiloah James on 8/16/2019
As a certified ASL interpreter I took this course to further my education, and it did not disappoint. I learned new points from the insight into deaf culture and absolutely loved the sign language poetry at the end! The way the ISL signs were clear and zoomed in for better viewing made them easy to grasp. A-1 course!
By Abigail Brackeen on 7/24/2019
I found this course very informative and I enjoyed the manner in which the instructor spoke. It was very easy to follow along and I am excited to watch the next lesson.
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Overall Score : 82 / 100








