American Sign Language is a beautiful, practical, and fun skill. In this class, we will start with the alphabet and work our way up to vocabulary needed to interpret a selected song in sign. In addition to practicing basic ASL signs, you will also learn how to notate ASL vocabulary, construct sentences in ASL, seek out resources to learn new signs, and touch on principles of Universal Design and how they intersect with Deaf culture and history.

Moderator: Kristin Suess, in addition to being a professional singer, arts administrator, serial student, and Program Coordinator for OLLI, has trained in ASL off-and-on since she was in kindergarten. She attended Cincinnati State's Interpreter Training program with the thought of going into theatrical interpreting but cut her training short and finished with a certificate in Deaf studies.