The 1930s Southern horror film “Sinners” was a box-office hit. Now it’s making headlines again as it celebrates a milestone ...

The All-in-One American Sign Language Bundle packages 13 different lesson sets you can access on your own schedule.

Sign language is a language you express by using your hands and face instead of spoken words. It’s most commonly used by people in the Deaf community. How many types of sign language are there? There ...

Around a million people in the United States speak sign language. American Sign Language (ASL) is an exciting language that can help you connect with your dead and hard-of-hearing friends, family, and ...

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American Sign Language (ASL), used by half a million Americans, is the fourth most studied foreign language at colleges and universities. Despite its critical role for those who can't use spoken ...

Leila Hanaumi is Barbie. And Ken. And, well, every character in the ASL version of the Golden Globe-award-winning "Barbie" movie. The sign language performer signs for every cast member who speaks or ...

The Los Angeles Unified School District board passed a controversial resolution in May that places deaf and hard of hearing children in a bilingual American Sign Language and English program. But ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Amanda Morris about how sign language evolves over time, the subject of her recent piece in The New York Times. In 2014, the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps the most ...