If you are looking to test your skills in American Sign Language then Salon: ASL is for you. The purpose of the event is firstly, to offer a place for more fluent signers to use their language and hone their skills. Secondly, it offers a way to learn language skills fast in a respectful environment. Lastly, it helps build a connection with the deaf community.
Salon is a place to use language and talking about what's going on in the world all in ASL. It's best if you know ASL fluently, but if you can be silent and learn what you can, beginners are welcome too.
So here's how it works:
- We discuss and chat for an hour only in ASL *no talking or English allowed*. Writing is allowed.
- The last thirty minutes we dedicate to debriefing. If there was something you didn't understand this is the time where you can ask questions to clarify something.
Why not stretch out of your comfort zone? Give salon a try!