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ASLTA(also: American Sign Language Teachers Association)

A US-based professional association founded to support and certify ASL educators. ASLTA publishes curriculum standards, offers certification at multiple levels (Provisional, Qualified, Professional, Master), runs professional development events, and advocates for rigorous ASL…

L1 and L2 Language Learners(also: First Language Learner, Second Language Learner, Native Signer)

In language pedagogy, L1 refers to a learner's first or native language and L2 to a language learned after L1 is established. In ASL education, L1 learners are typically Deaf children of Deaf parents who acquire ASL as their first language, while L2 learners are most commonly…

Receptive and Expressive Skills(also: Receptive Signing, Expressive Signing, Receptive Skills)

In language learning, receptive skills are the ability to understand a language — reading and listening in spoken languages, watching and comprehending signing in sign languages — while expressive skills are the ability to produce the language. For sign-language learners,…

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