In a small, sparse makeshift lab, Melissa Malzkuhn practices her range of motion in a black, full-body unitard dotted with light-reflecting nodes. She's strapped on a motion capture, or mocap, suit.

Sign language is a great skill to learn, and we're here to teach you all the basics. Sign language is a great skill to learn, and we're here to teach you all the basics. Signing the alphabet is really ...

If we could teach American Sign Language to all students, including hearing students, from kindergarten to 12th grade, the benefits would be extraordinary. It would not only eradicate the biggest ...

Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language. Scroll This is how a deaf person in America would ...

A daycare in Bethlehem has a unique program, teaching kids sign language often before they have even learned to speak.

The District is a hotbed of sign language, says Melissa Malzkuhn, who works in creative research and development at Gallaudet University. That’s thanks largely to her employer, which draws about 2,000 ...

It takes an average of 8 or more years to become fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). The proficiency chart below (created by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) shows levels of ...

Children learn the language(s) that they hear and see around them at a young age, but what happens if a child just never has any linguistic input, spoken or signed? Although a scientific study around ...