I think my learning plan worked very well. I only wish that I had found more resources and that I had found them earlier in the semester. However, the best way for me to learn is just to practice whenever I can, so signing while I was speaking English was what helped me the most. The grammar of ASL is different than English, but I always tried to keep that in the back of my mind while I was talking, so I did not get confused.
Watching videos is also incredibly helpful and one of the best ways to learn new signs and keep up with the ones that you already know. There are thousands of videos on the internet about both learning ASL and learning about deaf culture and they have been great to watch.
Watching videos produced by my religion has also been great, because the interpreters are incredible. Those videos have made it very easy to learn basic religious signs and signs that would be used both in daily life and in a religious context.
All in all, I liked my learning plan and I think I learned an appropriate amount during this semester.
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