Welcome to the SMC Library's guide on resources on Modern Languages. Here you will find useful resources to help you in your research.The tabs along the top of this page will show you more specific information that may assist you with your research.
Sign language resources and extracurricular ASL materials for language and culture enthusiasts, ASL students and learners, instructors and teachers, interpreters, homeschoolers, parents and professional for practice or self-study.
The Journal of American Sign Languages and Literatures (JASLL) offers a permanent home for ASL publications in its most natural and accessible medium – video. A video-based medium provides a space for leading educators, researchers, and storytellers to share their work with the public in signed language.
ASL (American Sign Language) free self-study lessons including an ASL dictionary, signing videos, a printable sign language alphabet chart (fingerspelling), Deaf Culture study materials, and resources to help you learn sign language.
The VL2 center publishes research briefs as a resource for educators and parents. The goal is to inform the education community of research findings, to summarize relevant scholarship, and, in the form of practice guides, to present recommendations that educators and parents can use when addressing the multifaceted challenges of educating deaf and hard of hearing children.