Austin Sign Language School (ASLS) offers:
• Quality Sign Language Instruction from beginner to advanced levels
• Sign classes held one night a week at the Texas School for the Deaf
• Classes for students age 14 and above
Classes cover:
• Visual Communication including:
• Fingerspelling
• Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE)
• American Sign Language (ASL)
• Contact Sign
• Interpreting
• Deaf Culture
What we DO NOT offer:
• An interpreter training program
• Interpreter services, referrals or certification
• Children’s classes
• Classes that are accredited
• Transcripts
• Sign language skill evaluations
• Late entry. Students may not join a class after the 2nd week of the semester
• Off-site classes
• Sign language tutors
General Announcements
| 2019-2020 Classes |
| Fall 2019 Thursdays, South TSD: Sept. 12 – Nov. 21, 2019 5:45-7:15 p.m. and 7:30-9:00 p.m.Spring 2020 Thursdays, South TSD: Jan. 9 – March 12, 2020 5:45-7:15 p.m. and 7:30-9:00 p.m. Summer 2020 Fall 2020 |
FALL 2019 INFORMATION
Fall Registration begins August 8, 2019
Tuition $130
Credit cards accepted for on-line registrations.
Fall 2019 Classes
- Fall semester begins at TSD Sept. 12, 2019. Payment must be submitted by Sept. 9, 2019. Click here for Quick Reference Schedule. Mail-in and on-line registration and payment must be submitted by Sept. 9, 2019. Click here for course information.
Course 101@5:45 pm is FULL and CLOSED.
Course 101@7:30 pm is FULL and CLOSED.
Course 301@7:30 pm is FULL and CLOSED.
Fall 2019 Adult Courses and Location
(6 students per course required)
Pre-register to ensure these courses can be offered.
South Austin
Texas School for the Deaf (TSD)
Sept 12 – November 21, 2019
(No classes Oct. 31)
5:45-7:15 p.m.
101-1st. Semester Beginners: ASL & CASE FULL and CLOSED
201- 2nd Semester Beginners: ASL & CASE
401-2nd Semester Intermediate: ASL & CASE
501/601-Advanced ASL *
1001-Vocabulary Building for Interpreter Trainees * **
7:30-9:00 p.m.
101-1st. Semester Beginners: ASL & CASE FULL and CLOSED
201- 2nd Semester Beginners: ASL & CASE
301-1st Semester Intermediate ASL & CASE FULL and CLOSED
701 – Deaf Culture*
*Course contingent on having enough enrolled and pre-paid students.
** DARS Interpreter CEUs approved
- SOUTH LOCATION – Thursday Nights
Texas School for the Deaf (TSD)
Ford/CTE Vocational Building
1102 South Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78704
Enter TSD through the Elizabeth Street gate after 5:30 p.m.
- Fall classes meet at TSD for 10 weeks on Thursday nights beginning Sept. 12, 2019 with specific courses from 5:45 – 7:15 p.m. and 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
- No classes offered in other locations.
- COST AND REGISTRATION
- The cost is $130.00 per student per course. ($5.00 discount for second family member taking a course during a semester).
- Pre-registration for ASLS classes is required. To pre-register, register on-line or send registration form and fee at least one week prior to first class session. Course Offerings depend on number of registrations received for each course. Click here for registration. Austin Sign Language School is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We welcome all interested students, regardless of race, religion, creed, age or disability.
