Keep Growing Your ASL - Able Lingo ASL

Many ASL learners eventually reach a point where they ask:

“What’s next?”

Maybe you’ve completed a course, learned hundreds of signs, or reached a milestone you never thought you’d achieve. Those are all accomplishments worth celebrating—but they’re not the end of your ASL journey.

The next step isn’t necessarily to learn a thousand new signs.

More often, it’s continuing to use and strengthen the ASL vocabulary and skills you already have.

How?

By creating new sign combinations, forming new sentences, adapting or expanding conversations you’ve already learned, and signing about new topics.

👉 While finding a practice partner is highly encouraged, don’t underestimate the value of the practice you do on your own.

Small, daily interactions with ASL build skill and confidence. A few minutes every day often leads to more progress than an occasional practice session once a month.

When you do have opportunities to sign with other people, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how much you’re able to confidently communicate.

Continue Growing Within the ASL Bundle for Beginners

Below are some practical ways to continue building your ASL skills. If you’re an ASL Bundle for Beginners member, you’ll find links throughout this article to the relevant resources.

You don’t have to do all of these. Choose the ones that work well with your busy schedule and your learning style:

• Actively participate in the ASL Daily Feed by following the instructions, signing with the videos, answering questions, and putting ❤️❤️❤️ in the comments when you sign with me.

• Work through new ASL Signing Missions as they are released. Repeat the review sections to make sure things are sticking in your brain.

• Make sure to sign BOTH sides of any conversation you encounter in the ASL Bundle for Beginners.

• Actively participate in the ASL Daily Email for Beginners by signing with each lesson, doing the recognition exercises, and taking your time with the signing and understanding review.

• Make a habit of revisiting the 2-Part Testing sections of my ASL courses to practice both signing and understanding. Here are a few links to get you started:

Test: Sign Common Things
Test: Understand Place Signs
Understand: Sentences #2
Sign: Group 1 Statements
Understand: Groups 1 to 3 Questions

👉 Keep in mind, there are MANY more review sections in the ASL Course Library.

Make ASL Part of Your Daily Life

You don’t have to wait for the “perfect” practice opportunity.

Here are a few simple ways to keep ASL part of your everyday life:

• Teach a family member or friend a few useful signs, a simple conversation, or something you’ve recently learned. They might just become a future practice partner.

• For immediate feedback, use a mirror to compare what you’re signing with what you’re watching in the ASL videos. Correct as needed.

• Record yourself signing a conversation or narrative and then review the video. See how smoothly you move from sign to sign and from beginning to end. Collect these videos to view your progress over time.

• Fingerspell names, places, movie titles, phone numbers, license plate numbers, and any other words or series of numbers you encounter throughout the day.

• Practice introducing yourself, sharing about your life, and signing relevant questions (even if you’re all by yourself in front of a mirror). Practice. Makes. Improvement.

• Watch American Sign Language videos regularly from online ASL creators you trust. Don’t hesitate to slow the videos down if it helps you better understand what’s being signed.

👉 The key isn’t doing everything on this list. It’s choosing the ones that fit naturally into your life and daily routine.

Small, consistent actions lead to big results over time.

Remember…

Learning ASL isn’t about waiting for the perfect opportunity.

It’s about consistently making ASL part of your life. Small, consistent practice adds up over time.

Every conversation you sign, every fingerspelled word, every Daily Feed activity, every Signing Mission, every 2-Part Test, and every ASL Daily Email lesson helps strengthen your skills and confidence.

👉 You probably don’t need a thousand new signs. You most likely need to become more flexible with the signs you already know.

Keep showing up. Keep signing. Keep smiling.

Your future self will thank you.