American Sign Language (ASL) is a unique, vibrant, and living language that is used by an estimated 2 million people who are d/Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing. It has its own grammar and syntax, apart from English. In fact, given that ASL owes its roots (for the most part) to French sign language (SLF), which was based on the spoken French language, the grammatical structure is very different than English and is more like the spoken French language. Learning ASL means learning, not only sign vocabulary, but a different way of thinking about how you structure language. Additionally, beyond the actual signs and their structure within a sentence, ASL relies on facial expressions, body movements, non-signs (things like classifiers), and other aspects to effectively communicate.