Jacob Chaimovitch plays “Helen Keller speller” with a fellow classmate.

Flyer for the UConn ASL program

As a teacher of one of the lesser known languages, Ms. Eddy encourages her students to think about ways in which their skills can be used in the real world.

Sisters, Sarah and Kellie Sartoris, practice the sign for “book”

In the ASL classroom, Ms. Eddy hung up silly comics related to sign language.

In a classroom activity, Drew Sanzo and Hussian Hamadi practice identifying the definitions of different signs.

Amanda Perry looks through her ASL textbook

Sarah Sartoris reads her ASL textbook during class

This ASL sign hangs outside the doorway of the classroom.

During class, the students play an activity in which one person signs a word, and the other players must race to point at the correct definition.

Sign language culture posters cover the walls of the ASL classroom.

Drew Sanzo and Hussian Hamadi race to find the correct definition of a sign.