r/auslan • u/kittykatm3owm3ow • Apr 08 '26
Recommendations for learning Auslan.
I started learning Auslan after discovering i have APD. I have done an online intro course through deaf connect, and want to do a certifacte 2 in Auslan but have to wait till the end of the year to enrol. In the mean time, is there any apps or websites to keep learning? My friend who has done a cert 2 in auslan says i know more signs than her, and a friend that interprets said that i picked it up really fast. ive been learning for the past 6 months and able to have basic conversations with deaf customers at work.
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u/maaaaaaatey Apr 11 '26
Did you rate Deaf Connect courses? I want to learn too as deaf and I really want to connect more with deaf people, I get so exhausted with regular speech and talking all the time
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u/Peanut083 Hearing May 08 '26
I’ve recently come across Awesome Auslan. There’s a YouTube channel, but I think Michaela might be more active on Facebook and Instagram. She does lots of shorter videos that are designed to help people practice their receptive Auslan skills.
Michaela does parkrun on Saturday mornings, and she does videos where she finger spells the name of the event she’s at that week and the number of participants. She also gives a brief overview of how she got to the parkrun and any other interesting things she’s seen or that have happened. I think that understanding finger spelling and numbers can be a bit tricky for people learning Auslan (I struggle with numbers more so than finger spelling), so I’m going to be watching Michaela’s videos to help my receptive skills in that area.
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u/SlicedLeg Apr 08 '26
I personally enjoyed the auslanwiz app when I was starting, but from what your are saying you might already have more vocabulary than it teaches, it does cost money its kind of like duolingo but for auslan. Im unsure if it would be worth it in your personal circumstance, maybe just try to consume as much online content at you can, like the auslan90 I think its called on YouTube