Free Online Course: Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Natural Learning provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 3-5 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Sign Language Science: Factors Contributing to Natural Learning is taught by Ted Supalla.
4 weeks long, 3-5 hours a week
Self Paced
In this course, we will look at how multiple, varying factors can account for language-learning patterns. Age, for example, is a key factor that predicts fluency. Another topic of particular importance to signed languages is the mind. Knowing that spoken language primarily activates the left hemisphere, in this course we will explore how signed languages also primarily activate the left hemisphere.
