Special Zoom Session

Wednesday, September 18 (6-9 p.m. EST)

This Zoom session offers 0.3 RID CEUs (PS). I am thrilled that the ASL Interpreting Services (ASLIS) has invited me to give an exciting Zoom presentation. This is my MOST popular presentation topic where I discuss how people can improve their signing skills and I teach more about advanced features of conversational ASL like slangs, metaphors, etc. (with application in interpreting/translation). Anyone is welcome to attend (but NO English voiceover is provided). If you have already attended this presentation before, I recommend coming again for this expanded version (3 hours long) where I will be able to get into some advanced concepts and hopefully have some discussion with the audience. Register for $30 at https://www.aslis.com/events/complex-language-structure-in-asl-conversations-vlogs/. For any questions about this workshop, please email [email protected].
Register for this workshop: $30

How People Create New Signs: PART ONE (on Zoom)

Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 8-9 p.m. EST or Saturday, Sept. 28 at 2-3 p.m. EST

In this Zoom session, you will learn some linguistic principles & important information that help people to create new signs for various contexts. We will also cover best practices for interpreters in translating English words with unknown signs. Anyone is welcome to attend this ASL session, but no English voiceover is provided.
Register for this Zoom session: $20

What is Signplaying?

Signplaying offers online courses where you can learn how to create ASL poetry & Visual Vernacular, and how to translate English songs and poems into sign language. You can also meet with Eric on Zoom through the Signplaying ASL consulting services at https://calendly.com/signplaying/asl-consulting-50-mins.

You can also subscribe to the Signplaying email list at http://eepurl.com/iFMWMs. Even if there are no social media accounts for Signplaying, you can still get announcements and updates about future workshops from that email list.

If you're interested in signing children's books, please take these Signplaying courses in this order:

  1. "Signplaying 101: Structure of Signing"
  2. "Elements of Visual Vernacular (VV)"
  3. "Elements of ASL Poetry"
  4. "Translating English Poetry & Songs into Sign Language"


If you're interested in creating new signs, please take these Signplaying courses in this order:

  1. "Signplaying 101: Structure of Signing"
  2. "Wordplay in Sign Language"


If you're interested in ASL literature, please take these Signplaying courses in this order:

  1. "Signplaying 101: Structure of Signing"
  2. "Elements of Visual Vernacular (VV)"
  3. "Elements of ASL Poetry"
  4. "Wordplay in Sign Language"


You can enroll in those courses at any time. Those courses are self-paced, so you're not required to interact with the instructor or other students (but you can if you want to). Those courses will be offered starting now until March 1, 2026.

These courses are for anyone who is interested in creative signing — ranging from intermediate-level ASL students all the way to professional signing artists. And, yes, CEUs are provided for you RID-certified ASL interpreters (for those five courses listed above)!

The cost of the course is subject to change. NO REFUNDS.

Click on any course below to see what the course looks like.

All Courses

SPECIAL VIDEO RECORDING!

ASL Consulting Services

You can meet with Eric directly on Zoom for a 50-minute session at https://calendly.com/signplaying/asl-consulting-50-mins. This is a great opportunity to get help with creating your own Visual Vernacular, ASL poem, or song translations. I can also analyze your signing prosody and provide feedback on your signing skills.

If you are an ASL student or a beginner interpreter, I also highly recommend that you get online ASL tutoring services -- specifically through Diana Cho at www.dianacho.com/aslproficiencypractice. 

About Me

Eric Epstein

Instructor

Eric is an ASL poet whose work has been featured in the Folger Shakespeare Library traveling exhibition and the Rail Switch journal. He has taught sign language poetics and translation through several workshops at four different colleges. Additionally, he has coached and mentored Deaf performers as well as professional sign language interpreters so that they would win top honors in various national competitions. He currently produces ASL translations of English poems, which have been commissioned by English-language poets from all over the country — such as the poet laureate of Missouri. His groundbreaking curriculum in the signing arts can be found in this website Signplaying.com, which has been used by various signing instructors for their ASL classes at Boise State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, and an international training program for signing artists in Sweden-based theatre Riksteatern Crea.