I am often asked for recommendations for learning ASL, and above all, my recommendation is to be friends with people who use ASL in their daily life. I initially learned ASL through the Language Learning Program at UC San Diego, and have continued to improve by signing with colleagues and friends, hearing and deaf.

If you aren't friends with people who can sign, then it's important to ask yourself why you want to learn. There are plenty of good reasons for wanting to learn ASL. But I also often see well-intentioned hearing people act like they consider ASL to be a fun diversion, which makes me very uncomfortable.

That being said, if you have some relationship to the ASL signing community, and you're aware enough that you don't want to constantly impose on your signing friends, but you still need a bit of help to improve, then I've definitely got some recommendations for you!