"Auslan is our passion and our goal is to
provide everyone with the opportunity to learn Auslan"
Learn Auslan Online is proud to present this Auslan Level 1 Online course.
Features of this course include:
- 30 videos, 600+ signs in 19 categories, and videos to practice your fingerspelling.
- Learn about Auslan grammar and how to use your body and facial expressions to add more meaning to your signing.
- 100% online. All videos are all prerecorded and no "live" online sessions via Zoom you need to attend.
- Lifetime enrolment! You will never be locked out of the course. Watch the videos as many times as you like.
- Taught by an experienced deaf-verbal Auslan teacher.
- Downloadable PDF's after each video of the words / sentences (in English) that are taught in the video.
- View the entire course curriculum and preview course videos for free at the bottom of the page
Want the full Auslan experience? It's cheaper when you purchase the level 1 and 2 courses together. You can do so by clicking here
The online course aims to be fun and to create opportunities for people to develop, renew or update their Auslan skills. You will learn about the differences between English and Auslan word order and importance of facial expressions and body language in Auslan.
There is a comment section after each video lesson where you can ask myself or extensive community questions about signs or information you are unsure about.
⚠️ This course is not an accredited Auslan course, and does not count towards any credit for one ⚠️
I hope you enjoy learning Auslan in this online course and thank you for your interest in Auslan and the Deaf community.
Our Feedback:
"Darren, thank you so much for the way in which you presented Auslan Level 1. You brought humour into it, which I love and made it an enjoyable language to learn. Categorising and breaking it down the way you did was helpful to get through and refer back when needed" - Nada Cevizovic (level 1 student)
Please be aware that even though we are an Australian company, Learn Auslan Online is hosted by an American teaching platform. This means that, depending on your bank, paying by credit card may mean that you incur a foreign transaction fee of 2-4%.
If you have any further questions or having trouble with checkout please email: [email protected]
Hi, I'm Darren
I established Learn Auslan Online in May 2020 and as of 2021 I have been teaching Auslan professionally for 18 years. I am passionate about teaching Auslan and l hope you become passionate about learning Auslan as well
Since its launch Learn Auslan Online have received enrolments from a wide array of people including: emergency services staff, hospital staff, primary school teachers, childcare educators, university students, families with deaf children, workplaces with deaf colleagues or customers and people just wanting to learn Auslan for fun and to learn a new skill.
I hope you enjoy learning Auslan level 1 and later want to continue to the level 2 course. We also have an Auslan stories, songs and nursery rhymes course for you to develop your Auslan signing skills across different mediums.
Auslan is great fun to learn and l hope you share the language with your family and friends too.
Course Curriculum
- An important message from Darren (written message)
- Tips and tricks for learning Auslan (1:48)
- North and South signs - What does this mean? (8:18)
- Auslan alphabet (3:49)
- Do's and Don'ts of fingerspelling (5:56)
- Reading Fingerspelling Practice (14:44)
- HOLM and non manual features (4:55)
- Depicting signs (DS) (3:58)
- Question signs (with information on grammar, facial expression, eye contact, and body language) (13:17)
- Depicting Signs activity (5:41)
- Numbers (including dates, times, ages, years and money) (15:12)
- Pleasantries and small talk signing (6:31)
- Deaf and Disability signs and sentence practice (2:46)
- Money signs (1:23)
- Food and drink signs and sentence practice (4:59)
- Instruction signs and sentence practice (8:49)
- Baby and children signs (2:01)
- Family signs (6:48)
- Timeline signs (2:45)
- Colour signs (4:15)
- Animal signs (2:22)
- Numbers, colour and animal signing activity (5:23)
- Timeline signs and baby / children signs (4:11)
- Timeline signs and family sentences (4:31)
- Emotion signs and sentence practice (6:55)
- Opposite signs and sentence practice (8:14)
- In the community signs and sentence practice (8:56)
- Social activity signs and sentence practice (8:00)
- Transport signs (2:56)
- Deaf Etiquette - Do's and Dont's (16:00)
- More Fingerspelling Practice (13:41)
- Auslan Level 1 assessment (8:26)
- What will you learn in Level 2? (2:39)
'My Daddy is Deaf' book
My Daddy is Deaf is story from the perspective of a child of what it’s like to have a deaf Dad. His ears may not work and he uses flashing lights around the house to tell him things (like when he’s burning the food!) but he is the same caring, funny, and loveable Dad with hobbies and interests just like others.
This book is perfect for families, childcare centres and primary schools as an insight into being Deaf.
You can order a copy of the book by emailing Darren at:
It is $30 including postage.
