The aim of this paper is to reflect on sign language learning
(as a first language to the Deaf or as a second language to the
hearing) through virtual learning environments. Integration of
ICT appears to be the latest trend among sign language classes.
Numerous Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) material and
websites constitute resources for sign language teachers and
learners, since they are containing video or/and animating
material accessible free of cost and vice versa and therefore,
they can be used as teaching/learning tools in the classroom.
Especially, the shift to Internet creates an environment
suitable to learner’s pace of learning a sign language. The
classroom is more learner-centered, whereby learners learn the
language at their speed, thereby having the control over the
learning process. Tutors, on the other hand, play the role of
the facilitator, who decides about the resources available to
learners and consults them how to proceed with the material in
order to learn the language. Acco