#Learn Sign language

[acadiarudy]

~ Alex solis ~ Sign language

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[tromroan]

Learn American Sign Language!

Hello! I have been seeing lots of people posting about how much they'd love to learn sign language, and it's really not as hard as it looks to get started! http://www.lifeprint.com/  This is a wonderful website made by a man called Dr. Bill Vicars who is deaf, holds a doctorate in Deaf Education / Deaf Studies, and works as a full-time tenured ASL Instructor at California State University (Sacramento). There are tons of great resources, tutorials, and lessons teaching ASL. Dr. Bill also has a youtube channel were he films live ASL lessons with students. There are over 100 lessons, each about 20 minutes long, raising in difficulty from the "hundred basic signs" all the way up to signing with complex grammer and using a broad range of vocabulary. These videos are how I first started learning ASL and it is an incredibly easy, convenient and fun way to learn! The hundred basic signs video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ianCxd71xIo#t=11 I became interested in learning Sign Language after seeing the deaf actor Russell Harvard perform as "Mr. Wrench" in the great TV show "Fargo", but I quickly realised just how fun it is to be able to sign! I hope this is useful to anyone wanting to learn American Sign Language!!

[aslfan]

American Sign Language: Declarative Sentences

Learners of American Sign Language seem to have a difficult time understanding the structure of ASL.  For the next couple of posts, I will be discussing each type of sentence structure known to American Sign Language.  Then, I will give you a quiz to see how well you do at the end of each posting.

First of all, not everyone using American Sign Language signs “Pure” ASL.  Usually, deaf and hearing people alike will sign some version of ASL and Pidgin Signed English (PSE), which is using American Sign Language, but in English word order.  As a note, remember, ASL does not use words like, “be”, “am”, “or”, etc.  That would be more of a Signed English version of sign language.

Now, that leads us to our first sentence structure, “Declarative Sentences”.  A declarative sentence simply tells a statement, or makes a declaration.

There are a few ways to sign words in ASL.  One of the most important things to remember when learning American Sign Language is that every person will sign differently.  Here is a simple declarative sentence used in ASL:

Subject (Who or what)?

Verb (predicate)

Object

So, now you have the simple declarative statement structure in ASL (SVO).

Example of a declarative sentence in English and in ASL:

English:  Paul bought a car.

ASL: ��             Subject = Paul             Verb = Bought           Object = Car

Complete ASL Declarative Sentence:  Paul bought car

English:  The cup fell on the floor.

ASL:  Subject = Cup                Verb = Fell.                Object = Floor

Complete ASL Declarative Sentence:  Cup fall floor

English:  The store closes at 9:00 p.m.

ASL:  Subject = Store                        Verb = Close     Object (Time) = 9:00 night

Complete ASL Declarative Sentence:  Store close (time) 9:00 night

(Information found here)

[espenlearnsdgs]

German Sign Language vocab 👋🏻🇩🇪

-> Manimundo A1: lesson 1 unit 2

-> videos are from spreadthesign & signdict

bisschen - a little bit

dein - your

gebärden - to sign

hörend - hearing

können/kann - can

mein - my

Name - name

schwerhörig - HoH

super, toll - great

taub, gehörlos - deaf

was? - what?

("Deutsche Gebärdensprache", DGS)

[thegirlbehindthelegend]

Does anyone know someone who would be interested in teaching/practicing sign language with me? I'm trying to learn sign language, but it would be more awesome if I could practice with someone!

[ldrmas]

Can i just say something real quick?

Im just really happy with how much Languages told by hand or forms of sign language are showing up more in the things ive been watching.

Noelle

Supernatural

Mandalorian

I know we have a long way before it becomes a norm, which i totally believe it should, but im so glad its in these!

[elli2019]

SIGN LANGUAGE IN THE CUTEST WAY p. 1 of 4

A for Apple, B for Bear, C for Cats, D for Dog, E for Eagle and Elephant, F for Fish and Fox, G for Gorilla

Chicago's brainchild web designer and illustrator Alex Solis, created this series of photos with the hope that hand signs could be more easily remembered. Each letter is represented with a cute little animal, whose initial corresponds with the given letter.

[learnasl]

Does American Sign Language Really Have Accents?

American Sign Language (ASL) records its ancestry back in the 19th century in France. And also like any spoken or signed language, ASL has evolved as time passes to represent users’ cultural and regional distinctions.

American Sign Language isn't really a rendition of English. Actually, it’s a specialized language that has its very own pronunciation, word formations, grammar, sentence structures, and idioms. Like various other natural languages, ASL has evolved spontaneously in humans through long use and repetition devoid of conscious planning. It’s the primary sign language utilized by Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in the United States Of America and the most of English-speaking Canada. ASL is really a complete, methodized visual language with both non-manual and manual features.

Public speakers of American Sign Language also have their accents or communication patterns. And similar to every various other languages, ASL is characterized by regional variants and alterations in tone. In sign language, an accent or style is observable in exactly how words are signed differently. It is a lexical distinction, similar to how certain US citizens say “pop” while other people say “soda” when mentioning a soft drink.

Regional and Cultural Variations of American Sign Language

Individuals who use spoken languages have got different accents or variations in how they converse based upon where they are coming from. Additionally, even within one country, people’s accents change from region to region. For example, in the United States, people from New York have New York accents, and those coming from the South have Southern accents. In the same way, accents, also called styles, occur in ASL.

An individual’s ASL accent or style is determined by their behaviors, expressions, gestures, phrases, speed of execution, and hand movements. ASL accents, as a whole, are expressed by users’ physical condition, age level, culture, place of birth, and use of idioms and slang. An excellent ASL user can often distinguish exactly what region or culture an individual is coming from depending on how they sign.

Black American Sign Language (BASL)

This language developed due to the fact that US schools for the Deaf within the late 19th century didn't acknowledge Black students. So, BASL emerged from the Black culture to meet the students’ necessities. It includes Black idioms and slang in conjunction with standard ASL components.

Regional ASL Styles or Accents

On the level of word meaning, the exact same signed gesture in ASL can denote various things in different parts of the United States. As an example, within the western states, particularly California, the B hand shape, with the palm facing outward and shaken vertically, signifies the city of Berkeley. In contrast, this particular sign usually signifies the city of Boston in the eastern states.

Northeastern ASL Accents/Styles

New York - Much like their Hearing counterparts, Deaf/HoH ASL users from New York City sign rather quickly. ASL users from New York sign a lot quicker and employ several body language and facial expressions than those from different regions of the US. Additionally, they use New York slang and are also inclined to use more profanity!

Philadelphia - The Philadelphia area features some unconventional signs because of the city’s long reputation of teaching Deaf/HoH individuals to communicate through speech and lip-reading. This has created a number of home-grown signs that have become a part of that region’s ASL accent or style.

Southern ASL Accent/Style

Southern ASL users express their signs to imitate the well-known Southern drawl. Southerners even touch their chests as well as the lower part of their faces more frequently when signing, and these expressions have become a part of the South’s ASL accent or style.

Midwestern ASL Accent/Style

While signers from the Northeast are generally quick with regards to their signing and Southerners are slower and meticulous, Midwesterners lie somewhere in the middle. For instance, American Sign Language users from Ohio are generally calm and relaxed with their signing, not very fast or too slow.

The Impact of ASL Accents/Styles on Communication

Accents mirror people’s unique backgrounds, and a lot of them take pride in their style and accents. Even so, as with spoken English, possessing a distinctive ASL accent could potentially cause difficulties in communicating with other native users in work, educational, and social settings.

Because of this, a number of ASL users learn how to modify or eliminate their accents to enhance signed communication skills. Another way in dealing with this problem is through standardization of ASL to help users communicate better.

[espenlearnsdgs]

German Sign Language vocab 👋🏻🇩🇪

-> Manimundo A1: Alphabet

-> videos are from gebaerdenlernen

A

Ä

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

Ö

P

Q

R

S

SCH

T

U

Ü

V

W

X

Y

Z

("Deutsche Gebärdensprache", DGS)

[pumpkin-padparadscha]

do i have too many irons in the fire? yes.

[homestuckindisguise]

Anyone know of any good YouTube channels that teach ASL? I have a hankering to learn.

[thecatherinequeens]

My (Simply Said But Not Simply Done) Goals Of Things to Learn in My Life

Wow. That’s a long title. Moving on, this is a side-blog to @theviolettulip. Here I’ll reblog tips, advice, and lessons, and post my progress (which won’t start right now anyway). Onto the goals~(keep reading only if you want to 😁)

Learn to actually write and become decent at it

I really enjoy writing. It gives me a sense of freedom, AND I’m a literal well of ideas: I have LOTS of story ideas, and if you gave me three words and 5 minutes, I could come up with an idea of it (it’s really fun tbh).

Learn to draw ~ GOAL I’M PRESENTLY WORKING ON

Recently I’ve taken an interest in doodling, and after about half a week of it, I’ve decided that I want to become at least nice at it (scale: 0 talent/ok/nice/good/great/amazing). This is actually quite funny since art apparently runs through the family (my dad, his sister, my 20-something 1/2 sister, idk anybody else but there might be).

Learn sign language (or at least a decent amount)

Languages in general are really hard, but I think I might be able to learn sign language easier. It really intrigues me because it’s a language of body movement, and this way I could communicate with a vaster amount of people! (pretty sure “vaster amount of people” isn’t correct, but I’m leaving it this way)

Learn to play the piano

It’s not really about the piano, just music in general, and the piano covers the music notes, it seems simple (it probably isn’t, but oh well 😅), and I really like listening to piano. Just it without words. So relaxing, and I just LOVE IT.

(Not really one that I’m all serious about but I want to) Get better with my singing

By that I mean take lessons of vocal, um, stuff (goes to show how much I know about it). Ever since quarantine, I’ve gotten into listening to music, and I honestly love to sing (as do my two youngest sisters, who I sing with a lot) even though I am not that good at it (as well as they). This one is for fun (more than the others, haha).

If there’s more I’ll make sure to add them. Anyway, I’m not going to be on this blog a lot right now, but I can’t wait to embark on this journey with my side blog and goals!  =)

[pnwbreeze-blog]

I wanna play rugby, join crossfit (i've done some before through school), get more into yoga, and take a pole dancing class.

[aslfan]