Trying to learn sign langauge 👍
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a8309
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2 years, 1 month ago by a8309
As you can tell by the title, I want to learn sign language! I don't know where to start though. I can't really do "lessons" in person with anyone. Does anyone know ASL or know someone who does who can give me some tips??
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sage-wolf
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2 years ago by sage-wolf
maybe you could try YouTube lessons? or maybe you could get a book.
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Luna226
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2 years ago by Luna226
I’m learning as well. There is a website called “Lifeprint” that has lessons. I’ve found them quite useful so far and I’ve seen lots of ppl recommend the site.
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a8309
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2 years ago by a8309
@sage-wolf Thanks for the advice 😄
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a8309
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2 years ago by a8309
@Luna226 Thanks so much. I will definitely check it out 👍
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Luna226
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2 years ago by Luna226
@a8309 np!
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kategrace
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2 years ago by kategrace
RAH im a senior and im currently taking asl 2 i adore the asl community if you'd be down id love to message you more about what ive learned and hook you up with some helpful tricks!
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a8309
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2 years ago by a8309
@hategrace That would be awesome! Thanks so much 👍 😎
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a8309
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2 years ago by a8309
@kategrace
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--Ellie--
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2 years ago by --Ellie--
Currently learning ASL and if you want to learn based off youtube or online resources like that I have some tips:1. Understand that ASL even though it is American (so you would think its based off English) is actually based off French Sign Language so it doesn't have an English Grammatical system. This means you can't just learn words and piece together sentences based in English Grammar, you have to learn the Grammatical structure too. (pain in the butt i knoooow 😭 😭) 2. Different places have different dialects. This basically means that in different places in the US (I don't know how many different dialects there are but at least two) people sign differently. Make sure you are finding resources that are based in your dialect so you can connect to your local Deaf communities. Good luck!! ASL is SOOO fun 🤟 |
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a8309
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2 years ago by a8309
@--Ellie-- Thanks for the advice! I will take that into consideration ❤️ ❤️
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spleevy
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2 years ago by spleevy
Lifeprint is very reliable if you are looking for specific signs. I would recommend watching videos, start with basic greeting signs then go from there to topics that interest you! The most important is your finger spelling because that is what you can communicate through if you don’t know a sign. A tip I use is if I am driving (passenger ofc) you can fingersoell the names of roads, license plates, buildings to help get comfortable w the alphabet and more fluent in finger spelling 🙂
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spleevy
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2 years ago by spleevy
@—Ellie— gave amazing points as well🤟🤟
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a8309
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2 years ago by a8309
@slpeevy Thanks! ❤️ 👍 🔥
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a8309
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2 years ago by a8309
@spleevy
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IndyHaine
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1 year, 12 months ago by IndyHaine
Ellie said pretty much everything I wanted to say perfectly! I judt wanted to add that if you end up learning from a source like youtube or so, make sure the person teaching is not a hearing person. While there are lots and lots and lots of hearing people who can sign very well, there are also some on the internet who only have partial knowledge and teach wrong stuff.If you wanna learn ASL, there seems to be a lot of resources though. I wanted to keep up my DGS years ago when my teacher moved away and I didn't find anything that wasn't just vocabulary 😭 |
