Hi Everyone
I have decided to try and video a new signing time each week. Hopefully family members, friends and kids will be able to enjoy learning American Sign Language. It is a somewhat selfish adventure as I end up interpreting for every interaction Prema has and therefore miss out on adult conversations.
This is not a professional video at all. I just pressed record on my computer and what you see is what happened in one recording, no rehearsing or planned dialogue. If I waited for a perfect time, place, and situation it would never get done.
A note of warning: If you are living in a state other than Florida and you try and talk to a Deaf person in your state, there may be some differences in the their signing compared to what I am teaching in these videos. Just as each state as spoken accents, there are also ASL "accents" with states having differences in the way they sign things. For example I think there are at least 25 different ways to sign "birthday" in America. Also Sign Language is not a universal language, hence why this is call AMERICAN sign language. You cannot go to another country and expect to be able to communicate with Deaf people. You may find some similarities, but the languages are different.
Post a comment and let me know what you think about this new project of mine :) I hope to upload more signs this week :)
INTRODUCTION
mom/ mother, dad/father, parents
grandma, grandpa, great grandma, great grandpa
baby, son, daughter
1 comment:
What a WONDERFUL idea, Michelle!
This will help all of us get more practice with the words and phrases that Prema actually uses.
One thing that might also help us as you get farther along is to occasionally film the three kids signing with you: so we get used to Prema's signing style and so parents can see some of the "baby talk" sign variations their youngest ones will come up with.
Thank, you! These will be great practice for me.
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