Hello ASL Heroes!!! Hey, I could really use your help. If you’ve enjoyed having access to an expert in ASL you can help me continue my work for you. A small (or more if you can afford it) donation from you would instantly make a big difference here at the studio because teachers don’t earn much and I could use some help paying for server and domain hosting for Lifeprint.com. You can help out a humble (not to mention kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher -- just go here right now and a few clicks later you too will be a true “ASL Hero!” www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G Or, if you prefer "Cash App" you can use: cash.me/$Lifeprint Or use Patreon at www.patreon.com/ASLU Every little bit helps so much! Thanks! - Dr. Bill p.s. Want to have your very own USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL instruction for just $79.95? See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at: lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm Take care and love to you all. :)
I just purchased the "ASL-Super-USB". I'm HOH (no hearing in one ear; can hear out of other ear with hearing aid). I'm "conversational" in ASL/PSE, but not fluent. Happy to contribute and help you continue making great content. Thanks for the great work you do! Having surgery next week - MVP or stapendectomy. Hopefully, will have use of both ears with aids!
Hello Dr. Bill I have recently been watching and learning asl from your videos posted several years ago. Also just went onto life print for the first time today and it is awesome.I thank you for what you have done.
Hello Dave! I appreciate the nice feedback. Lifeprint.com is one of those "always Improving / never done" projects." I hope to keep building it for a significant number of years to come. Best wishes to you in your studies!
Thanks for another great video and the captions. I know it takes a lot of time to add them and make sure they're correct. I always look forward to seeing new videos and reviewing ones I've seen before to try and improve :)
Dr Bill this is the first time I've ever seen captions on one of your videos! Thank you for all the vocab help - I like to surprise my deaf partner with new signs I've learned :D
I was able to caption up to about the first half of this video before I needed to move on to other projects. (As you may know from other comments elsewhere -- I prefer to just let the slides provide context and let students either figure it out or find an easier-level video to study. Captioning just 24 minutes of this video took about 2 and-a-half hours to do. Oh sure, I certainly "get" the pros of having captions available -- one of which is allowing students to attach meaning to a number of otherwise meaningless signs (those signs for which the slides or other clues may not provide quite enough context to figure out). Still though, in the same amount of time it took to caption half this video I could have created a PPT file and recorded a whole other video. (Two videos with slides and creation of meaning via interaction vs one video with captions.) Actually U suppose it would be three videos to one since I only captioned half of it and I suspect it would have taken a total of 5 or 6 hours to do the whole thing. Captioning of non-voiced ASL videos is NOT the same thing (not as easy) as captioning of voiced videos because Google can (these days) do a fairly good job of auto-captioning the bulk of a typical voiced video. That service is (currently) unavailable for signed videos. It has to be done by hand. Still though (and again) I do see the value. Life is full of trade-offs eh?
@@sign-language I understand your feelings! I caption the lectures for my work YT. I like your videos without the captions because I learn more! Thanks for all the great content!
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free: 1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website. 2. Bookmark the official ASLU RUclips master playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists 4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm 5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm 6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ 7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome. To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm Ways to support the ASL University channel: 1. Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars 2. Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) 3. Click the “Share” link and share the videos. 4. Visit the “ASLU” bookstore at www.lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm (feel free to suggest new products that you would like to see). 5. Buy some ASL University “official” clothing at: ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu 6. Subscribe to the ASLU subscription site: asl.tc (For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ ) 7. Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G 8. For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com
Loooovvvee your YT channel videos! I will be making a donation to your company/channel for the month of February. I am donating to a good cause or charity every month this year and you are up for Feb. I am also learning ASL (about 3 months now) just started working (caregiver) in a house with 3 Deaf clients and all the staff for this house is deaf. I love learning a ASL and using it each week at work.! Also sharing what I am learning with my husband and our 2 teen homeschooled daughters. Thank you for all that you do. One question....Does your USB training teach grammar (word and sentence structure/order as well as vocabulary)?
Thank you in advance for any donations you send my way. I appreciate it. The SuperUSB id currently just a collection of the Lesson 1 through 60 videos. (But that may change soon). As far as learning grammar, I recommend you see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/grammar.htm
I have only been studing ASL for 5months. I use it daily with a co-worker, and interact with Bills' youtube videos each nite. I would have thought by now I would recognize other peoples fingerspelled words more easily, given I learned the alphabet in one evening. But I frequently have to slow video playback sometimes to .25speed (especially Bill's FS). Aside from more exposure, are there any recommendations to help me recognize fingerspelling more easily? Thanx
You're not the only one, seriously reading others takes time, reason being that everyone has small variations in how they sign, how quick they sign, and their own characteristic way of signing, which makes it difficult.
hey bill, i just started watching/signing and i was wondering when signing, does it matter what hand goes on top as if you signed “ name “ does it matter if my fingers are right on left or left on right ? thanks
It matters "somewhat." Compare the articulation of signs with the pronunciation of words. The same word can be pronounced slightly differently be different people and still "mean" the same. ASL signs can often be signed slightly different by different people and generally still mean the same. HOWEVER the more your signs "differ" from the signs of others -- the greater the chance that you will be misunderstood. Also a slight difference in how a sign is done can mean the difference between signing "thank you" and signing "f_ck off." (I'm not kidding here and I"m not sharing that for shock value. That little gaff is so common in the Deaf world that any fluent signer who interacts much with non-fluent signers knows exactly what I'm talking about. (Thank you is more like blowing a kiss (without the pucker up) whereas the other one is flipping the hand out from under the chin. Hearing folks do that sign too). If you mix up the dominance of your hands you will at a minimum appear to have a slight "accent" to your signing and/or will simply look like a newbie.
@@sign-language Hi Bill! I read your response to someone else and I am wondering if it also has to do whether you are lefty or righty? I am a bit confused. Thanks :D :D
A lot depends on a lot. Not all ASL courses are created equal. If you took an ASL course from an instructor who voiced a lot during class or who used teaching methods that did not require frequent responses from the student(s) -- then you may not be as "advanced" as someone who took a class in a no-voice environment involving lots of questions, answers, and corrective feedback. Also, there is the matter of "How good of a student are you?" -- meaning, a student can take an ASL 1, 2, or 3 class and "seriously" do their homework, click on the links, read the "extra" notes, scroll down the pages and study the sign variations, take the practice quizzes, and use the practice tools (such as asl.ms/mobile -- and end up learning two or three times as much as their classmate. The video (Find Out About Michelle) is certainly above level one. It is in all likelihood above most level two courses. I came into class, wished them a good afternoon and asked how they were doing -- I got a wide variety of answers which showed a depth of previous learning that would be commensurate with ASL 3 and/or ASL 4. However, the student (Michelle) made a number of rookie mistakes. The early mistakes (such as flubbing the spelling of "out") might have been overly influenced by "nerves." (She is being interviewed in-front of a classroom full of students while being recorded for eventual publication to a channel that has a fairly large viewership.) That would be rather challenging for many young people. Brave young lady! Eventually, when I organize these "Find Out" interviews I'll probably group this with videos at the late ASL 3 level.
Thank you for the in depth reply! That’s exciting to me as I understood most of the video and didn’t use captions (I did watch at .75 speed, admittedly, mostly to catch the finger spelling.) I think she did a great job! I’d be nervous too! 😃
Hello ASL Heroes!!!
Hey, I could really use your help.
If you’ve enjoyed having access to an expert in ASL you can help me continue my work for you. A small (or more if you can afford it) donation from you would instantly make a big difference here at the studio because teachers don’t earn much and I could use some help paying for server and domain hosting for Lifeprint.com.
You can help out a humble (not to mention kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher -- just go here right now and a few clicks later you too will be a true “ASL Hero!”
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
Or, if you prefer "Cash App" you can use: cash.me/$Lifeprint
Or use Patreon at www.patreon.com/ASLU
Every little bit helps so much!
Thanks!
- Dr. Bill
p.s. Want to have your very own USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL instruction for just $79.95? See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at:
lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm
Take care and love to you all.
:)
I just purchased the "ASL-Super-USB". I'm HOH (no hearing in one ear; can hear out of other ear with hearing aid). I'm "conversational" in ASL/PSE, but not fluent. Happy to contribute and help you continue making great content. Thanks for the great work you do! Having surgery next week - MVP or stapendectomy. Hopefully, will have use of both ears with aids!
@@tomarcher3052 Thanks for your support! Best wishes to you for a speedy recovery!
Hello Dr. Bill
I have recently been watching and learning asl from your videos posted several years ago. Also just went onto life print for the first time today and it is awesome.I thank you for what you have done.
Hello Dave!
I appreciate the nice feedback. Lifeprint.com is one of those "always Improving / never done" projects." I hope to keep building it for a significant number of years to come.
Best wishes to you in your studies!
Thanks for another great video and the captions. I know it takes a lot of time to add them and make sure they're correct. I always look forward to seeing new videos and reviewing ones I've seen before to try and improve :)
Dr Bill this is the first time I've ever seen captions on one of your videos! Thank you for all the vocab help - I like to surprise my deaf partner with new signs I've learned :D
I was able to caption up to about the first half of this video before I needed to move on to other projects. (As you may know from other comments elsewhere -- I prefer to just let the slides provide context and let students either figure it out or find an easier-level video to study.
Captioning just 24 minutes of this video took about 2 and-a-half hours to do. Oh sure, I certainly "get" the pros of having captions available -- one of which is allowing students to attach meaning to a number of otherwise meaningless signs (those signs for which the slides or other clues may not provide quite enough context to figure out). Still though, in the same amount of time it took to caption half this video I could have created a PPT file and recorded a whole other video. (Two videos with slides and creation of meaning via interaction vs one video with captions.) Actually U suppose it would be three videos to one since I only captioned half of it and I suspect it would have taken a total of 5 or 6 hours to do the whole thing.
Captioning of non-voiced ASL videos is NOT the same thing (not as easy) as captioning of voiced videos because Google can (these days) do a fairly good job of auto-captioning the bulk of a typical voiced video.
That service is (currently) unavailable for signed videos. It has to be done by hand.
Still though (and again) I do see the value.
Life is full of trade-offs eh?
@@sign-language I understand your feelings! I caption the lectures for my work YT. I like your videos without the captions because I learn more! Thanks for all the great content!
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free:
1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website.
2. Bookmark the official ASLU RUclips master playlist:
ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA
3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page:
ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists
4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm
5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page:
www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm
6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See:
facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome.
To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm
Ways to support the ASL University channel:
1. Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars
2. Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet)
3. Click the “Share” link and share the videos.
4. Visit the “ASLU” bookstore at www.lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm (feel free to suggest new products that you would like to see).
5. Buy some ASL University “official” clothing at: ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu
6. Subscribe to the ASLU subscription site: asl.tc
(For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ )
7. Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
8. For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com
Very interesting! I loveee your channel videos! Keep up it!
Loooovvvee your YT channel videos! I will be making a donation to your company/channel for the month of February. I am donating to a good cause or charity every month this year and you are up for Feb.
I am also learning ASL (about 3 months now) just started working (caregiver) in a house with 3 Deaf clients and all the staff for this house is deaf. I love learning a ASL and using it each week at work.! Also sharing what I am learning with my husband and our 2 teen homeschooled daughters.
Thank you for all that you do.
One question....Does your USB training teach grammar (word and sentence structure/order as well as vocabulary)?
Thank you in advance for any donations you send my way. I appreciate it.
The SuperUSB id currently just a collection of the Lesson 1 through 60 videos. (But that may change soon).
As far as learning grammar, I recommend you see:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/grammar.htm
I have only been studing ASL for 5months. I use it daily with a co-worker, and interact with Bills' youtube videos each nite. I would have thought by now I would recognize other peoples fingerspelled words more easily, given I learned the alphabet in one evening. But I frequently have to slow video playback sometimes to .25speed (especially Bill's FS). Aside from more exposure, are there any recommendations to help me recognize fingerspelling more easily? Thanx
You're not the only one, seriously reading others takes time, reason being that everyone has small variations in how they sign, how quick they sign, and their own characteristic way of signing, which makes it difficult.
asl.ms is a really helpful website for that!
@@stevenlnelson Also you can add "mobile" after the asl.ms to create: asl.ms/mobile which will work better on mobile devices.
I finish kissfist Dr Bill’s ASL. Tru-biz champ! Dress to ASLize. I like his cool gesture in bold black clothes!
hey bill, i just started watching/signing and i was wondering when signing, does it matter what hand goes on top as if you signed
“ name “ does it matter if my fingers are right on left or left on right ? thanks
It matters "somewhat." Compare the articulation of signs with the pronunciation of words. The same word can be pronounced slightly differently be different people and still "mean" the same. ASL signs can often be signed slightly different by different people and generally still mean the same. HOWEVER the more your signs "differ" from the signs of others -- the greater the chance that you will be misunderstood. Also a slight difference in how a sign is done can mean the difference between signing "thank you" and signing "f_ck off." (I'm not kidding here and I"m not sharing that for shock value. That little gaff is so common in the Deaf world that any fluent signer who interacts much with non-fluent signers knows exactly what I'm talking about. (Thank you is more like blowing a kiss (without the pucker up) whereas the other one is flipping the hand out from under the chin. Hearing folks do that sign too).
If you mix up the dominance of your hands you will at a minimum appear to have a slight "accent" to your signing and/or will simply look like a newbie.
@@sign-language Hi Bill! I read your response to someone else and I am wondering if it also has to do whether you are lefty or righty? I am a bit confused. Thanks :D :D
@ Gloria Klopping
See: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/rightorlefthand.htm
Also see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/lefthandedsigners.htm
And see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/lefthandednumberiring.htm
Is this ASL 1, 2 or 3?
A lot depends on a lot. Not all ASL courses are created equal. If you took an ASL course from an instructor who voiced a lot during class or who used teaching methods that did not require frequent responses from the student(s) -- then you may not be as "advanced" as someone who took a class in a no-voice environment involving lots of questions, answers, and corrective feedback. Also, there is the matter of "How good of a student are you?" -- meaning, a student can take an ASL 1, 2, or 3 class and "seriously" do their homework, click on the links, read the "extra" notes, scroll down the pages and study the sign variations, take the practice quizzes, and use the practice tools (such as asl.ms/mobile -- and end up learning two or three times as much as their classmate.
The video (Find Out About Michelle) is certainly above level one. It is in all likelihood above most level two courses. I came into class, wished them a good afternoon and asked how they were doing -- I got a wide variety of answers which showed a depth of previous learning that would be commensurate with ASL 3 and/or ASL 4. However, the student (Michelle) made a number of rookie mistakes. The early mistakes (such as flubbing the spelling of "out") might have been overly influenced by "nerves." (She is being interviewed in-front of a classroom full of students while being recorded for eventual publication to a channel that has a fairly large viewership.) That would be rather challenging for many young people. Brave young lady!
Eventually, when I organize these "Find Out" interviews I'll probably group this with videos at the late ASL 3 level.
Thank you for the in depth reply! That’s exciting to me as I understood most of the video and didn’t use captions (I did watch at .75 speed, admittedly, mostly to catch the finger spelling.) I think she did a great job! I’d be nervous too! 😃
Captions thank you..... 😍😍😍.
She’s single with a boyfriend. If I understood that right. 🤔