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 love watching the videos with Rach because she and I sign/fingerspell/understand at pretty much the same level, so it feels like the videos are just right for me. 😁
I like this pair-up with Rach. Although there is value in watching you with a student who makes the same mistakes I might make, there is also value in watching two models on the screen who both get it right. Rach is fun to watch.
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
I did see the “shift” right away with the 3...clothes, toothbrush and medicine. 👌🏻 I even said ohhhh look she shifted. Heeehee Good to see you both! Rach your hair looks great. See you on campus! 🤟🏻
Hi! I'm new in you channel, someone told me about it... I would like to learn sign language, but I don't know where to start... what videos of you can I watch? For beginners like me?? Thank you
I recommend you go here and click on the lesson 1 link: lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm From there you can find links to learn fingerspelling and you can find the "Lesson 1" instructional video. Then work your way through to Lesson 60.
Oh you are a riot! Ahem. Also, Rach is gonna be experiencing mixed emotions: 1. She'll be pleased that you like her hair. 2. She'll be slightly miffed but mostly amused that you called her Alex. Heh. Time for a little shoe polish in the beard.
@@sign-language Oh NOooOOo.......My chemo brain at it again!!!!!! My bad about the name however at least I know her face! and great expressions! You both are my fav's to learn from. I have been telling store clerks where I shop to learn from your chanel and they are doing it. I try to talk but don't have control of my volume. I hear sound but not words because they the doctors cut my eardrums to drain them due to my throat cancer radiation and chemo. BTW, one of my music students saw me watching your videos and commented that the old guy was quite dashing with the bald head and beard! There's a compliment for ya for today! She keeps telling me to keep my hat on! hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhaha...............
Yah, I'm glad I eventually decided just to shave it all off on top instead of keeping the fringe. The wife likes it better this way too. To each their own though.
I have been practicing SEVERAL TIMES A DAY (not kidding) for 1 year 9 months AND took up ASL classes at CCBC, and I STILL have alot of trouble with Fingerspell recog. I think Im broken, my expressive skills are pretty good thanks to you, my deaf friends etc. (blah blah blah lol) . So what happens is if a deaf person meets me, they see I can express pretty well. And start FLYING through, and I'm like "uhhhhhhhh ok, slow down" lol. its embarrissing. Part of my problem is Im bad with spelling bee's I tend to miss the first few letters in ASL and or forget what they were. For me to spell well I need to have it written in front of me. So for example if someone asks me to spell "Cartography" I have to write it down and then spell it. Am I broken? Some sort of learning disability? Or just bad short term memory?
Hello Joel! Without doing a battery of cognitive tests on you all we can assume is that your mom accidentally dropped you on your head (at least one too many times) and now you are "cartography impaired" and experience mild anxiety upon accessing the maps feature on your phone. What to do?!? I recommend you transcend your dactylological dysfunction by engaging in massive exposure to receptive fingerspelling. Go on "fingerspelling dates" wherein you invest a couple hours of frequent, interactive communication with a partner using "only" fingerspelling. Download and install the Gallaudet TrueType font and adjust your email reader settings to "only" show you email in "fingerspelling font." Then apply that same approach to every possible form of text in your life. For example if you have to read a report (in electronic format) at work, see if you can select the text and convert it to Gallaudet font. Hand a friend two $10 bills and tell him/her/them to go hide one of them and then record themselves fingerspelling instructions on how to find it. Then keep the other $10 for their effort. The point is -- find reasons to expose your brain to fingerspelling and then do it. Given time and effort you will in all likelihood improve and become quite capable of reading fingerspelling. (At least until the ravages of age and the long-term effects of TBI lead to dementia and bouts of dissociative fugue.) There is no shame in this. Barring early removal from the playing field we will all be there eventually.
@@sign-language this is a great idea, only problem, I mostly use an Ipad or Iphone, can't change the fonts on those =/ (I hate digging out my Windows or Macbook for anything lol) and I can't install those fonts on my work computer.
As with so many aspects of ASL -- it depends. Just make sure you have a toolbox of signs for each concept. For example, make sure you know the signs for: "most important" "priority" "That!" "Top!" ... etc. I think using MAIN in the phrase "my main point" is not something I would do. "MAIN" is more of path or channel. The sign MAIN can actually mean a "field of discipline / career." I asked Bee (Belinda Vicars) what she thought about the signed phrase: MY MAIN POINT... She "shuddered" and signed "I don't like it." Heh. Well, there you have it.
@@sign-language Thank you for clearing that up and for getting a second opinion from Belinda. In conversations while speaking, I often emphasize by saying "but the main point I am trying to express is this..." Then I found myself signing a variation of that to a couple of Deaf friends on different occasions. I am sure they understood me fine, but now that I think of it, IMPORTANT is probably more appropriate for that context, such as simply signing IMPORTANT-POINT...
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.
:)
Done.
@@Kikipotamus Thanks! I'll tell the kids we can eat tonight.
I love watching the videos with Rach because she and I sign/fingerspell/understand at pretty much the same level, so it feels like the videos are just right for me. 😁
I like this pair-up with Rach. Although there is value in watching you with a student who makes the same mistakes I might make, there is also value in watching two models on the screen who both get it right. Rach is fun to watch.
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
I did see the “shift” right away with the 3...clothes, toothbrush and medicine. 👌🏻 I even said ohhhh look she shifted. Heeehee Good to see you both! Rach your hair looks great. See you on campus! 🤟🏻
I love this girl. She’s so intelligent and pays close attention to his every sign. My hands get twisted all the time 😩 but practice makes perfect
love your videos! I learn so much.
Hi! I'm new in you channel, someone told me about it... I would like to learn sign language, but I don't know where to start... what videos of you can I watch? For beginners like me?? Thank you
I recommend you go here and click on the lesson 1 link:
lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
From there you can find links to learn fingerspelling and you can find the "Lesson 1" instructional video.
Then work your way through to Lesson 60.
Love Alex's new hair color! And your's too Doc! Hahahahaha..............
Oh you are a riot!
Ahem.
Also, Rach is gonna be experiencing mixed emotions:
1. She'll be pleased that you like her hair.
2. She'll be slightly miffed but mostly amused that you called her Alex.
Heh.
Time for a little shoe polish in the beard.
@@sign-language Oh NOooOOo.......My chemo brain at it again!!!!!! My bad about the name however at least I know her face! and great expressions! You both are my fav's to learn from. I have been telling store clerks where I shop to learn from your chanel and they are doing it. I try to talk but don't have control of my volume. I hear sound but not words because they the doctors cut my eardrums to drain them due to my throat cancer radiation and chemo. BTW, one of my music students saw me watching your videos and commented that the old guy was quite dashing with the bald head and beard! There's a compliment for ya for today! She keeps telling me to keep my hat on! hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhaha...............
Yah, I'm glad I eventually decided just to shave it all off on top instead of keeping the fringe. The wife likes it better this way too. To each their own though.
Yaaaaaay Alex is back!!!...... wait a minute.... that's not the real Alex ;)
I have been practicing SEVERAL TIMES A DAY (not kidding) for 1 year 9 months AND took up ASL classes at CCBC, and I STILL have alot of trouble with Fingerspell recog. I think Im broken, my expressive skills are pretty good thanks to you, my deaf friends etc. (blah blah blah lol) . So what happens is if a deaf person meets me, they see I can express pretty well. And start FLYING through, and I'm like "uhhhhhhhh ok, slow down" lol. its embarrissing.
Part of my problem is Im bad with spelling bee's I tend to miss the first few letters in ASL and or forget what they were. For me to spell well I need to have it written in front of me. So for example if someone asks me to spell "Cartography" I have to write it down and then spell it.
Am I broken? Some sort of learning disability? Or just bad short term memory?
Hello Joel!
Without doing a battery of cognitive tests on you all we can assume is that your mom accidentally dropped you on your head (at least one too many times) and now you are "cartography impaired" and experience mild anxiety upon accessing the maps feature on your phone.
What to do?!?
I recommend you transcend your dactylological dysfunction by engaging in massive exposure to receptive fingerspelling.
Go on "fingerspelling dates" wherein you invest a couple hours of frequent, interactive communication with a partner using "only" fingerspelling.
Download and install the Gallaudet TrueType font and adjust your email reader settings to "only" show you email in "fingerspelling font." Then apply that same approach to every possible form of text in your life. For example if you have to read a report (in electronic format) at work, see if you can select the text and convert it to Gallaudet font.
Hand a friend two $10 bills and tell him/her/them to go hide one of them and then record themselves fingerspelling instructions on how to find it. Then keep the other $10 for their effort.
The point is -- find reasons to expose your brain to fingerspelling and then do it. Given time and effort you will in all likelihood improve and become quite capable of reading fingerspelling.
(At least until the ravages of age and the long-term effects of TBI lead to dementia and bouts of dissociative fugue.)
There is no shame in this.
Barring early removal from the playing field we will all be there eventually.
@@sign-language this is a great idea, only problem, I mostly use an Ipad or Iphone, can't change the fonts on those =/ (I hate digging out my Windows or Macbook for anything lol) and I can't install those fonts on my work computer.
SB means what?
I keep using the major/career sign in conversations for MAIN as in The MAIN point is... I hope I am doing that right.
As with so many aspects of ASL -- it depends.
Just make sure you have a toolbox of signs for each concept.
For example, make sure you know the signs for:
"most important"
"priority"
"That!"
"Top!"
... etc.
I think using MAIN in the phrase "my main point" is not something I would do. "MAIN" is more of path or channel. The sign MAIN can actually mean a "field of discipline / career."
I asked Bee (Belinda Vicars) what she thought about the signed phrase: MY MAIN POINT...
She "shuddered" and signed "I don't like it."
Heh. Well, there you have it.
@@sign-language Thank you for clearing that up and for getting a second opinion from Belinda. In conversations while speaking, I often emphasize by saying "but the main point I am trying to express is this..." Then I found myself signing a variation of that to a couple of Deaf friends on different occasions. I am sure they understood me fine, but now that I think of it, IMPORTANT is probably more appropriate for that context, such as simply signing IMPORTANT-POINT...
Or just drop the term / concept "main" and sign, MY POINT! (using an emphasized movement) followed by whatever it is that you feel is your "point."
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