Hello ASL Heroes!!! If you’ve enjoyed these lessons or videos you are invited to help support ASL University. A 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 the ASL University website: Lifeprint.com. There's an easy way you can help out your humble (as well as kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher. Just click on the Paypal (donation) link below and you can be an "above and beyond" ASL Hero! www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G Thanks! - Dr. Bill ========================== p.s. Want to have your very own USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL instruction (that’s the equivalent of two years of colleges classes) for just $79.95? See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at: lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm Take care and my best to you all. :)
Bill Vicars thank you so much for doing this- a suggestion though, on the fingerspelling pictures, it would be super helpful to color code the fingers as it’s extremely hard to tell the difference between s, t, a, n, and m in longer words. Signing Time did this for the same reason. Again, I really appreciate you making these videos.
We pay so much for less from other companies (skillshare, Masterclass, udemy) and here Bill is offering us something for free. Let's be sure we pay it forward!
I am a teenager learning some beginning ASL over summer break. I am hoping to be able to communicate and carry on a basic conversation with a Deaf person soon. Your teaching style is so helpful and easy to understand. I never thought learning to sign would be so fun, but you make it funny and interesting to learn! Thank you! P.S. I get anxiety attacks where I can't speak sometimes, so this will be a helpful skill.
This channel has done wonders for me. I have lost interest in many parts of my life due to depression, but learning sign makes me truly happy and is one of the few things that keeps me going. Thank you so much for running this channel.
Max! Excellent! Continue to use positive, forward-looking language! Keep phrasing the negative as past tense and the positive as current and future tense: I used to be "X," now I'm "Y." Then soon as possible just drop the negative from your story altogether with, "I'm doing pretty good and I'm going to make the future GREAT!" Design your own story and you will eventually become it. Of course there are still highs and lows on the journey but that is part of life eh? Roller coasters are more fun with both highs and lows. If life were all one long high it would actually be boring. The next time you hit a low just think of it as seasoning on your food. Then use that food for fuel to do something cool. Again, good job on your forward progress!
i can relate. i also struggle with speaking sometimes due to anxiety, so encouraging my friends and family to learn some asl as well really helps me communicate when i'm having a hard time :)
Thank You! I am a high school librarian using my summer vacation to learn asl, so I can talk with the deaf and HH students in our building. I'm so excited to surprise them in the fall when they return :)
You're awesome Bill, I tried every app and none of them worked for me. After watching lesson 1 with you I was hooked and now my signing has flourished. I speak 4 other languages but I study them all and so far ASL is #1.
i LOVE your lessons and your sense of humor makes learning ASL sooo much fun. My teens and i recently started volunteering at our local school for the deaf. I want to learn ASL so i can communicate better with the students. They are a great group of people and truly love spending time with them and cant wait to communicate with them more. THANKS BILL!!!!!
I decided late in life to start learning ASL. My children learned basics in elementary school. Bathroom, sit, stand, yes, no etc.... because of non verbal students in class. Bill Vicars has been very helpful and I enjoy his fun videos. Learning is kept stress free and fun! Thank you for sharing with us!
Can I just say that Katelyn (did I spell that right?) does a remarkable job, is a great student, and is very brave for doing this in front of the class/allowing her lessons to be recorded. I know I would just overthink it and make a fool of myself, but it's a joy to watch her learn. I wonder if she has continued to learn ASL since these videos were recorded and uploaded?
I work at a petstore and we occasionally have a few deaf customers that come through. I'm really excited to learn enough to carry on a short conversation with them now!
I am taking ASL classes this coming fall, so I thought I would get a head start! Thank you for making them available to everyone! Just from the few I've watched, communication between my 2 nieces (who are deaf) and myself has improved dramatically...now my sister-in-law doesn't need to translate as much! I just have to remind my nieces to sign SLOWLY!!
I find myself going back and rewatching the videos each time I decide to move onto the next so that I'm getting a refresher and learning to pick up the pace. Honestly, I've heard that learning from those that are hard of hearing or deaf is the best way, and I genuinely feel like I'm getting the necessary knowledge to communicate in the ASL world.
I have learned so much with Bill. I am brand new to asl. I have only watched a few youtube videos, and i am faster than this student he has there lol. But he is a great teacher.
Brittany Touchton lol she frustrates me so much when he has to ask her the same question over and over. It feels like she may not be paying as close attention.
A student named Wendy asks: “On this RUclips video (Lesson 04), at minute 15:13 - 15:14, what are you saying? It looks like the right hand is batting down (probably a bigger "No?"), then the thumb hits the chest, and then the hand comes outward in a "Y" hand.” Hello Wendy! She asks me “Are you happy?” I reply to her: No, I'm angry! Then I use a "pshaw" / "fooey" / “meh” sign. Then I indicate that, "I'm fine now." Thus the "Y" hand sign you are seeing is a one-handed version of "NOW." - Dr. Bill Donations: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
there are also apps you can get on your phone where it's sort of a game where you have to figure out what's being signed. You get more points for speed and loose points for having to replay. The one I've used is called fingerspell, although they kind of get B wrong. Either way it's helped me a lot. :)
Bill Vicars asl.gs is great but keep in the mind the letter B is messed up there. It needs your thumb over your palm. Love these video's Bill I'm going to keep at it! Thank you!
you are absolutely amazing. many years ago i learned the alphabet in asl, it sparked my interest to learn more but never went through with it. Now i have a 3 year old daughter wich has speech delay. Her speech therapust began sessions verbally and using asl. immediately i began to cach on and even my daughters have learned a lot. Im trying so hard to learn as much as soon as i can because i realy want to fluently be able to communicate with her in any kind of way. i would follow along to Signing time till i found your videos wich help me alot. I love the way you test and conversate not just showing what words mean what. Again you are great. Thank you
I learned ASL 4-5 yrs ago in school and am working for the TSA airport security. Relearning ASL is important to me as I would be able to help communicate with deaf passengers. I typically see a few every day coming through and am going to use what I learned here to serve the public.
je trouve ceci très pratique je suis ''française'' et j'apprend en m'amusant avec vous la langue des signes américaine merci encore pour tout ce que vous faites
i want to learn ASL so bad because it really helps when i go nonverbal, and these lessons are helping so much. Dr. Bill is so entertaining, his personality is such a gem. i’m hopefully taking sign classes next year, and i hope i can wow the teacher!!! thank you so much for making these videos, even if they were made forever ago.
I LOVE signing along with Bill and his students!! I started an ASL 1 class 8 weeks ago and have been watching these videos to supplement and I am in love with this beautiful language.
On my second time re-watching your ASL series on youtube since it's been quite a while since the last, and I forgot some signs. Just wanted to say how incredible you are for uploading this! You truly are my ASL hero.
funny i took one ASL class to fulfill my gen ed in college a year later i am working towards my ASL degree. we are required to a minimum of 500 min a month outside ASL related learning, once i accidentally clicked on one of these videos now this is all i keep going back too. love it and it helps a lot also i just found out about asl.ms WONDERFUL!! THANK YOU!
I've recently started learning ASL because my best friend is deaf. Your videos have helped me learn so many signs and I'm only on the 4th video. I can't wait to learn more and be able to have a conversation in sign with her.
For anyone who's lost at the beginning, he asks the room "how-you?" and repeats their answer "fine", and signs "good". then he asks his student on screen "how-you?". she answers "fine" and he signs "good". he then introduces himself, pointing to his chest then fingerspelling "DR BILL VICARS". then he asks his student "name-you?" she answers by fingerspelling "KATELYN" and he repeats her fingerspelling. They both nod. Then he signs "welcome LIFEPRINT". He signs "work", which I take to mean "it works to fingerspell lifeprint", and then shows us the namesign for his website Lifeprint, an L-P shape, several times. Finally, he signs "lesson 4". I'm still a beginner, please correct me if I am wrong!
Love this channel. I bumped into a deaf customer at my job yesterday and was able to use some ASL to communicate with her. Her face definitely lit up at that moment. Thanks Bill!
Wow! these lessons are excellent! I was at work and ran into a sign interpreter and found out a local church was offering sign classes here in NOLA. I took classes in college so I do know a little. I reviewed several lessons prior to attending the classes. Boy, did it help!
Hello Dr Bill my name is Thurman I was in Army in. In1974 I was blown up by a land mine I was deaf for approximately four months but slowly started regain my hearing I was 18 years old.......now am 65 years old and the ears are getting a lot worse ....I need ur classes I had a wonderful teacher named Alice but do to this COVID ....my teacher had to go back to work now am watching your videos. Just so u know I am terrified I am slowly going deaf and for a man my age admitting how scared I am is not good. Your teaching is great and having a real student and not just a model that does sign is great ...thank you for doing these classes i need them badly. . God Bless you and family and all the students there helping me.......Thurman 🤟🏼
Been learning for four weeks straight (one week per lesson) and practicing everyday! My friends are also learning with me and I'm excited to be better! I hope I get to use what I'm learning somehow in some way for something good as I see it as a lifetime skill. Thank you very much Sir Bill for making your lessons available to us who have no means or time to go out and learn. Best of luck to you!
This has made learning ASL great. I'm doing this as my own hobby in college, and I can't believe all these lessons are on here. Thank you so much. Thanks from Arkansas!
I love how educational these videos are, but I also love that I can understand enough to laugh out loud when you make jokes in sign. Makes me more interesting in doing more lessons
Bill! First, thank you so much for posting all of these easy to understand videos. I'm a soon to be single mom staying up until 3 and 4 in the morning signing along with them so that I may have a new skill I'm interested in working with. Thank you! Question: Is there a certain rule about the order of signs? "I before E except after C" makes it less confusing for spelling... anything specific like that saying for signing? I feel like sometimes things are signed a bit backward with "you", "who", "what", etc. at the end and then sometimes they're not. How do we know when to do this?
+Ginger Good We sometimes put YOU on the end of sentences to function in a way similar to how the words "do" or "are" function in sentences like "Are you going?" We could sign: YOU GO YOU? -- Which is pretty much a way of saying: "You go, are you?" We just raise our eyebrows while doing that second "YOU" sign. We tend to put WH questions at the end of the sentence since "WH" questions require a furrowed brow and it is awkward to try furrowing your brow throughout a long sentence. I've got some grammar articles over at Lifeprint.com in the library section.
I was having a hard time with fingers spelling and the way you do your lessons are awesome with the finger spelling and then you ask your student what the sign is has helped me very much thank you for your help!!
I've been watching these videos for about 3 years now without being subscribed sadly lol but now I am! and I know every bit of sign language from u Bill!
Bill, thank you so much for these videos. Over the past month, I've gained quite the vocabulary by watching on my commute to work. I have a deaf family that comes to my store that's always excited to see me because the don't have to type everything into their phones to communicate. Between your videos and their willingness to teach, i'd say i'll be signing pretty proficiently by the end of the year. Can't wait to watch the next video tomorrow!
you are amazing, my ASL teacher recommended these videos and now i know why, you should also be proud to have the best comment section on all of RUclips.
Thank you so much for these lessons Dr. Bill. I am a nursing student at my local college and though signing is offered at our school it doesn't count towards my degree. I truly have an interest in learning ASL however it is hard and expensive paying for the classes so I was saving ASL for the future. However thanks to these videos I can start learning now. I have been watching 1 lesson a day and truly feel comfortable using these signs and like I'm really learning a third language and culture. Thanks again for these!!!!
I love this channel and these lessons! I feel happy when I’m watching and understand a joke or playful banter! I’m HoH due to military service and wear HAs. The pandemic really sucked for me and I’m sure it was worse for deaf people or those with worse hearing loss than myself. It was also the first time in my life I experienced being 100% incapable of participating in a situation. I’ve never felt so frustrated and upset and it opened my eyes to what many people face on a regular basis. The situation that hit me hardest was when we went for COVID testing. It was an old church, very loud and everything echoed. With that, masks and plexiglass I was completely incapable of communicating with the nurse and had to keep looking at my wife to ask “What did she say!?!?” I am learning ASL for myself, but also so that perhaps someday I can help someone who is deaf. I’m also learning it because I’ve found myself a newcomer in a beautiful community and culture!
I've learned so much watching your lesson's Dr. Bill keep up the good work. I want to watch all of them, I have a friend who is deaf and she trains in the same Gym I train she is awesome, very patient in helping me to learn, I really want to be fluent in ASL, I love it and each time I learn something I want to learn more and more to the point that sometimes when I am not able to hold a conversation I get so frustrated with myself. My friend told me not to be too hard on myself but I cant help it
These are so helpful, I’ve learned so much from these. I’m glad that I found these videos, because i have friends who use ASL and now i can start to understand them. Thanks so much for this.
Excellent work breaking down these lessons. I appreciate you sharing your talent and knowledge with us. I hope to make it to the end of your lessons and some day be able to sign very proficiently. Thanks again.
I am a student psychologist working on my internship and I love learning with you but I’m curious if there is a video that teaches sign language is special terminology for psychology? If not can you recommend a program. I’ve been practicing and watching each video a few times till I understand it all and now everything I say I try and sign with the signs I have learned from you. Thank you for creating an easy way for me to learn and I want to learn more so I can work with the deaf community
i am teaching my kids asl this summer as a summer lesson. i don't know it either so this is a fun project for us. your videos are a great help. thanks so much!
Bill, thank you so much for helping me learn sign language and it makes it so much easier to understand my best friend who is deaf. Now I don't have to feel like I am being stalked by her interpreter! And by the way, are you deaf?
Love these lessons they are amaizing, you make it so easy and fun to learn. On this lesson however its hard to make out the hands on the screen. its hard to tell if its a T, S, A ?? Just wanted u to know. Thank u and this is amaizing having so much fun learning ASL
thank you so much. Ive been so happy with you guys and the signing times. The best summer homework! Keep up the good work. I am going back in the fall to sign learning! From a fan!
thank you for posting the lessons. my school (a high school) doesn't have a sign language class. i thought sign would be difficult but you make it easy to learn.
I love these videos, and am learning surprisingly fast. I actually had a short conversation with a girl who is deaf, just the other day! There are some things I wish were explained, but I imagine they will come up on later videos; there's a lot to learn out there! :) Thanks again!
Tiffany, Exactly! Don't worry about all the little things you don't catch! Just focus on keeping up with Katelyn. She doesn't understand me 100% either BUT she is learning, growing, and enjoying herself. By Lesson 15 she has made a huge advance in her signing ability.
I am a slow learner but was happy when I learned to go to settings and change the speed to half or 3/4ths!!! I will learn this but maybe slower than some!
Hahahaha! Mr. Vickars, this is so much fun! It's past midnight and I just finished lesson 4 and my dad had to come tell me to shut up with the laughing, ROFL!! When he saw me signing at the computer, he didn't know what to think, LOL!
Mr. Vicars, I'm up to lesson 12. I've reviewed each lesson a few times to stay fresh. 1st, thank you for posting these lessons. At the 2:50 mark you use pictures of letters to spell words. Is there somewhere practice lessons can be found like that? Learning new words for me is far easier than recognizing them or the letters signed to me. The speed of the signs is too quick. I'm thinking if I can practice my quickness of those words it will help me in the world. At least I hope so.
0:19 took me like 10 times watching it at .25 speed to finally get what he's signing here. It's "welcome to lifeprint". It looks like he's signing a q for 'to' and that threw me, plus he's so fast!
You are a great teacher. lol. My boyfriend thinks I am weird because I sit here and mimic the signs and talk to myself and I also laugh because your so funny thank you.
Sure, my pleasure. I notice that you are watching the lower resolution version of the video. You might enjoy the videos on the main ASLU playlist a bit more -- most of them a a bit higher resolution. See item 2 below. ============================ 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 or more specifically: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 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 If you like the free LIfeprint.com lessons you might enjoy the low-cost subscription version of the lessons. For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ Ways to support the ASL University channel: * Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at RUclips.com/billvicars * Click the “subscribe” button at RUclips.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) * Click the “Share” link and share the videos. * ASL University “official” clothing or ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu * Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G * 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'm so thankful for these lessons that you posted! ~I'm a homeschooled student and the curriculum I was using for ASL was pretty hard to understand and learn until my teacher suggested your website on Lifeprint. Honest words here, you really helped me and I'm happy to be learning from you! I love your charisma on camera, even though there is no audio, it's amazing. (❁´◡`❁)
Hello ASL Heroes!!!
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Take care and my best to you all. :)
You might not see this, but I noticed that this video is missing from the lifeprint course you have. Just wanted you to know
Bill Vicars thank you so much for doing this- a suggestion though, on the fingerspelling pictures, it would be super helpful to color code the fingers as it’s extremely hard to tell the difference between s, t, a, n, and m in longer words. Signing Time did this for the same reason. Again, I really appreciate you making these videos.
We pay so much for less from other companies (skillshare, Masterclass, udemy) and here Bill is offering us something for free. Let's be sure we pay it forward!
I am a teenager learning some beginning ASL over summer break. I am hoping to be able to communicate and carry on a basic conversation with a Deaf person soon. Your teaching style is so helpful and easy to understand. I never thought learning to sign would be so fun, but you make it funny and interesting to learn! Thank you!
P.S. I get anxiety attacks where I can't speak sometimes, so this will be a helpful skill.
I bought two pairs of leggings and a hoodie from your store, i love them thank you so much for your help learning to sign 10:13
This channel has done wonders for me. I have lost interest in many parts of my life due to depression, but learning sign makes me truly happy and is one of the few things that keeps me going. Thank you so much for running this channel.
Max! Excellent! Continue to use positive, forward-looking language! Keep phrasing the negative as past tense and the positive as current and future tense: I used to be "X," now I'm "Y."
Then soon as possible just drop the negative from your story altogether with, "I'm doing pretty good and I'm going to make the future GREAT!" Design your own story and you will eventually become it. Of course there are still highs and lows on the journey but that is part of life eh? Roller coasters are more fun with both highs and lows. If life were all one long high it would actually be boring. The next time you hit a low just think of it as seasoning on your food. Then use that food for fuel to do something cool.
Again, good job on your forward progress!
Agree. I had given up on anything. Nothing was fun. Bill is such an amazing teacher.
i can relate. i also struggle with speaking sometimes due to anxiety, so encouraging my friends and family to learn some asl as well really helps me communicate when i'm having a hard time :)
Much love to you
"How many daughters does your father have"
"None"
Something's wrong, I can feel it
Yes. There is most definitely a disturbance in the force.
Yeah, I thought that was pretty funny. LOL
I said it out loud and then I was like Eminem!
I like how he jokes with her XD. It makes it way more fun! I was laughing along with her
I think it helps us to learn to converse besides learning the words.
right lol my husband kept shaking his head at me
I really didnt think it would be this easy to learn sign. You really have simplified it so that in my tight schedule im able to succeed . Thanks!
Thank You! I am a high school librarian using my summer vacation to learn asl, so I can talk with the deaf and HH students in our building. I'm so excited to surprise them in the fall when they return :)
So, how's the thing going? I hope they are surprised and happy to see you signing to them :)
They were so happy!
That's so sweet!
that is so cool! They are really going to appreciate it!!!😄
You're awesome Bill, I tried every app and none of them worked for me. After watching lesson 1 with you I was hooked and now my signing has flourished. I speak 4 other languages but I study them all and so far ASL is #1.
Thank you for posting these videos. I have a nephew who's deaf so I'm learning to surprise him. His mom doesn't know that I'm learning either.
How sweet!
i LOVE your lessons and your sense of humor makes learning ASL sooo much fun. My teens and i recently started volunteering at our local school for the deaf. I want to learn ASL so i can communicate better with the students. They are a great group of people and truly love spending time with them and cant wait to communicate with them more. THANKS BILL!!!!!
I totally misread the first fingerspelling photo and thought it said fool. I then proceeded to feel like a fool.
seinesalz same
Same
yup same lol I only learned songs in asl I wanted to take it a step farther
Me tooo
Same over here
I am only curious about ASL but then i found these videos of you, and i never thought that it could be this fun. You're very funny! Thank you
I decided late in life to start learning ASL. My children learned basics in elementary school. Bathroom, sit, stand, yes, no etc.... because of non verbal students in class. Bill Vicars has been very helpful and I enjoy his fun videos. Learning is kept stress free and fun! Thank you for sharing with us!
Can I just say that Katelyn (did I spell that right?) does a remarkable job, is a great student, and is very brave for doing this in front of the class/allowing her lessons to be recorded. I know I would just overthink it and make a fool of myself, but it's a joy to watch her learn. I wonder if she has continued to learn ASL since these videos were recorded and uploaded?
Ha ha ha!!
When she asked him: ' I Need brush teeth'
So funny 😂😂
U R the best man!!
I work at a petstore and we occasionally have a few deaf customers that come through. I'm really excited to learn enough to carry on a short conversation with them now!
I am taking ASL classes this coming fall, so I thought I would get a head start! Thank you for making them available to everyone! Just from the few I've watched, communication between my 2 nieces (who are deaf) and myself has improved dramatically...now my sister-in-law doesn't need to translate as much! I just have to remind my nieces to sign SLOWLY!!
I find myself going back and rewatching the videos each time I decide to move onto the next so that I'm getting a refresher and learning to pick up the pace. Honestly, I've heard that learning from those that are hard of hearing or deaf is the best way, and I genuinely feel like I'm getting the necessary knowledge to communicate in the ASL world.
Smart approach.
Also, for quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page:
ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists or more specifically: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1
This helps so much I've learned over 200 words from your sites and videos.I can put sentences together and understand quite a lot. Thank you
I have learned so much with Bill. I am brand new to asl. I have only watched a few youtube videos, and i am faster than this student he has there lol. But he is a great teacher.
same
Brittany Touchton lol she frustrates me so much when he has to ask her the same question over and over. It feels like she may not be paying as close attention.
not everyone learns at the same pace.
Brittany Touchton me too and i have only watched like 4 vids
Keep in mind that she's in front of a room of people as well as the camera. It's a lot of pressure.
A student named Wendy asks:
“On this RUclips video (Lesson 04), at minute 15:13 - 15:14, what are you saying? It looks like the right hand is batting down (probably a bigger "No?"), then the thumb hits the chest, and then the hand comes outward in a "Y" hand.”
Hello Wendy!
She asks me “Are you happy?”
I reply to her: No, I'm angry!
Then I use a "pshaw" / "fooey" / “meh” sign.
Then I indicate that, "I'm fine now."
Thus the "Y" hand sign you are seeing is a one-handed version of "NOW."
- Dr. Bill
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Hello. Thanks for the translation!
It's so awesome to have these lessons on here! Thank you!
need to work on my individual letters then come back to this... it's taking me way to long to figure out whats on the screen
Andrew Keeping
For learning individual letters I recommend www.ASL.gs.
For practicing your receptive fingerspelling I recommend www.ASL.ms
- Dr. Bill
there are also apps you can get on your phone where it's sort of a game where you have to figure out what's being signed. You get more points for speed and loose points for having to replay. The one I've used is called fingerspell, although they kind of get B wrong. Either way it's helped me a lot. :)
Bill Vicars asl.gs is great but keep in the mind the letter B is messed up there. It needs your thumb over your palm. Love these video's Bill I'm going to keep at it! Thank you!
proudestmikey actually you normally don't have the thumb all the way over! Most people only do it a little bit or it's natural bc of the sentence
Go to setting and set it to half or 3/4th. It helps me a lot!
- Who do you love?
- You
😂😂😂 my favorite moment!!
I sign every day, I learn a knew word every day
pastor gaspard new*
i have no reason on why i am learning sign language honestly. it is very easy and he makes it easier! i love his teaching method so much!!
you are absolutely amazing. many years ago i learned the alphabet in asl, it sparked my interest to learn more but never went through with it. Now i have a 3 year old daughter wich has speech delay. Her speech therapust began sessions verbally and using asl. immediately i began to cach on and even my daughters have learned a lot. Im trying so hard to learn as much as soon as i can because i realy want to fluently be able to communicate with her in any kind of way. i would follow along to Signing time till i found your videos wich help me alot. I love the way you test and conversate not just showing what words mean what. Again you are great. Thank you
I LOVE BILL VICARS!!! SO COOL!
I learned ASL 4-5 yrs ago in school and am working for the TSA airport security. Relearning ASL is important to me as I would be able to help communicate with deaf passengers. I typically see a few every day coming through and am going to use what I learned here to serve the public.
je trouve ceci très pratique je suis ''française'' et j'apprend en m'amusant avec vous la langue des signes américaine merci encore pour tout ce que vous faites
i want to learn ASL so bad because it really helps when i go nonverbal, and these lessons are helping so much. Dr. Bill is so entertaining, his personality is such a gem. i’m hopefully taking sign classes next year, and i hope i can wow the teacher!!! thank you so much for making these videos, even if they were made forever ago.
I personally was made forever ago.
Haven't quite reached my expiration date yet.
Working on it.
@@sign-language hahahahhaaaaa😭😭
I LOVE signing along with Bill and his students!! I started an ASL 1 class 8 weeks ago and have been watching these videos to supplement and I am in love with this beautiful language.
On my second time re-watching your ASL series on youtube since it's been quite a while since the last, and I forgot some signs. Just wanted to say how incredible you are for uploading this! You truly are my ASL hero.
funny i took one ASL class to fulfill my gen ed in college a year later i am working towards my ASL degree. we are required to a minimum of 500 min a month outside ASL related learning, once i accidentally clicked on one of these videos now this is all i keep going back too. love it and it helps a lot also i just found out about asl.ms WONDERFUL!! THANK YOU!
I love your lessons! It's like I'm in school with you! I'm getting better everyday! Thanks Dr. Vicars!
I love how you teach, makes it fun and easy to learn ASL.
its amazing watching katelyn get better and better at signing
I've recently started learning ASL because my best friend is deaf. Your videos have helped me learn so many signs and I'm only on the 4th video. I can't wait to learn more and be able to have a conversation in sign with her.
For anyone who's lost at the beginning, he asks the room "how-you?" and repeats their answer "fine", and signs "good". then he asks his student on screen "how-you?". she answers "fine" and he signs "good".
he then introduces himself, pointing to his chest then fingerspelling "DR BILL VICARS". then he asks his student "name-you?" she answers by fingerspelling "KATELYN" and he repeats her fingerspelling. They both nod.
Then he signs "welcome LIFEPRINT". He signs "work", which I take to mean "it works to fingerspell lifeprint", and then shows us the namesign for his website Lifeprint, an L-P shape, several times.
Finally, he signs "lesson 4".
I'm still a beginner, please correct me if I am wrong!
Love this channel. I bumped into a deaf customer at my job yesterday and was able to use some ASL to communicate with her. Her face definitely lit up at that moment. Thanks Bill!
Wow! these lessons are excellent! I was at work and ran into a sign interpreter and found out a local church was offering sign classes here in NOLA. I took classes in college so I do know a little. I reviewed several lessons prior to attending the classes. Boy, did it help!
I just love learning from you, your so funny and easy to learn from. Thank you.
Your technique on learning ASL is amazing and unique! Thanks soo much for sharing!!!
Hello Dr Bill my name is Thurman I was in Army in. In1974 I was blown up by a land mine I was deaf for approximately four months but slowly started regain my hearing I was 18 years old.......now am 65 years old and the ears are getting a lot worse ....I need ur classes I had a wonderful teacher named Alice but do to this COVID ....my teacher had to go back to work now am watching your videos. Just so u know I am terrified I am slowly going deaf and for a man my age admitting how scared I am is not good. Your teaching is great and having a real student and not just a model that does sign is great ...thank you for doing these classes i need them badly. . God Bless you and family and all the students there helping me.......Thurman 🤟🏼
Thurman -- letting you know I've read your comment and wish you the absolute best in your studies and on your journey.
They are both so charming!! Thank you so much for the videos, they help a lot!!
Been learning for four weeks straight (one week per lesson) and practicing everyday! My friends are also learning with me and I'm excited to be better! I hope I get to use what I'm learning somehow in some way for something good as I see it as a lifetime skill. Thank you very much Sir Bill for making your lessons available to us who have no means or time to go out and learn. Best of luck to you!
This has made learning ASL great. I'm doing this as my own hobby in college, and I can't believe all these lessons are on here. Thank you so much. Thanks from Arkansas!
I love how educational these videos are, but I also love that I can understand enough to laugh out loud when you make jokes in sign. Makes me more interesting in doing more lessons
Thank you bill for posting these!! So so helpful!
Bill! First, thank you so much for posting all of these easy to understand videos. I'm a soon to be single mom staying up until 3 and 4 in the morning signing along with them so that I may have a new skill I'm interested in working with. Thank you!
Question: Is there a certain rule about the order of signs? "I before E except after C" makes it less confusing for spelling... anything specific like that saying for signing? I feel like sometimes things are signed a bit backward with "you", "who", "what", etc. at the end and then sometimes they're not. How do we know when to do this?
+Ginger Good
We sometimes put YOU on the end of sentences to function in a way similar to how the words "do" or "are" function in sentences like "Are you going?" We could sign: YOU GO YOU? -- Which is pretty much a way of saying: "You go, are you?" We just raise our eyebrows while doing that second "YOU" sign.
We tend to put WH questions at the end of the sentence since "WH" questions require a furrowed brow and it is awkward to try furrowing your brow throughout a long sentence. I've got some grammar articles over at Lifeprint.com in the library section.
Love love love this channel, I’ve learned so much in a short time and he is so funny and keeps me engaged and entertained
Sarah,
Just letting you know I saw your other post (about buying some merch). That's great!
Thanks!
Oh my I am laughing at the "I love you" part! You guys make learning so much fun! Thank you!!!
I was having a hard time with fingers spelling and the way you do your lessons are awesome with the finger spelling and then you ask your student what the sign is has helped me very much thank you for your help!!
I've been watching these videos for about 3 years now without being subscribed sadly lol but now I am! and I know every bit of sign language from u Bill!
Love, Love, Love these lesson. He makes learning fun with the funny antidotes.
I enjoy your videos & their easy to understand thnx
Bill, thank you so much for these videos. Over the past month, I've gained quite the vocabulary by watching on my commute to work. I have a deaf family that comes to my store that's always excited to see me because the don't have to type everything into their phones to communicate. Between your videos and their willingness to teach, i'd say i'll be signing pretty proficiently by the end of the year. Can't wait to watch the next video tomorrow!
you are amazing, my ASL teacher recommended these videos and now i know why, you should also be proud to have the best comment section on all of RUclips.
thank you Mr. vicars for doing this.
great videos thank you so much for making them available!
Thank you so much for these lessons Dr. Bill. I am a nursing student at my local college and though signing is offered at our school it doesn't count towards my degree. I truly have an interest in learning ASL however it is hard and expensive paying for the classes so I was saving ASL for the future. However thanks to these videos I can start learning now. I have been watching 1 lesson a day and truly feel comfortable using these signs and like I'm really learning a third language and culture. Thanks again for these!!!!
I love this channel and these lessons! I feel happy when I’m watching and understand a joke or playful banter! I’m HoH due to military service and wear HAs.
The pandemic really sucked for me and I’m sure it was worse for deaf people or those with worse hearing loss than myself. It was also the first time in my life I experienced being 100% incapable of participating in a situation. I’ve never felt so frustrated and upset and it opened my eyes to what many people face on a regular basis.
The situation that hit me hardest was when we went for COVID testing. It was an old church, very loud and everything echoed. With that, masks and plexiglass I was completely incapable of communicating with the nurse and had to keep looking at my wife to ask “What did she say!?!?”
I am learning ASL for myself, but also so that perhaps someday I can help someone who is deaf. I’m also learning it because I’ve found myself a newcomer in a beautiful community and culture!
I've learned so much watching your lesson's Dr. Bill keep up the good work. I want to watch all of them, I have a friend who is deaf and she trains in the same Gym I train she is awesome, very patient in helping me to learn, I really want to be fluent in ASL, I love it and each time I learn something I want to learn more and more to the point that sometimes when I am not able to hold a conversation I get so frustrated with myself. My friend told me not to be too hard on myself but I cant help it
I love your videos. Because of your lessons I was able to learn ASL. I still have a long way to go but you make it a lot easier.
These are so helpful, I’ve learned so much from these. I’m glad that I found these videos, because i have friends who use ASL and now i can start to understand them. Thanks so much for this.
Excellent work breaking down these lessons. I appreciate you sharing your talent and knowledge with us. I hope to make it to the end of your lessons and some day be able to sign very proficiently. Thanks again.
These lessons are genuinely fascinating to me and the teacher is really the best thank you
I am a student psychologist working on my internship and I love learning with you but I’m curious if there is a video that teaches sign language is special terminology for psychology? If not can you recommend a program. I’ve been practicing and watching each video a few times till I understand it all and now everything I say I try and sign with the signs I have learned from you. Thank you for creating an easy way for me to learn and I want to learn more so I can work with the deaf community
I wish I had teachers like him in school , he makes it so fun to learn
I love your lessons, you're a great teacher!!
Thank you! I'm learning how to sign, I watch one lesson a day and this is so fun! You are funny! Thank you!!
Im so happy to find you sometimes is difficult to see the girls hands, but you both are the best teachers I already play a little...
i am teaching my kids asl this summer as a summer lesson. i don't know it either so this is a fun project for us. your videos are a great help. thanks so much!
These lessons have been very easy to follow and fun to learn. Thank you!
You're the best and make me smile every time I watch your 👏🙏videos !!
I have watched four lessons in two days and I have learnt so much
I love these videos so much.
So informative and helpful! I'm loving these videos! Thank you so much! I've learned a lot and I look forward to learning more!
Bill, thank you so much for helping me learn sign language and it makes it so much easier to understand my best friend who is deaf. Now I don't have to feel like I am being stalked by her interpreter! And by the way, are you deaf?
joyjoycarlson in a different video he signed he and his wife are deaf and one of his children is hard of hearing.
No, he is HH (hard of hearing)
Love these lessons they are amaizing, you make it so easy and fun to learn. On this lesson however its hard to make out the hands on the screen. its hard to tell if its a T, S, A ?? Just wanted u to know. Thank u and this is amaizing having so much fun learning ASL
Yah. Think of fingerspelling as being sort of like a crossword puzzle. Gotta figure some of it out by context.
thank you so much. Ive been so happy with you guys and the signing times. The best summer homework! Keep up the good work. I am going back in the fall to sign learning!
From a fan!
thank you for posting the lessons. my school (a high school) doesn't have a sign language class. i thought sign would be difficult but you make it easy to learn.
I love these videos, and am learning surprisingly fast. I actually had a short conversation with a girl who is deaf, just the other day!
There are some things I wish were explained, but I imagine they will come up on later videos; there's a lot to learn out there! :)
Thanks again!
Tiffany,
Exactly! Don't worry about all the little things you don't catch! Just focus on keeping up with Katelyn. She doesn't understand me 100% either BUT she is learning, growing, and enjoying herself. By Lesson 15 she has made a huge advance in her signing ability.
I love the sign language 😘😘😘
The only reason I would want to hear the sound, is to hear people laughing lol Dr. Bill, you're a great teacher :)
Great lessons! I really like how you've created a clear platform!
I am a slow learner but was happy when I learned to go to settings and change the speed to half or 3/4ths!!! I will learn this but maybe slower than some!
Hahahaha! Mr. Vickars, this is so much fun! It's past midnight and I just finished lesson 4 and my dad had to come tell me to shut up with the laughing, ROFL!! When he saw me signing at the computer, he didn't know what to think, LOL!
Mr. Vicars, I'm up to lesson 12. I've reviewed each lesson a few times to stay fresh. 1st, thank you for posting these lessons. At the 2:50 mark you use pictures of letters to spell words. Is there somewhere practice lessons can be found like that? Learning new words for me is far easier than recognizing them or the letters signed to me. The speed of the signs is too quick. I'm thinking if I can practice my quickness of those words it will help me in the world. At least I hope so.
I have taken 3 ASL classes in the past 2 years. This is a good review, although I still have trouble with fingerspelling.
Brilliant!!!! Thank you!! :) I send you kisses from Spain.
0:19 took me like 10 times watching it at .25 speed to finally get what he's signing here. It's "welcome to lifeprint". It looks like he's signing a q for 'to' and that threw me, plus he's so fast!
You are a great teacher. lol. My boyfriend thinks I am weird because I sit here and mimic the signs and talk to myself and I also laugh because your so funny thank you.
Such a great class! Thank you for this!
Sure, my pleasure.
I notice that you are watching the lower resolution version of the video.
You might enjoy the videos on the main ASLU playlist a bit more -- most of them a a bit higher resolution. See item 2 below.
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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 or more specifically: ruclips.net/user/Lifeprint-signsplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1
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.
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Brilliant, my teatcher Bill !!!!
Thank you for the videos. It's amazing how i try to understand you from your facial expression 😘
I really have learnt so much in those, thank you very much! :)
I'm so thankful for these lessons that you posted!
~I'm a homeschooled student and the curriculum I was using for ASL was pretty hard to understand and learn until my teacher suggested your website on Lifeprint. Honest words here, you really helped me and I'm happy to be learning from you! I love your charisma on camera, even though there is no audio, it's amazing. (❁´◡`❁)
Great teacher. I caught on so fast with the easy lessons you have here :)
thank you so much for psting theese videos i really wanted to learn sign language and youve helped me so much thank you
LOOOVEEE your lessons!!! I laugh along!