Hey, I’m in a similar situation. We’ll get through it, despite it absolutely sucking. Remember that it’s okay to grieve your past self and be upset, but don’t let it hold you back from finding ways to still enjoy things! I wish you the best on your journey ❤
As a hearing impaired person, I'm sorry to say, the hype about ASL is pure bullshit. ASL is utterly worthless for dealing with literally everey business in the world. NOBODY but deaf p[eople or their families ever actually speaks it. You would do FAR better to focus on your speechreading instead, it will serve you MUCH better in the long run.
I learned ASL in highschool but never needed to use it… then at my first job and I have ran into 2 different people who where deaf. The first person I tried to explain that I knew little ASL but I would try to help. And she wasn’t having any of it.. it made me really sad.. but then a couple weeks later I ran into a guy who spoke but couldn’t hear.. so I sign I understood ASL and he was so happy. I was able to take his order and it was correct. He was so so happy. The next day he even came back and asked one of my leads for me specifically. Even tho all I could really remember where signs for numbers, names and yes and no. He still wanted me… I really want to be able to learn and fluently sign in ASL especially now that I am getting ready for college and am going into OT.
I’m hopeful that learning ASL will make my services as a therapist more accessible, as I’ve been told the deaf community is often starved of mental health resources due to a lack of accessibility. Thanks for the tips!
I'm wanting to learn ASL for the same reason!! What resources are you using to learn?? I'm hoping to sign up for ASL Spring when finances are looking better. Any other recommendations??
I am 58 years old and decided for no reason to learn sign language. I always thought it was the coolest language. My problem is I don't know any deaf people to practice with so it is all RUclips videos for me. Your teaching style works well for me as do a couple of others.
You could try to find any sort of "deaf people association" near you (sorry if that sounded rude, English is not my first language) From where I am, Venezuela, we have a lot of places where workshops for deaf people and non deaf people are held, in which they can learn AND practice sign language for free, we also have events for deaf people like the ones mentioned in the video Worth give it a shot! Good luck :)
My austim sometimes prevents me from talking its really frustrating and why I'm trying to learn sign so i still have a way to communicate when i can't speak
Same! It happens at work often, and I can't communicate with anyone super clearly, which is a bit of an issue in food/customer service. In addition, we often have deaf/hard of hearing customers, and learning will be super helpful with that!
I want to learn ASL because as someone who works in retail will experience customers and co workers who are deaf and I feel as if it’s necessary thing to learn. I felt so bad that I had a customer who was deaf luckily had her sister, I only know how to sign “thank you” and signed thank you and she was so happy.
The fact that I was actually able to recognize and remember the direct translations of some of the signs here gives me a great feeling that I'm not as hopeless as I thought. Now I've just got to remember to stop reading lips (I have an auditory processing disorder and reading lips helps me not have to ask people to repeat themselves, lol) and start paying attention to hands more. It'll be a difficult transition, but it'll definitely be worth it! ❤😅 Edit to add (in case anyone is curious:) I taught myself to read lips at an early age because I'd often get in trouble for "not paying attention" in school. I have ADHD plus APD and the noise of the classroom made it hard to process what the teacher was saying. Often times, it led to me being asked a question and not being able to answer because I either didn't process the question right away or just didn't process the information prior. So, I started reading lips! It is a very handy skill but accents and volume make it harder as the mouth forms words differently. So, it's not perfect, lol. Why did I add this? Because I feel that it's important to understand that even if a deaf person can read lips, it doesn't mean that they're going to catch everything you say. I struggle with it as a hearing person and still often have to rely on context based on what I can catch. Learning sign language is so important to help those in the deaf and sign community have more access to help and just a new buddy to sign with. Much love, y'all! 💋🤟💋🤟
I am learning to sign more so I can communicate better with my husbands niece (she is HoH). I started learning at 12 for when I have non-verbal panic attacks. Also for when I need hearing breaks from overlapping noise (I can’t filter too much noise!) My husband and his sister both sign and I’m currently working through the ASL Spring modules!
@@Coconut_23899 I have seen HoH or D/HH used as acronyms for hard of hearing or deaf/hard of hearing respectively. HH makes sense especially given the sign for it I think :)
I think ASL should be a K-12 language requirement in the US. If we all learned sign language, we could better communicate with each other, whatever language we spoke. I know a few signs, enough to make students comfortable when greeting them. I also know some of the protocol when speaking to deah people and their interpreters. However, languages of any kind have always been difficult for me so I stumble a lot. So happy I found your HH and HB shorts because it brought me here!
This would be wonderful if everyone learned the same sign language. I was saddened to learn that every language, country, and sometimes every region tends to have their own version of sign language.
I took an ASL course at my community college and after I think two or three classes my (hearing) teacher had a back injury and she was out for the rest of the term. Her deaf TA taught the class for the remainder of the term and honestly I think that it was a better class because of it.
Took an ASL class. Our instructor was deaf, and she was so fantastic! We learned so much about deaf culture along with ASL. It was so much fun, and so informative. ❤
I learned ASL through my deaf friend in high school, and then I realized how much I’d rather communicate bysigning then speaking. Funny, I ended up hereditary condition that causes deaf and blindness among a lot of other health related issues. I’m now looking for learning, tactile signing which is pretty much ASL but through the body as I’m not able to see and I’m losing my hearing. I was even on a sign language choir where we signed to music for different organizations as well as senior homes. Have became assigned language communicator after I took a six week immersion program at Sheridan college in Canada. There you were never allowed to speak you lived on campus and you were not allowed to use the phone or use your voice only sign for six solid weeks. I came out there with so much knowledge about the culture as well as increasing my vocabulary. I then started work as a sign language communicator at George Brown College in Toronto Canada. Now that I’m senior, I have to upgrade myself again as it’s been a while since I sign, and if you don’t use it, you lose it. You’re right it’s best to learn from a deaf instructor because you can’t lean on the words you definitely have to learn your signing. I love you channel thank you for sharing, and providing a great opportunity for people who want to learn.🤟🏻🇨🇦
I'm a massage therapist who has been slowly picking up sign as a way to communicate silently to say things like "it's time to turn over" or coordinate with another massage therapist during couples massages. It is so helpful to be able to let the other LMT know "I need 5 more minutes on this side." Or "let's close the massage in 10 minutes" or "slide the biofreeze closer to my table" so we're not bumping into each other and ending at the exact same time. ASL is such an important and handy (pun intended) language skill to have that my spouse and I are looking to take some classes so we can raise our newborn to be conversant in ASL. Thank you for these tips and all your ASL content.
Great idea! That was my plan for if I'd had a kid. It's a really good second language, partly because there are so few hearing people who actually know ASL, but for babies and young kids especially, it's great for teaching them what their faces and bodies are doing (physical awareness). That usually takes a long time to figure out.
I want to learn LSV (Venezuelan Sign Language, I'm venezuelan btw) and I have never met anyone in my life that knows/uses sign language. I wanna learn it for if I ever find one, and also seems fun 😅 I know that ASL has 99% nothing to do with LSV but seeing this video still helps Thank You Jon :)
I’ve been learning ASL on RUclips for about a year now because I often become nonverbal when I’m stressed, I really do want to take a physical class though. I love this video
I live in a city that has a really big Deaf community. We even have folks who perform Drag. I love it! I try to go to many events even though I'm hearing.
My high school growing up was a Cleary school of the Deaf and offered for HS language credits taking ASL, i still regret not learning it. We often had interpreters in our class rooms and it was something I took for granted was available outside of my area. While I am not deaf the language has always fascinated me. As I get older it is something that increasingly seems something I should work on learning as I don't often encounter deaf people in my day to day life, I do want to be as accommodating as possible when I do encounter people who that would be beneficial for. Other added reason I want to learn is a geeky side of things as science fiction has been adding more sign languages to various shows and cultures. From the Belters in The Expanse to the Tuskan Raiders in the Book of Boba Fett and many seemingly small parts in other shorts(one moment in Hellavabus and a character from Overwatch) it is becoming more visible in other spaces and I love that.
I took all my ask classes from deaf professors changed my life. I learned so much. I have gone to Africa worked in a deaf school they used Ask based sign there so no problems communicating. Then I went to Puerto Rico and I was shocked and amazed how many deaf didn't know sign at all or used home based. Two particular teens I worked with I will never forget. Thank you for ur videos
I attend a Deaf Sunday school class every week at my church. They're really sweet and it's helped me learn a lot. My learning is pretty slow since I don't have the chance to practice everyday but, I've started to be able to understand them better and better.
i'm not hard of hearing or deaf but your channel has really educated me on CODAs/deafness and now i want to learn at least a little bit of ASL because i think that could go such a long way
I've been learning ASL for 2 years now in my high school class with a Deaf teacher, I was lucky enough to have a HS with that option. It's been super great so far! I've learned a lot, the only problem is I tend to forget everything I ever know about sign when i try to sign to someone 😅, I have the same problem speaking in english too tbh, part of the reason i wanted to learn sign is that I thought i'd be more comfortable using a non-verbal language lol, didn't end up like that ig. But anyway, I very much enjoy your videos and it's very nice to practice my understanding by paying more attention to your hands than the audio. thank you for making these awesome videos! :D
My daughter was born with Pierre Robins Sequence and subsequent cleft palate. We were told she would most likely have speech delays, she does but thanks to us all learning ASL we don't have any communication delays. Extremely grateful for this language ❤
My ASL class at Gallaudet in 1990 did NOT have an interpreter and the instructor self identified as "culturally deaf" and was also medically hearing impaired. Your video is excellent!
When I was growing up, Linda Bove was on Sesame Street. This is what started me wanting to learn ASL, so this was back in 85 when I was in second grade. I can remember checking out the book from my school Library so much that I wore out the book. So I started learning from books and started getting really good at it. I made friends with my neighbors who are sisters and they were CODA which ended up helping me out a lot with my learning. Then moved away from the area and away and got out of practice. At least I still remember some simple signs and the finger ABC so I can still sign somewhat.
I have two jobs and at both I have two deaf co-workers and they’ve been teaching me little things everyday but I want to fully dive in on my own so this was very helpful to get started! Thank you!
The worst part of ableism is that most of the comments I see under videos like this is people who are HoH or going deaf, or people who know deaf or HoH people, and barely any people who want to learn for any other reason. Knowing sign language should be a standard thing to learn for all people regardless of if they can hear 100% or not.
I think it would be very reasonable and practical to make sign language a standard to be used along with speaking in school starting from Kindergarten, and I don't understand why we don't do that already.
Oh, I just wanna learn it for me since I’ve always been told how expressive I am. Plus, would be nice and useful to teach my 9 yo daughter so we can communicate in loud or public spaces that she wouldn’t feel comfortable saying out loud. But mostly for me since it’s beautiful and I’ve always wanted to know it.
IDK if I agree with your take. Simply because I watch a lot of videos on sign language, but for me personally reading comments of people who learn because they know someone who is HoH or deaf inspired me to learn it. Not because I know someone or because I'm going deaf but because I realised that there are way more deaf people around me than I had realized and because it taught me that there are barriers that I might not even realize because I am able to hear. So I started to learn it so that if I ever meet a deaf person I can communicate with them in their language. Pretty much the same reason on why I started to learn other languages. If you want to be able to freely communicate with someone, learn their language and don't assume they should know yours.
I live in Olathe Ks and we have a large deaf population due to the School for the Deaf here. My high school offered ASL as an elective and I was SO happy because I’m terrible at retaining other languages but sign language has always been easier for me, plus it’s just amazing! When I was a kid we had neighbors with fully deaf parents and they were all fluent. They taught me some basics and that’s still all I know! (Alphabet, please, thank you, I’m sorry, etc) Sadly I had to move away less than a month in to the class and the tiny town I moved to didn’t offer anything besides French and Spanish. I’m thinking about trying again. You’ve definitely inspired me! ❤
🤔 I had to learn ASL when I had a deaf roommate. She had a habit of forgetting to put her “ears” in. Mind you this was many years ago and unfortunately most of what I learned has gone to the wayside. But I still think fondly about the days of me stomping on the floor to get her attention when she didn’t know I was behind her or her teaching me how to say my favorite curse words in ASL. So thanks to her and my upbringing, I can curse you out in French, German, Spanish, English, and ASL. 😂😂
I've always wanted to learn ASL and figured time to just do it! I learned some signs to teach my kiddo and preK students and honestly have needed sign language the most for my own kids! It's very useful in quiet settings like libraries, church, or classrooms or loud settings especially since my kiddo wears the earmuffs to protect hearing and because of sounds sensitivities. Even today, while mowing the lawn kiddo wanted to tell me things and we both know "stop" and "good" and "off" but we use a combo of our own signs and motions and lip reading and confusion, lol. So definitely going to figure out some phrases and words we need for when I'm mowing or kiddo is outside/inside and we're communicating through a window!
I don't live in the US so ASL would be pretty useless to me... But, your shorts popping up in my recommendations inspired me to look up local DGS (Deutsche Gebärdensprache, German Sign Language) courses and I'm seriously considering taking one in summer (a week, 9 am - 5 pm). The main problem would be money. It's true that there are some online resources, but from my understanding, DGS is way more "scattered" than ASL, for a lack of better word. As in, different regions in Germany would come up with different signs for the same concepts, effectively creating different dialects. So a person from Berlin would sign certain things differently than someone from Munich, for example. So I'm afraid to go online because I might start learning from a source from a different region, resulting in me using signs that locals don't know. I can imagine it would be difficult to correct myself later on. AND I'm very much someone who needs to feel like I can apply what I'm learning, so being able to sign with people/get to know other people who are learning/know DGS, locally, would be invaluable. Regardless of all that, thanks for the uploads. I think everybody should learn at least basic sign language, and it would greatly benefit even hearing people, even when not communicating with deaf/HoH people. I wish my family and I knew some, whenever I'm sick to the point I can barely speak (if at all).
My autistic boyfriend will go nonverbal sometimes and he isn’t fluent in sign, but he knows a fair bit and I want to be able to have more non-spoken communication options with him. I’ve already picked up a few signs from him since he’ll often sign casually too, I see him signing “me too” a lot when a character does something he finds relatable in a show we’re watching together
I caught several of your short videos over the past couple of weeks and have really enjoyed the exposure to deaf and HH culture, and the perspective of a CODA on a lot of topics and pop culture I hadn't thought of before. I haven't used much of my ASL since college, and have had a spark of renewed interest in ASL. That's been because of you and your videos. So, thanks for making them!
I’ve been learning sign language and teaching my son who is 3 and is currently nonverbal autistic. He caught on to signing so fast and he will sign back or understand when I sign to him. Beautiful tool and a wonderful language ❤
Thanks for the tips! I'm looking to learn sign language sometime soon, I think it's useful to learn as many languages as possible, silent, dead, or not.
I’ve recently learned that there are some free asl classes for anyone who has a family member that is Deaf, they’re offering them online. I’m in a rural community so we don’t have many options, but as the parent of a deaf kid, I’m hoh and I am the DHH assistant for my school district I can use this opportunity personally and professionally. I am very excited to take another asl class (it’s been 25 years since my last one).
Have you considered making RUclips videos with mini lessons in them?... I'm sorry, but I really love learning languages!!! I only know a bit of basics of asl, and you'd be fun to learn from!
Hello, I'm very happy you started a RUclips channel. I watch your short videos on Facebook and I would love to learn more ASL. My niece on my husband's side is deaf and I've been learning ASL for the last 3 years. I've gotten pretty good so far and we can talk without any issues. But my finger spelling is still slow do you have any advice on how to improve. Thank you. 😊
Thank you so much!! You're doing a great job learning for your niece. Fingerspelling production comes with practice, you know how we have that little voice in our head that reads the name of street signs, stores, etc when we're out doing errands? Do that in ASL and fingerspell down at your side the store names and street signs you're saying in your head.
My school recently added ASL to our language department when I seriously considered being a traveling student (we have a sister school that’s only like ten minutes away so students can take classes at both schools) just to learn it. So I’m very excited to take it next year and hopefully this’ll help me in getting a head start 😋
I want to learn to be able to communicate with people who's primary communication is sign language but also because I have autism and I want to be able to learn and maybe get friends that know sign too! You are a huge part of why I fell for the language!
I have taught myself many languages over the years. I'm only fluent in bad english. I will say though that my husband told me he loved me the first time using sign because his mouth refused to say it to me. You know those types of people. To this day though, if I can't use my mouth i will sign to people. if they don't understand I will explain the sign, then use it everytime I talk to them from then on. Because I am that way.
hey! new subscriber here :) im not HoH or going deaf, but i've been seeing your shorts and ive decided to start learning asl because honestly i never got the chance to in elementary/middle schooll. thank you so much for making this video and inspiring other hearing people like me to learn ASL!! :)
thank you for this video!! it reminds me of time when i was in a deaf school, i am from germany and i am kinda deaf, i can hear with hearing aids but without them i am deaf. and yeah, i was in a deaf school for couple years and i learned german sign langague its hard for someone who speaks. but with time and Patience its easy. why i commend this, is because you kinda reminded me with this video to never forget the sign langague bc you never know who cant speak, uses sign langague and who hears but doesnt use sign langague, you know. thank you for this video and keep your great work!!!!!
I'm currently learning asl because I have non-verbal episodes that can sometimes last a long time. I figured learning asl is a little easier than getting an AAC device, using hand gestures, or using communication cards.
I'm really hoping that in the fall semester i will be able to get a sign language class into my schedule! Last year SL came up multiple times in my Syntax course and i was so excited to learn more and more! I just subscribed to you after this video, i have been seeing many fun shorts over the past days.
I'm 55 (hearing) and I've always been interested and fascinated by ASL. I learned a lot of signs from LifePrint. I had no idea there were deaf events. I'd like to go to one someday but I don't think I know enough ASL to communicate yet.
I just recently found your channel. I have wanted to learn ASL for many years! But I have nobody to practice with so that makes it immensely more difficult. I wish ASL would be offered as a 2nd language in schools, or better yet to do an immersion program from elementary so kids grow up knowing it. Even if you never have to use it to communicate with someone who is deaf or HoH, it is useful for situations where you might need to be quiet or where the environment is too loud to speak to friends.
i would love to learn the following words: _Articles:_ 1. the 2. a 3. an _Auxiliary words:_ 1. is 2. are 3. am 4. have 5. be 6. do 7. does 8. did 9. will 10. would _Particles:_ 1. up 2. on 3. out 4. in 5. at 6. by 7. with 8. from 9. under 10. above _Prepositions:_ 1. of 2. in 3. on 4. at 5. by 6. with 7. from 8. under 9. above 10. through 🤟🏼
I honestly don’t have a reason to learn asl (I don’t think you need one?) but Asl could be really helpful in the real world so I have been learning asl on RUclips for the past week or so and I can kind of carry a short conversation now!
I’m just barely starting to learn ASL. I’m autistic and sometimes verbally communicating my needs is hard when I’m overwhelmed, so I need a way to communicate non verbally. And honestly, focusing on your hands throughout the video, a lot of the signs made sense, I just don’t have the mental vocabulary bank to build sentences yet.
I’m hard of hearing and require hearing aids. I took ASL in the event I lose my hearing completely. I loooooooved communicating with ASL! My biggest problem was switching hands because I’m ambidextrous!
I have a few main reasons to learn ASL. My hearing is quite muffled and I know it won't be a long time until sounds begin to sound quieter and quieter, I also want to learn to communicate with some people like my little sister with autism, alongside that, HoH & deaf people since I've met a few. I've always wanted to learn ASL since preschool when i used to have a deaf classmate. During the summer, it'll be on my to-do list🙏✨️
❤❤❤ Love your videos and clips. So excited to be able to see you here weekly as well. I am a hearing mom and my toddler (15m) is hearing as well. I’m trying my best to teach them sign so that way if we ever meet a little friend who is HOH or deaf that that child will have a friend who knows how to talk to them. My struggle comes in the fact that while I try my best, practicing with them with words when they come up, putting on shows like signing time and Ms Rachel, they’re only consistently using “all done” (they actually used it at a drs appointment asking to be done. When I said “not done yet” they ran to the door letting me know that they understand what “all done” actually means but none of the other words I’ve tried. Am I doing something wrong? Is there something else I can try? Love to hear your feedback.
I love this style! It drives me crazy trying to recognize signs and read at the same time. It’s better to have a voiceover so I can start to associate the meaning with the signs. Thank you! 😊
I work in special education and I currently have a student who primarily communicates through ASL, so I've decided to learn it. My mom worked at our state's School for the Deaf for thirty years, so I think I might ask her for lessons.
Beautiful language, creates accessibility, useful in loud environments or across larger distances… the only reason I can think of to choose another language over sign language is ease of access (I’ve never seen sign on an interactive language learning app/platform- and all languages need practice both receiving and sharing)
I started learning sign language because one of my little brothers is deaf but I have difficulty progressing, being a baby, he does not yet know the language and my other siblings encounter the same difficulties ... In short, this video helped me a lot! THANKS !
Hello Jon, i've seen you on Insta. I am learning ASL in college however it is all online. So I don't have the practice I would like to have. I feel like I can't move my hands in a nice or fluid way regardless of what I do. I also don't drive so I can't really travel to many events but I do know that my university does host deaf events and there's an ASL club meeting sometimes. However I am scared of going to any event because thinking that people will see my stiff and amateur signs gives me so much anxiety. I do want to make a point to go to a deaf event, I know it's the best way to be immersed. Thank you.
I learned some asl as a child. I had a teacher who taught her classes using both spoken and signed words. Just by default. I still use some of the words today. My wife's hearing loss is getting worse and well ... I figured I should learn this.
I have always been fascinated by ASL and was okay learning the alphabet when I was a little girl, but that was it. Going into the work force and working as a cashier at a hardware store, I had my very first encounter with a deaf person as many of my colleagues didn't have a clue what he was looking for and many didn't have much patience. I took the first step to try and guess what he was looking for until we communicated by writing the questions and answers. It helped us build a unique bond and I was the only person who was called when he came in to work with him and assist. He was the first to teach me "Thank you" and "Your welcome" so we could break down our communication wall a little bit. After that, I have tried finding good youtube videos and I've been a little hesitant on finding someone who might be good to start. It's still something I would enjoy learning and add it not only as a skill, but possibly persue a job as an interpreter. Thank you so much for your videos and being so kind and giving this starter video and the tips. 🤟🏻
Hi! I'm hard of hearing and this helped a lot, my mom wanted me to learn sign just in case I went fully deaf. I love your videos, thanks for the help!! 🤟
I had a friend in high school who was CODA, and he never talked about it because people made fun of him for it. Made me VERY sad. Now I have a colleague at work who is deaf and teaches ASL!
It was oddly relaxing to watch this! Must admit i came across this channel by pure coincidence, but i might stick around to try and understand some more of the signs beung used, some of which were more intuitive than i thought! Like for the signs stating "communicating" and "interpretor"
I learned the alphabet and maybe 10 others signs when I was 8-10. I swam on a YMCA swim team and one of the kids in my age group was HoH. He had other medical issues, so he'd be gone for long periods. I never progressed more than that.
I have a stutter and have trouble getting out words due to my autism and anxiety, so I really want to learn ASL so it’s easier for me to express myself bc I have a lot of trouble with it, but I’ve been trying for so long and I know quite a bit like I could have a little small talk, and I know greeting and random words, so I’m really trying to learn
I went to a german sign language course but it was such a frustrating experience for me. The teacher was deaf and taught us the signs by showing and we had to repeat, but then at the same time we had to hastily write down a description of how the sign looks so we could look up our own notes if we didn't remember a word. There are some "dictionaries" for german sign language but they lack even most important words like "delicious" and most of the signs were completely different from what we learned in the course (also once I found 16 versions for one single sign and none of them were what we had learned in the course). Not being able to remember the signs after only seeing them twice from the teacher and not being able to write a description of the sign down (we learned like 100 words per hour) so I could easily recall what it was made it so frustrating that I unfortunately gave up. Maybe I'll pick it up again some day but not having one standardized language in Germany but hundreds if not thousands of little dialects makes it really hard for hearing people who are interested in learning.
Honestly, I can't even remember why we started learning ASL when we were younger. Maybe 4H or girl scouts. I think I will sign up for a class as the instructor is legally deaf which I think will make it more true to use.
Question: when you've traveled to other coutnries, or regions where the sign language may not be mutually intelligible, do you tend to use written language (since phones and texting are so ubiquitous now), or would you rather have a translator or bilingual friend present? Does International Sign get much use in these situations?
This is mostly an implementation issue of platforms but I wish subtitles (on RUclips) had gloss option(s) for videos. Granted, this wouldn't be for any old video but mostly just ones for sign language where the primary used language is sign language. It would mean not having the subtitles baked into the track but having them available just in case, which admittedly does feel like a strange inversion, though it's only natural given the context. I suppose the subtitles could just be overriden of their purpose for now to try it, though for those out of the loop it would definitely seem strange to see words in a rifferent word order and everything. And maybe there's a part of it where I'm just the hearing person who doesn't understand all that much about deaf people and signs so maybe it could be a bit much and instead I should just go for classes and whatnot for gloss? I don't know. I do trust Jon, there is no doubt in my mind about it. I just am tangled up in my own web of desires, guesses, assumptions, what have you.
I've wanted to learn sign for a long, long time. I worked in retail for a long while and I still work in the service industry and being able to actually converse with people instead of writing them notes to read is my ultimate goal. I want to reopen my soap business one day and be able to do the same (am also *attempting* to learn Spanish for this same reason - and I'd like to learn German because I wanna travel to where my Opa grew up and going there to live for a while without being able to speak it - at least the basics - feels disrespectful). My problem, most of the time, is *memory* and *recall* are two different things. I can remember a phrase or something... if it's spoken/written (or signed) in front of me but my recall to actually speak/write/sign it *myself* is absolute trash. I took four years of German in school. I can still translate things pretty well (if it's written or someone is speaking slowly) but recalling stuff to speak it myself? 😅😅😅 almost not at all. It's been the same with Spanish even though that's a much more recent endeavor. Maybe sign will be different? It's movement of the hands & usually things stick more if I watch someone do it, read about it and do it myself. Definitely gonna look into classes nearby though! I very much enjoy your shorts and loved this video. Hopefully I'll be able to comment with an update someday soonish 🥰 Update (after watching the rest of the vid) - THIS IS SO HELPFUL OMG. As a hearing person, even though I follow a lot of deaf or HoH creators, I never thought of there being Deaf Only events (or DO events open to Hearing people who are learning)! I'll share this with my mom (who is losing her hearing, rather rapidly) too and maybe we can both learn ASL and practice together over Skype or Zoom 🥰 Overall just thank you for sharing this and all your other videos. Sign has always been beautiful to me and being able to - hopefully - learn it sometime in the future would be amazing. (Personally, of all languages, I think sign language should be taught in school alongside spoken language as young as Kindergarten and through to high school. Language is easier to learn the younger you are & *everyone* can benefit from learning sign in school).
I wish everyone would sign! If you think about it, anyone could become deaf! And most of us will lose a lot of our hearing ability as we get older! It's sad to see how isolating hearing loss can be for ikder folks when it wouldn't have to be if them and their loved ones could already sign ❤
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I have recently begun to come to terms with the fact that I'm losing my hearing and I've begun learning ASL. I will be signing up for ASL Spring soon!
hope my mom does that soon she’s gonna go deaf in her “good” ear at some point
Hey, I’m in a similar situation. We’ll get through it, despite it absolutely sucking. Remember that it’s okay to grieve your past self and be upset, but don’t let it hold you back from finding ways to still enjoy things! I wish you the best on your journey ❤
YOU GOT THIS FRIENDS
YOU CAN DO IT
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Good luck!
As a hearing impaired person, I'm sorry to say, the hype about ASL is pure bullshit. ASL is utterly worthless for dealing with literally everey business in the world. NOBODY but deaf p[eople or their families ever actually speaks it. You would do FAR better to focus on your speechreading instead, it will serve you MUCH better in the long run.
I learned ASL in highschool but never needed to use it… then at my first job and I have ran into 2 different people who where deaf. The first person I tried to explain that I knew little ASL but I would try to help. And she wasn’t having any of it.. it made me really sad..
but then a couple weeks later I ran into a guy who spoke but couldn’t hear.. so I sign I understood ASL and he was so happy. I was able to take his order and it was correct. He was so so happy. The next day he even came back and asked one of my leads for me specifically. Even tho all I could really remember where signs for numbers, names and yes and no. He still wanted me… I really want to be able to learn and fluently sign in ASL especially now that I am getting ready for college and am going into OT.
I took 2 years. Not one year later and I forgot most of it due to lack of use. Ya gotta use it or you loose it
I’m hopeful that learning ASL will make my services as a therapist more accessible, as I’ve been told the deaf community is often starved of mental health resources due to a lack of accessibility. Thanks for the tips!
The counseling center at my college, you can only schedule appointments by phone call.
Soooooo very painfully true!!!! Way to look out for your patients and community!!!!!!
I'm wanting to learn ASL for the same reason!! What resources are you using to learn?? I'm hoping to sign up for ASL Spring when finances are looking better. Any other recommendations??
I am 58 years old and decided for no reason to learn sign language. I always thought it was the coolest language. My problem is I don't know any deaf people to practice with so it is all RUclips videos for me. Your teaching style works well for me as do a couple of others.
You could try to find any sort of "deaf people association" near you (sorry if that sounded rude, English is not my first language)
From where I am, Venezuela, we have a lot of places where workshops for deaf people and non deaf people are held, in which they can learn AND practice sign language for free, we also have events for deaf people like the ones mentioned in the video
Worth give it a shot! Good luck :)
It didn't sound rude at all.
@@Adamcito.
@@Adamcito. you speak better than most natives. your english is perfect. also that's great advice!
My austim sometimes prevents me from talking its really frustrating and why I'm trying to learn sign so i still have a way to communicate when i can't speak
Same! It happens at work often, and I can't communicate with anyone super clearly, which is a bit of an issue in food/customer service.
In addition, we often have deaf/hard of hearing customers, and learning will be super helpful with that!
Me too! I don't know very much, but the fragmented bits I do know are SO helpful when my words just leave me.
Oh what a great tip! Thanks! I'll try that. Huh, why didn't I think of this before?
Same
@EmmaHynes509 I looked at you channel really fast but thought I would let you know the comments are disabled-
I want to learn ASL because as someone who works in retail will experience customers and co workers who are deaf and I feel as if it’s necessary thing to learn. I felt so bad that I had a customer who was deaf luckily had her sister, I only know how to sign “thank you” and signed thank you and she was so happy.
The fact that I was actually able to recognize and remember the direct translations of some of the signs here gives me a great feeling that I'm not as hopeless as I thought. Now I've just got to remember to stop reading lips (I have an auditory processing disorder and reading lips helps me not have to ask people to repeat themselves, lol) and start paying attention to hands more. It'll be a difficult transition, but it'll definitely be worth it! ❤😅
Edit to add (in case anyone is curious:) I taught myself to read lips at an early age because I'd often get in trouble for "not paying attention" in school. I have ADHD plus APD and the noise of the classroom made it hard to process what the teacher was saying. Often times, it led to me being asked a question and not being able to answer because I either didn't process the question right away or just didn't process the information prior. So, I started reading lips! It is a very handy skill but accents and volume make it harder as the mouth forms words differently. So, it's not perfect, lol.
Why did I add this? Because I feel that it's important to understand that even if a deaf person can read lips, it doesn't mean that they're going to catch everything you say. I struggle with it as a hearing person and still often have to rely on context based on what I can catch. Learning sign language is so important to help those in the deaf and sign community have more access to help and just a new buddy to sign with.
Much love, y'all! 💋🤟💋🤟
i'm much the same and i have to keep reminding folks if i can't see them i probably can't hear them
I am learning to sign more so I can communicate better with my husbands niece (she is HoH). I started learning at 12 for when I have non-verbal panic attacks. Also for when I need hearing breaks from overlapping noise (I can’t filter too much noise!) My husband and his sister both sign and I’m currently working through the ASL Spring modules!
What's HoH
hard of hearing@@Coconut_23899
@@Coconut_23899 I have seen HoH or D/HH used as acronyms for hard of hearing or deaf/hard of hearing respectively. HH makes sense especially given the sign for it I think :)
@@Charmed97 ohhh,makes sense.thank you so much for telling me, because of you I've got to learn something new :)
I think ASL should be a K-12 language requirement in the US. If we all learned sign language, we could better communicate with each other, whatever language we spoke. I know a few signs, enough to make students comfortable when greeting them. I also know some of the protocol when speaking to deah people and their interpreters. However, languages of any kind have always been difficult for me so I stumble a lot. So happy I found your HH and HB shorts because it brought me here!
I totally agree, I'm Canadian and I personally think it is much more useful to know ASL than French lol
This would be wonderful if everyone learned the same sign language. I was saddened to learn that every language, country, and sometimes every region tends to have their own version of sign language.
Yes to this!
I took an ASL course at my community college and after I think two or three classes my (hearing) teacher had a back injury and she was out for the rest of the term. Her deaf TA taught the class for the remainder of the term and honestly I think that it was a better class because of it.
Took an ASL class. Our instructor was deaf, and she was so fantastic! We learned so much about deaf culture along with ASL. It was so much fun, and so informative. ❤
I learned ASL through my deaf friend in high school, and then I realized how much I’d rather communicate bysigning then speaking. Funny, I ended up hereditary condition that causes deaf and blindness among a lot of other health related issues. I’m now looking for learning, tactile signing which is pretty much ASL but through the body as I’m not able to see and I’m losing my hearing. I was even on a sign language choir where we signed to music for different organizations as well as senior homes. Have became assigned language communicator after I took a six week immersion program at Sheridan college in Canada. There you were never allowed to speak you lived on campus and you were not allowed to use the phone or use your voice only sign for six solid weeks. I came out there with so much knowledge about the culture as well as increasing my vocabulary. I then started work as a sign language communicator at George Brown College in Toronto Canada. Now that I’m senior, I have to upgrade myself again as it’s been a while since I sign, and if you don’t use it, you lose it. You’re right it’s best to learn from a deaf instructor because you can’t lean on the words you definitely have to learn your signing. I love you channel thank you for sharing, and providing a great opportunity for people who want to learn.🤟🏻🇨🇦
I'm a massage therapist who has been slowly picking up sign as a way to communicate silently to say things like "it's time to turn over" or coordinate with another massage therapist during couples massages. It is so helpful to be able to let the other LMT know "I need 5 more minutes on this side." Or "let's close the massage in 10 minutes" or "slide the biofreeze closer to my table" so we're not bumping into each other and ending at the exact same time.
ASL is such an important and handy (pun intended) language skill to have that my spouse and I are looking to take some classes so we can raise our newborn to be conversant in ASL. Thank you for these tips and all your ASL content.
Great idea! That was my plan for if I'd had a kid. It's a really good second language, partly because there are so few hearing people who actually know ASL, but for babies and young kids especially, it's great for teaching them what their faces and bodies are doing (physical awareness). That usually takes a long time to figure out.
As a hearing person interested in learning sign, I appreciate the voice over.
I want to learn LSV (Venezuelan Sign Language, I'm venezuelan btw) and I have never met anyone in my life that knows/uses sign language. I wanna learn it for if I ever find one, and also seems fun 😅
I know that ASL has 99% nothing to do with LSV but seeing this video still helps
Thank You Jon :)
I’ve been learning ASL on RUclips for about a year now because I often become nonverbal when I’m stressed, I really do want to take a physical class though. I love this video
I like sign. My aunt teaches it, she's not deaf- but she's taken me to deaf events where we couldn't talk. It was so cool.
I live in a city that has a really big Deaf community. We even have folks who perform Drag. I love it! I try to go to many events even though I'm hearing.
My high school growing up was a Cleary school of the Deaf and offered for HS language credits taking ASL, i still regret not learning it. We often had interpreters in our class rooms and it was something I took for granted was available outside of my area.
While I am not deaf the language has always fascinated me. As I get older it is something that increasingly seems something I should work on learning as I don't often encounter deaf people in my day to day life, I do want to be as accommodating as possible when I do encounter people who that would be beneficial for.
Other added reason I want to learn is a geeky side of things as science fiction has been adding more sign languages to various shows and cultures. From the Belters in The Expanse to the Tuskan Raiders in the Book of Boba Fett and many seemingly small parts in other shorts(one moment in Hellavabus and a character from Overwatch) it is becoming more visible in other spaces and I love that.
I took all my ask classes from deaf professors changed my life. I learned so much. I have gone to Africa worked in a deaf school they used Ask based sign there so no problems communicating. Then I went to Puerto Rico and I was shocked and amazed how many deaf didn't know sign at all or used home based. Two particular teens I worked with I will never forget. Thank you for ur videos
I attend a Deaf Sunday school class every week at my church. They're really sweet and it's helped me learn a lot. My learning is pretty slow since I don't have the chance to practice everyday but, I've started to be able to understand them better and better.
i'm not hard of hearing or deaf but your channel has really educated me on CODAs/deafness and now i want to learn at least a little bit of ASL because i think that could go such a long way
I've been learning ASL for 2 years now in my high school class with a Deaf teacher, I was lucky enough to have a HS with that option. It's been super great so far! I've learned a lot, the only problem is I tend to forget everything I ever know about sign when i try to sign to someone 😅, I have the same problem speaking in english too tbh, part of the reason i wanted to learn sign is that I thought i'd be more comfortable using a non-verbal language lol, didn't end up like that ig. But anyway, I very much enjoy your videos and it's very nice to practice my understanding by paying more attention to your hands than the audio.
thank you for making these awesome videos! :D
My daughter was born with Pierre Robins Sequence and subsequent cleft palate. We were told she would most likely have speech delays, she does but thanks to us all learning ASL we don't have any communication delays.
Extremely grateful for this language ❤
My ASL class at Gallaudet in 1990 did NOT have an interpreter and the instructor self identified as "culturally deaf" and was also medically hearing impaired. Your video is excellent!
I love muting the volume and watching the sign- the way you sign is so easy for me to read haha!
When I was growing up, Linda Bove was on Sesame Street. This is what started me wanting to learn ASL, so this was back in 85 when I was in second grade. I can remember checking out the book from my school Library so much that I wore out the book. So I started learning from books and started getting really good at it. I made friends with my neighbors who are sisters and they were CODA which ended up helping me out a lot with my learning. Then moved away from the area and away and got out of practice. At least I still remember some simple signs and the finger ABC so I can still sign somewhat.
I've been deaf for 5 years and have been wanting to know more about my deaf identity
I have two jobs and at both I have two deaf co-workers and they’ve been teaching me little things everyday but I want to fully dive in on my own so this was very helpful to get started! Thank you!
Grateful for your channel and encouragement. I'm HoH and learning sign. I appreciate the chance to see the variety of ways people sign.
The worst part of ableism is that most of the comments I see under videos like this is people who are HoH or going deaf, or people who know deaf or HoH people, and barely any people who want to learn for any other reason. Knowing sign language should be a standard thing to learn for all people regardless of if they can hear 100% or not.
I think it would be very reasonable and practical to make sign language a standard to be used along with speaking in school starting from Kindergarten, and I don't understand why we don't do that already.
Oh, I just wanna learn it for me since I’ve always been told how expressive I am. Plus, would be nice and useful to teach my 9 yo daughter so we can communicate in loud or public spaces that she wouldn’t feel comfortable saying out loud. But mostly for me since it’s beautiful and I’ve always wanted to know it.
I am doing this just because 😊
I'm doing it just so I can communicate with a lot of other people ❤
IDK if I agree with your take.
Simply because I watch a lot of videos on sign language, but for me personally reading comments of people who learn because they know someone who is HoH or deaf inspired me to learn it. Not because I know someone or because I'm going deaf but because I realised that there are way more deaf people around me than I had realized and because it taught me that there are barriers that I might not even realize because I am able to hear.
So I started to learn it so that if I ever meet a deaf person I can communicate with them in their language.
Pretty much the same reason on why I started to learn other languages.
If you want to be able to freely communicate with someone, learn their language and don't assume they should know yours.
I'm so glad i found your channel. it's been years since my ASL class, and this is great for refreshing my memory
I live in Olathe Ks and we have a large deaf population due to the School for the Deaf here. My high school offered ASL as an elective and I was SO happy because I’m terrible at retaining other languages but sign language has always been easier for me, plus it’s just amazing! When I was a kid we had neighbors with fully deaf parents and they were all fluent. They taught me some basics and that’s still all I know! (Alphabet, please, thank you, I’m sorry, etc) Sadly I had to move away less than a month in to the class and the tiny town I moved to didn’t offer anything besides French and Spanish. I’m thinking about trying again. You’ve definitely inspired me! ❤
🤔 I had to learn ASL when I had a deaf roommate. She had a habit of forgetting to put her “ears” in. Mind you this was many years ago and unfortunately most of what I learned has gone to the wayside. But I still think fondly about the days of me stomping on the floor to get her attention when she didn’t know I was behind her or her teaching me how to say my favorite curse words in ASL. So thanks to her and my upbringing, I can curse you out in French, German, Spanish, English, and ASL. 😂😂
I've always wanted to learn ASL and figured time to just do it! I learned some signs to teach my kiddo and preK students and honestly have needed sign language the most for my own kids! It's very useful in quiet settings like libraries, church, or classrooms or loud settings especially since my kiddo wears the earmuffs to protect hearing and because of sounds sensitivities. Even today, while mowing the lawn kiddo wanted to tell me things and we both know "stop" and "good" and "off" but we use a combo of our own signs and motions and lip reading and confusion, lol. So definitely going to figure out some phrases and words we need for when I'm mowing or kiddo is outside/inside and we're communicating through a window!
I don't live in the US so ASL would be pretty useless to me... But, your shorts popping up in my recommendations inspired me to look up local DGS (Deutsche Gebärdensprache, German Sign Language) courses and I'm seriously considering taking one in summer (a week, 9 am - 5 pm). The main problem would be money.
It's true that there are some online resources, but from my understanding, DGS is way more "scattered" than ASL, for a lack of better word. As in, different regions in Germany would come up with different signs for the same concepts, effectively creating different dialects. So a person from Berlin would sign certain things differently than someone from Munich, for example.
So I'm afraid to go online because I might start learning from a source from a different region, resulting in me using signs that locals don't know. I can imagine it would be difficult to correct myself later on. AND I'm very much someone who needs to feel like I can apply what I'm learning, so being able to sign with people/get to know other people who are learning/know DGS, locally, would be invaluable.
Regardless of all that, thanks for the uploads. I think everybody should learn at least basic sign language, and it would greatly benefit even hearing people, even when not communicating with deaf/HoH people. I wish my family and I knew some, whenever I'm sick to the point I can barely speak (if at all).
Start with looking up DGS SIGN videos. I’m sure there are some out there
My autistic boyfriend will go nonverbal sometimes and he isn’t fluent in sign, but he knows a fair bit and I want to be able to have more non-spoken communication options with him. I’ve already picked up a few signs from him since he’ll often sign casually too, I see him signing “me too” a lot when a character does something he finds relatable in a show we’re watching together
Thank you so much for the tips! I have been wanting to find deaf events in person and online and you've given me a lot more ideas on how to find them!
I caught several of your short videos over the past couple of weeks and have really enjoyed the exposure to deaf and HH culture, and the perspective of a CODA on a lot of topics and pop culture I hadn't thought of before. I haven't used much of my ASL since college, and have had a spark of renewed interest in ASL. That's been because of you and your videos. So, thanks for making them!
I learned Brazilian sign language +/- 20 years ago and now I'm learning Hungarian Sign Language :)
I’ve been learning sign language and teaching my son who is 3 and is currently nonverbal autistic. He caught on to signing so fast and he will sign back or understand when I sign to him. Beautiful tool and a wonderful language ❤
Thanks for the tips! I'm looking to learn sign language sometime soon, I think it's useful to learn as many languages as possible, silent, dead, or not.
I’ve recently learned that there are some free asl classes for anyone who has a family member that is Deaf, they’re offering them online. I’m in a rural community so we don’t have many options, but as the parent of a deaf kid, I’m hoh and I am the DHH assistant for my school district I can use this opportunity personally and professionally. I am very excited to take another asl class (it’s been 25 years since my last one).
Thx for the positive and encouraging vid! Appreciate your time and work to put it out here!
Have you considered making RUclips videos with mini lessons in them?... I'm sorry, but I really love learning languages!!! I only know a bit of basics of asl, and you'd be fun to learn from!
Hello, I'm very happy you started a RUclips channel. I watch your short videos on Facebook and I would love to learn more ASL. My niece on my husband's side is deaf and I've been learning ASL for the last 3 years. I've gotten pretty good so far and we can talk without any issues. But my finger spelling is still slow do you have any advice on how to improve. Thank you. 😊
Thank you so much!! You're doing a great job learning for your niece. Fingerspelling production comes with practice, you know how we have that little voice in our head that reads the name of street signs, stores, etc when we're out doing errands? Do that in ASL and fingerspell down at your side the store names and street signs you're saying in your head.
I'll definitely do this. Thank you so much.
@@Jonurquhart_ 👋🏻❤️🐩🐈⬛ I LOVE YOU SAMANTHA
My school recently added ASL to our language department when I seriously considered being a traveling student (we have a sister school that’s only like ten minutes away so students can take classes at both schools) just to learn it. So I’m very excited to take it next year and hopefully this’ll help me in getting a head start 😋
I want to learn to be able to communicate with people who's primary communication is sign language but also because I have autism and I want to be able to learn and maybe get friends that know sign too! You are a huge part of why I fell for the language!
I have taught myself many languages over the years. I'm only fluent in bad english. I will say though that my husband told me he loved me the first time using sign because his mouth refused to say it to me. You know those types of people. To this day though, if I can't use my mouth i will sign to people. if they don't understand I will explain the sign, then use it everytime I talk to them from then on. Because I am that way.
I always wanted to learn ASL. I think you've convinced me to start right here, online. Thanks!
hey! new subscriber here :) im not HoH or going deaf, but i've been seeing your shorts and ive decided to start learning asl because honestly i never got the chance to in elementary/middle schooll. thank you so much for making this video and inspiring other hearing people like me to learn ASL!! :)
thank you for this video!! it reminds me of time when i was in a deaf school, i am from germany and i am kinda deaf, i can hear with hearing aids but without them i am deaf. and yeah, i was in a deaf school for couple years and i learned german sign langague its hard for someone who speaks. but with time and Patience its easy. why i commend this, is because you kinda reminded me with this video to never forget the sign langague bc you never know who cant speak, uses sign langague and who hears but doesnt use sign langague, you know. thank you for this video and keep your great work!!!!!
I was misdiagnosed deaf as a child and very briefly learned ASL but have since lost all my skills. I would love to learn it again.
I'm currently learning asl because I have non-verbal episodes that can sometimes last a long time. I figured learning asl is a little easier than getting an AAC device, using hand gestures, or using communication cards.
I'm really hoping that in the fall semester i will be able to get a sign language class into my schedule! Last year SL came up multiple times in my Syntax course and i was so excited to learn more and more! I just subscribed to you after this video, i have been seeing many fun shorts over the past days.
I'm 55 (hearing) and I've always been interested and fascinated by ASL. I learned a lot of signs from LifePrint. I had no idea there were deaf events. I'd like to go to one someday but I don't think I know enough ASL to communicate yet.
I just recently found your channel. I have wanted to learn ASL for many years! But I have nobody to practice with so that makes it immensely more difficult. I wish ASL would be offered as a 2nd language in schools, or better yet to do an immersion program from elementary so kids grow up knowing it. Even if you never have to use it to communicate with someone who is deaf or HoH, it is useful for situations where you might need to be quiet or where the environment is too loud to speak to friends.
i would love to learn the following words:
_Articles:_
1. the
2. a
3. an
_Auxiliary words:_
1. is
2. are
3. am
4. have
5. be
6. do
7. does
8. did
9. will
10. would
_Particles:_
1. up
2. on
3. out
4. in
5. at
6. by
7. with
8. from
9. under
10. above
_Prepositions:_
1. of
2. in
3. on
4. at
5. by
6. with
7. from
8. under
9. above
10. through
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Thank you for being such a inspiration to me❤
I honestly don’t have a reason to learn asl (I don’t think you need one?) but Asl could be really helpful in the real world so I have been learning asl on RUclips for the past week or so and I can kind of carry a short conversation now!
I’m just barely starting to learn ASL. I’m autistic and sometimes verbally communicating my needs is hard when I’m overwhelmed, so I need a way to communicate non verbally. And honestly, focusing on your hands throughout the video, a lot of the signs made sense, I just don’t have the mental vocabulary bank to build sentences yet.
Thank you so much. I used to sign a lot but it's been years so I do need to get back into it to improve.
Thinking about learning some basic sign as a healthcare provider.
I’m hard of hearing and require hearing aids. I took ASL in the event I lose my hearing completely. I loooooooved communicating with ASL! My biggest problem was switching hands because I’m ambidextrous!
I have a few main reasons to learn ASL. My hearing is quite muffled and I know it won't be a long time until sounds begin to sound quieter and quieter, I also want to learn to communicate with some people like my little sister with autism, alongside that, HoH & deaf people since I've met a few. I've always wanted to learn ASL since preschool when i used to have a deaf classmate. During the summer, it'll be on my to-do list🙏✨️
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Love your videos and clips. So excited to be able to see you here weekly as well.
I am a hearing mom and my toddler (15m) is hearing as well. I’m trying my best to teach them sign so that way if we ever meet a little friend who is HOH or deaf that that child will have a friend who knows how to talk to them. My struggle comes in the fact that while I try my best, practicing with them with words when they come up, putting on shows like signing time and Ms Rachel, they’re only consistently using “all done” (they actually used it at a drs appointment asking to be done. When I said “not done yet” they ran to the door letting me know that they understand what “all done” actually means but none of the other words I’ve tried. Am I doing something wrong? Is there something else I can try? Love to hear your feedback.
Thank you for sharing such wonderful knowledge 💚
I love this style! It drives me crazy trying to recognize signs and read at the same time. It’s better to have a voiceover so I can start to associate the meaning with the signs. Thank you! 😊
I work in special education and I currently have a student who primarily communicates through ASL, so I've decided to learn it. My mom worked at our state's School for the Deaf for thirty years, so I think I might ask her for lessons.
Beautiful language, creates accessibility, useful in loud environments or across larger distances… the only reason I can think of to choose another language over sign language is ease of access (I’ve never seen sign on an interactive language learning app/platform- and all languages need practice both receiving and sharing)
I started learning from Bill Vicars' educational videos recently, and he's an excellent teacher.
I started learning sign language because one of my little brothers is deaf but I have difficulty progressing, being a baby, he does not yet know the language and my other siblings encounter the same difficulties ... In short, this video helped me a lot! THANKS !
Hello Jon, i've seen you on Insta. I am learning ASL in college however it is all online. So I don't have the practice I would like to have. I feel like I can't move my hands in a nice or fluid way regardless of what I do.
I also don't drive so I can't really travel to many events but I do know that my university does host deaf events and there's an ASL club meeting sometimes.
However I am scared of going to any event because thinking that people will see my stiff and amateur signs gives me so much anxiety. I do want to make a point to go to a deaf event, I know it's the best way to be immersed. Thank you.
I learned some asl as a child. I had a teacher who taught her classes using both spoken and signed words. Just by default.
I still use some of the words today. My wife's hearing loss is getting worse and well ... I figured I should learn this.
so awsome to see. I really have great respect for deaf culture
I’m HOH without my aids I have severe hearing loss. I know I need to learn as it’s only getting worse. How do I find a good class?
I have always been fascinated by ASL and was okay learning the alphabet when I was a little girl, but that was it. Going into the work force and working as a cashier at a hardware store, I had my very first encounter with a deaf person as many of my colleagues didn't have a clue what he was looking for and many didn't have much patience.
I took the first step to try and guess what he was looking for until we communicated by writing the questions and answers. It helped us build a unique bond and I was the only person who was called when he came in to work with him and assist. He was the first to teach me "Thank you" and "Your welcome" so we could break down our communication wall a little bit. After that, I have tried finding good youtube videos and I've been a little hesitant on finding someone who might be good to start.
It's still something I would enjoy learning and add it not only as a skill, but possibly persue a job as an interpreter. Thank you so much for your videos and being so kind and giving this starter video and the tips. 🤟🏻
Love this video, your energy is amazing and this is great info. I never thought about online practice groups. I'm going to find one❤
Hi! I'm hard of hearing and this helped a lot, my mom wanted me to learn sign just in case I went fully deaf. I love your videos, thanks for the help!! 🤟
You are so pleasant and cute❤ I love watching you sign. Every video I watch I pick up new signs. Thanks for posting!
Thank you :)
I think my biggest problem would be/will be actually learning to move my fingers correctly, I have a hard time copying gestures 😅
I had a friend in high school who was CODA, and he never talked about it because people made fun of him for it. Made me VERY sad. Now I have a colleague at work who is deaf and teaches ASL!
did you use the same sign for "space" and "area"? its going to be fun seeing which signs have multiple uses/meanings :)
It was oddly relaxing to watch this! Must admit i came across this channel by pure coincidence, but i might stick around to try and understand some more of the signs beung used, some of which were more intuitive than i thought! Like for the signs stating "communicating" and "interpretor"
Any RUclips channels recommendations? Like a series or something? I’d love to try to get started
I learned the alphabet and maybe 10 others signs when I was 8-10. I swam on a YMCA swim team and one of the kids in my age group was HoH. He had other medical issues, so he'd be gone for long periods. I never progressed more than that.
I have a stutter and have trouble getting out words due to my autism and anxiety, so I really want to learn ASL so it’s easier for me to express myself bc I have a lot of trouble with it, but I’ve been trying for so long and I know quite a bit like I could have a little small talk, and I know greeting and random words, so I’m really trying to learn
I went to a german sign language course but it was such a frustrating experience for me. The teacher was deaf and taught us the signs by showing and we had to repeat, but then at the same time we had to hastily write down a description of how the sign looks so we could look up our own notes if we didn't remember a word. There are some "dictionaries" for german sign language but they lack even most important words like "delicious" and most of the signs were completely different from what we learned in the course (also once I found 16 versions for one single sign and none of them were what we had learned in the course). Not being able to remember the signs after only seeing them twice from the teacher and not being able to write a description of the sign down (we learned like 100 words per hour) so I could easily recall what it was made it so frustrating that I unfortunately gave up. Maybe I'll pick it up again some day but not having one standardized language in Germany but hundreds if not thousands of little dialects makes it really hard for hearing people who are interested in learning.
My great grandma has gone death, and I have severe anxiety so it will be a great language for me to communicate with others.
Honestly, I can't even remember why we started learning ASL when we were younger. Maybe 4H or girl scouts. I think I will sign up for a class as the instructor is legally deaf which I think will make it more true to use.
Question: when you've traveled to other coutnries, or regions where the sign language may not be mutually intelligible, do you tend to use written language (since phones and texting are so ubiquitous now), or would you rather have a translator or bilingual friend present? Does International Sign get much use in these situations?
People:Why are you learning this?
Me:Idk
This is mostly an implementation issue of platforms but I wish subtitles (on RUclips) had gloss option(s) for videos. Granted, this wouldn't be for any old video but mostly just ones for sign language where the primary used language is sign language. It would mean not having the subtitles baked into the track but having them available just in case, which admittedly does feel like a strange inversion, though it's only natural given the context. I suppose the subtitles could just be overriden of their purpose for now to try it, though for those out of the loop it would definitely seem strange to see words in a rifferent word order and everything. And maybe there's a part of it where I'm just the hearing person who doesn't understand all that much about deaf people and signs so maybe it could be a bit much and instead I should just go for classes and whatnot for gloss? I don't know. I do trust Jon, there is no doubt in my mind about it. I just am tangled up in my own web of desires, guesses, assumptions, what have you.
I've wanted to learn sign for a long, long time. I worked in retail for a long while and I still work in the service industry and being able to actually converse with people instead of writing them notes to read is my ultimate goal. I want to reopen my soap business one day and be able to do the same (am also *attempting* to learn Spanish for this same reason - and I'd like to learn German because I wanna travel to where my Opa grew up and going there to live for a while without being able to speak it - at least the basics - feels disrespectful).
My problem, most of the time, is *memory* and *recall* are two different things. I can remember a phrase or something... if it's spoken/written (or signed) in front of me but my recall to actually speak/write/sign it *myself* is absolute trash.
I took four years of German in school. I can still translate things pretty well (if it's written or someone is speaking slowly) but recalling stuff to speak it myself? 😅😅😅 almost not at all. It's been the same with Spanish even though that's a much more recent endeavor.
Maybe sign will be different? It's movement of the hands & usually things stick more if I watch someone do it, read about it and do it myself. Definitely gonna look into classes nearby though! I very much enjoy your shorts and loved this video. Hopefully I'll be able to comment with an update someday soonish 🥰
Update (after watching the rest of the vid) - THIS IS SO HELPFUL OMG. As a hearing person, even though I follow a lot of deaf or HoH creators, I never thought of there being Deaf Only events (or DO events open to Hearing people who are learning)! I'll share this with my mom (who is losing her hearing, rather rapidly) too and maybe we can both learn ASL and practice together over Skype or Zoom 🥰
Overall just thank you for sharing this and all your other videos. Sign has always been beautiful to me and being able to - hopefully - learn it sometime in the future would be amazing. (Personally, of all languages, I think sign language should be taught in school alongside spoken language as young as Kindergarten and through to high school. Language is easier to learn the younger you are & *everyone* can benefit from learning sign in school).
Thanks!
Thank you
My grandparents are both deaf so ive been wanting to learn for awhile :D
Omg our sign names are so similar! Coda twins ❤️
I wish everyone would sign! If you think about it, anyone could become deaf! And most of us will lose a lot of our hearing ability as we get older! It's sad to see how isolating hearing loss can be for ikder folks when it wouldn't have to be if them and their loved ones could already sign ❤