Hello ASL Heroes!!! Hey, I could really use your help. If you’ve enjoyed having access to an expert in ASL you can help me continue my work for you. A small monthly donation from you would instantly make a big difference here at the studio because teachers don’t earn much and I could use some help paying for server and domain hosting for Lifeprint.com. Right now you can help out a humble (not to mention kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher -- just go here and a few clicks later you too will be a true “ASL Hero!” www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G 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 love to you all. :)
@@amandalin4102 Yes, you may use "Venmo" to donate via this this link: venmo.com/billvicars For other donation options see: www.lifeprint.com/donate.htm Thank you in advance. I appreciate your support! It helps so much with server fees / hosting fees, and general operating expenses.
Hello Bill, I'm from Brazil. I am a Brazilian sign language interpreter and I have been watching your videos in ASL. congratulations for you didactic teaching. Very good!
I took 2 semesters of sign, 10 years ago with Deaf instructors. I'm going back for my 2nd degree, and thought I should retake ASL. I'm actually surprised how much I remember for not practicing for a decade! This makes a lot of what I'd learned make more sense. I find ASL is a very intuitive language.
Fall in love with a Deaf person. Seriously ... you either develop ties to the Deaf Community or ASL is just a passing interest. ASL exists because Deaf people exist. Some parents are motivated to help their newborn child develop a stronger intellect. Such interest will last a few years and build a stronger cognitive base for the child that will have a long-lasting impact on mental ability. Some hearing folks find the idea of becoming an interpreter to be motivating.
@@sign-language ASL exists because deaf people exist but it should NOT be that way. Everyone can benefit from ASL, not just the deaf. So the real problem is that everyone doesnt learn ASL (as they should). If they did, everyone would be that deaf person you speak of, so to speak, and then no one would forget ASL. Im currently reading a fantasy novel in which there is a race of elves who all speak a spoken language AND a sign language, ALL of them know it, as if it is taught in their schools when they are children and they use it all the time, when hunting, when talking behind someones back, etc. No one of them is deaf (if you had a deficiency like that theyd kick you out). I read this and think to myself, yep, thats the way it should be (not the kicking out part, the learning ASL at school part). So yeah people forget ASL because no one knows ASL. In a better world we'd all be bouncing it off each other and couldnt forget it if you tried. ASL is for anyone who cant always communicate by voice (i.e. everyone). We need to get rid of this idea that it is for deaf people. Everytime someone does the classic "roll your window down" sign, they are in a nutshell saying "help me, I need to know sign language and I dont know it, roll your window down to end my suffering!" Its pitiful to do this and not understand what it means.
Hello Mike! Yes indeed. It would be great if "everyone" would learn ASL. You might enjoy an article I wrote that touches on that subject. It is at: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/tipping-point-model.htm I'll paste the main article below as well (the references are over at my website at that link.) =========================== Dr. Bill's Tipping Point Model of ASL Instruction: A communication network approach to thinking about, "Who should be teaching American Sign Language?" American Sign Language (ASL) and the community of people who use it can be thought of as a “communication network” that is similar to most other "networks" in that the value of the network goes up when more people join. Businesses set up websites because so many people use the internet. Facebook get’s its value from the fact that so many others are “on” Facebook. English is a useful language to know due to the fact that so many people already know and use it. “The value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system,” (Metcalfe's Law, Wikipedia, 2018). Metcalfe's Law could be applied to the teaching of ASL. It is when a language reaches a tipping point (of total users) that the language becomes valuable enough that almost "everyone" wants to learn it. If we are to ever reach that tipping point with ASL we will need a massive number of teachers teaching a massive number of students. ASL will become MORE valuable and MORE widespread by having MORE teachers (whether Hearing or Deaf). Every Deaf person on the planet should encourage (competent) Hearing teachers of ASL to stay in the profession and get busy teaching more students which would in turn drive the demand for ASL classes higher and higher. School districts throughout the United States require students to take "English" classes. Why? Because English is the "dominant" language. The more dominant a language is -- the more people want to learn it. If we want ASL to become a dominant language and have "ASL classes" taught in every school district -- we need more people teaching it -- not fewer. At the point where a nation becomes one big "Martha's Vineyard" -- is the point when Deaf people can go out and get the jobs we really want doing what we are interested in (because enough employers and coworkers already know ASL that language is no longer a barrier) -- instead of being pidgin-holed into competing for a few "ASL teaching jobs." You might want to consider a deep dive into the discussion regarding who should be allowed (perhaps even "encouraged") to teach sign language from the perspective of "network effects," "secondary gain," "tipping points," and "territorialism." In public forums it comes across as "respectful" and "considerate" to discourage Hearing people from teaching ASL -- however you may wish to ask yourself if such territorialism is a form of short-sighted secondary gain (in the form of being paid to teach ASL) at the expense of the "network effect" that would happen in the lives of ALL Deaf if ASL were to be widely taught and become a dominant language. Flip the script and ask: Do you wish all Hearing parents of Deaf children could sign to their children? [Answer tends to be: Yes!] Do you wish you could go into any business, doctor's office, dental clinic, or other place and the people there would sign to you fluently? [Answer tends to be: Yes!] Do you wish sign language was taught in every public school? [Answer tends to be: Yes!] Do you wish all Hearing people could sign fluently? [Answer tends to be: Yes!] Would the above scenarios seem like a dream come true? [Answer tends to be: Yes!] To make such a dream happen we would need to have a massive number of people teaching ASL. Consider for a moment how many people are teaching English. According to the International EFL Academy, "An estimated 250,000 native English speakers work as English teachers abroad in more than 40,000 schools and language institutes around the world."(1). That doesn't include the number of English teachers in the United States. According to "thoughco (dot) com," "an estimated 1.5 billion people are studying [English] worldwide." (2) When a language becomes popular enough it reaches a tipping point wherein more and more people want to learn that language in order to enjoy the increasing benefits of a wider and wider range of people with whom to do business, socialize, and otherwise interact. If the majority of people around you were to know and use sign language - you can pretty much bet that you would be interested in taking a class yourself. It is a matter of network effects. The more people that know sign language - the more people that want to know sign language - the more valuable the language becomes and the more opportunities there will be to teach the language in an increasing virtuous circle spiraling upward. That is very "big picture" thinking. Most individuals however are not thinking of the big picture. Instead we are thinking of how to make the rent payment and put food on the table - which is a secondary gain of removing competition for the (relatively) low number of existing ASL instruction jobs. Caution: The above line of thinking will not make you popular at Deaf events or ASL socials. [Think big at your own risk.] Regardless of your popularity the hard questions remain: Question: From whom do almost all very young Hearing children learn their native language? [Answer: Their parents.] Question: From whom do almost all Deaf children learn their native language? [Answer: Well, uh, actually almost all Deaf children spend their early years pretty much language deprived except for the relatively very small number of Deaf children who have Deaf parents.] Question: Hundreds of thousands of language deprived children. That's a problem yes? [Answer: Duh.] Question: Language deprivation of Deaf children could be reduced if their Hearing parents could teach and model sign language to them from birth onward. Would you agree with that statement? [Answer: Um…yes, sure.] Question: I want to make sure this is absolutely established so I'm going to ask again: If all Hearing parents of Deaf children were to teach and model ASL to their Deaf child would that help reduce language deprivation among Deaf children? [Answer: Yes.] Question: Every Deaf child, gee, that would be a lot of Hearing parents (who happen to be Hearing people) doing a lot of teaching and modeling of sign language. You'd be okay with Hearing people teaching and modeling sign language to help reduce language deprivation in Deaf children? Or would you rather hundreds of thousands of Deaf kids just remain language deprived? [Answer: Um…wait a minute. Dang. Um.] My point here is that the solution to achieving the "dream" of reducing language deprivation of Deaf children and of gaining full (or at least "very broad) access to public accommodations (jobs, services, etc.) while respecting, preserving, and fostering cultural authenticity isn't territorialism but rather the solution is training, mentoring, standards, certification, and continuing education for a massive number of sign language teachers.
I took ASL for 2 semesters in College back in 1982. My girlfriend's best friend was deaf. When we were together I felt like a 3rd wheel, as they both spoke ASL. One time my girlfriend came into a loud & crowded bar, she was on the other side of the room 150+ feet away. We made eye contact and I made the sign asking her to dance. She signed "Yes" and we met on the dance floor. I'll never forget that. It was so cool! I have been able to assist deaf people over the years in my business career as well. It is quite rewarding. My only warning is to learn how to sign "Slow Down" because once a deaf person knows you know some ASL, They speed sign like you do it every day! :) My motivation: to keep refreshing my skill set and never stop learning. You can also put that on your resume as a second language. Thanks Bill. Great videos!!
@@sign-language This. Is. Amazing. And exactly on point. It’s really brave to challenge that popular “belief” (of that’s what it is), and write some good common helpful sense. As a hearing person I feel like I don’t have the right to voice my opinion on the Deaf vs hearing ASL teachers thing, so I’m so grateful to read this Dr. Bill ❤️. I have a Deaf ASL teacher, and a hearing ASL “coach” and they both are amazing. Thanks for everything!
I know right?!? I was worried folks wouldn't recognize me. For Halloween I wear a white shirt and it fools everyone. Seriously though the problem here is the camera -- well -- one of them anyway. The web-cam that I'm using in my new Babysigning series (due to this lovely Pandemic necessitating "teaching at a distance") tends to make my head glow white if I wear a black shirt! Adjusting the settings helps somewhat but it is still awkward. This particular 4 minute video was captured on a Panasonic that I set up as a back-up camera. Turns out that Zoom's "record to cloud" feature is sort of "meh" so I'm glad I set up the Panasonic (which can handle color much better than the squirrelly little Logitech webcam). (I've ordered a couple of new gray shirts from Amazon that should be arriving soon. ) I suppose it could be said that: "I'm entering a "gray period" in my life."
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Hello ASL Heroes!!!
Hey, I could really use your help.
If you’ve enjoyed having access to an expert in ASL you can help me continue my work for you.
A small monthly donation from you would instantly make a big difference here at the studio because teachers don’t earn much and I could use some help paying for server and domain hosting for Lifeprint.com.
Right now you can help out a humble (not to mention kind, caring, generous, compassionate, helpful, friendly, fair, and hard-working) ASL teacher -- just go here and a few clicks later you too will be a true “ASL Hero!”
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
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 love to you all.
:)
Do you by any chance use Venmo?
@@amandalin4102
Yes, you may use "Venmo" to donate via this this link: venmo.com/billvicars
For other donation options see:
www.lifeprint.com/donate.htm
Thank you in advance. I appreciate your support!
It helps so much with server fees / hosting fees, and general operating expenses.
Before starting these lessons, I had no idea that eyebrows would play such a huge part in ASL.
So happy to see you again! Been missing your lessons!
Hello Bill, I'm from Brazil. I am a Brazilian sign language interpreter and I have been watching your videos in ASL. congratulations for you didactic teaching. Very good!
Really like the option of just having a short and sweet lesson. Please do more of these! Thank you!
Thank you for making this so I can show ASL students and give them feedback via virtual teaching!
In case you haven't seen it yet, here is the official ASLU RUclips master playlist:
ruclips.net/p/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA
Bill! Nice. Good to see you dude. Shorter vids can be helpful In my opinion with a solid core lesson. Thanks ✌🏻
Helpful as usual Bill! Thanks for continuing to put out new content.
Glad you're back and posting!!
This is great!:D I hope you can continue to make more "min lesson" like this. Thank you!!
The silence makes me uncomfortable but I’m loving this
I like these quick lessons
I took 2 semesters of sign, 10 years ago with Deaf instructors. I'm going back for my 2nd degree, and thought I should retake ASL. I'm actually surprised how much I remember for not practicing for a decade! This makes a lot of what I'd learned make more sense. I find ASL is a very intuitive language.
yes i have been aching for some fresh videos this is a great idea!
THANK YOU !
Thank you for your instructing even during this covid-19 Hope all ok with your and yours
Likewise -- best wishes to you during these rather challenging / fascinating times.
What do you recommend when learners lose motivation?
Fall in love with a Deaf person.
Seriously ... you either develop ties to the Deaf Community or ASL is just a passing interest. ASL exists because Deaf people exist.
Some parents are motivated to help their newborn child develop a stronger intellect. Such interest will last a few years and build a stronger cognitive base for the child that will have a long-lasting impact on mental ability.
Some hearing folks find the idea of becoming an interpreter to be motivating.
@@sign-language ASL exists because deaf people exist but it should NOT be that way. Everyone can benefit from ASL, not just the deaf. So the real problem is that everyone doesnt learn ASL (as they should). If they did, everyone would be that deaf person you speak of, so to speak, and then no one would forget ASL. Im currently reading a fantasy novel in which there is a race of elves who all speak a spoken language AND a sign language, ALL of them know it, as if it is taught in their schools when they are children and they use it all the time, when hunting, when talking behind someones back, etc. No one of them is deaf (if you had a deficiency like that theyd kick you out). I read this and think to myself, yep, thats the way it should be (not the kicking out part, the learning ASL at school part). So yeah people forget ASL because no one knows ASL. In a better world we'd all be bouncing it off each other and couldnt forget it if you tried. ASL is for anyone who cant always communicate by voice (i.e. everyone). We need to get rid of this idea that it is for deaf people. Everytime someone does the classic "roll your window down" sign, they are in a nutshell saying "help me, I need to know sign language and I dont know it, roll your window down to end my suffering!" Its pitiful to do this and not understand what it means.
Hello Mike!
Yes indeed. It would be great if "everyone" would learn ASL. You might enjoy an article I wrote that touches on that subject. It is at:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/tipping-point-model.htm
I'll paste the main article below as well (the references are over at my website at that link.)
===========================
Dr. Bill's Tipping Point Model of ASL Instruction:
A communication network approach to thinking about, "Who should be teaching American Sign Language?"
American Sign Language (ASL) and the community of people who use it can be thought of as a “communication network” that is similar to most other "networks" in that the value of the network goes up when more people join. Businesses set up websites because so many people use the internet. Facebook get’s its value from the fact that so many others are “on” Facebook. English is a useful language to know due to the fact that so many people already know and use it.
“The value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system,” (Metcalfe's Law, Wikipedia, 2018).
Metcalfe's Law could be applied to the teaching of ASL. It is when a language reaches a tipping point (of total users) that the language becomes valuable enough that almost "everyone" wants to learn it.
If we are to ever reach that tipping point with ASL we will need a massive number of teachers teaching a massive number of students. ASL will become MORE valuable and MORE widespread by having MORE teachers (whether Hearing or Deaf). Every Deaf person on the planet should encourage (competent) Hearing teachers of ASL to stay in the profession and get busy teaching more students which would in turn drive the demand for ASL classes higher and higher.
School districts throughout the United States require students to take "English" classes. Why? Because English is the "dominant" language. The more dominant a language is -- the more people want to learn it. If we want ASL to become a dominant language and have "ASL classes" taught in every school district -- we need more people teaching it -- not fewer. At the point where a nation becomes one big "Martha's Vineyard" -- is the point when Deaf people can go out and get the jobs we really want doing what we are interested in (because enough employers and coworkers already know ASL that language is no longer a barrier) -- instead of being pidgin-holed into competing for a few "ASL teaching jobs."
You might want to consider a deep dive into the discussion regarding who should be allowed (perhaps even "encouraged") to teach sign language from the perspective of "network effects," "secondary gain," "tipping points," and "territorialism."
In public forums it comes across as "respectful" and "considerate" to discourage Hearing people from teaching ASL -- however you may wish to ask yourself if such territorialism is a form of short-sighted secondary gain (in the form of being paid to teach ASL) at the expense of the "network effect" that would happen in the lives of ALL Deaf if ASL were to be widely taught and become a dominant language.
Flip the script and ask:
Do you wish all Hearing parents of Deaf children could sign to their children? [Answer tends to be: Yes!]
Do you wish you could go into any business, doctor's office, dental clinic, or other place and the people there would sign to you fluently? [Answer tends to be: Yes!]
Do you wish sign language was taught in every public school? [Answer tends to be: Yes!]
Do you wish all Hearing people could sign fluently? [Answer tends to be: Yes!]
Would the above scenarios seem like a dream come true? [Answer tends to be: Yes!]
To make such a dream happen we would need to have a massive number of people teaching ASL.
Consider for a moment how many people are teaching English. According to the International EFL Academy, "An estimated 250,000 native English speakers work as English teachers abroad in more than 40,000 schools and language institutes around the world."(1). That doesn't include the number of English teachers in the United States. According to "thoughco (dot) com," "an estimated 1.5 billion people are studying [English] worldwide." (2)
When a language becomes popular enough it reaches a tipping point wherein more and more people want to learn that language in order to enjoy the increasing benefits of a wider and wider range of people with whom to do business, socialize, and otherwise interact.
If the majority of people around you were to know and use sign language - you can pretty much bet that you would be interested in taking a class yourself. It is a matter of network effects. The more people that know sign language - the more people that want to know sign language - the more valuable the language becomes and the more opportunities there will be to teach the language in an increasing virtuous circle spiraling upward.
That is very "big picture" thinking.
Most individuals however are not thinking of the big picture. Instead we are thinking of how to make the rent payment and put food on the table - which is a secondary gain of removing competition for the (relatively) low number of existing ASL instruction jobs.
Caution: The above line of thinking will not make you popular at Deaf events or ASL socials. [Think big at your own risk.]
Regardless of your popularity the hard questions remain:
Question: From whom do almost all very young Hearing children learn their native language? [Answer: Their parents.]
Question: From whom do almost all Deaf children learn their native language? [Answer: Well, uh, actually almost all Deaf children spend their early years pretty much language deprived except for the relatively very small number of Deaf children who have Deaf parents.]
Question: Hundreds of thousands of language deprived children. That's a problem yes? [Answer: Duh.]
Question: Language deprivation of Deaf children could be reduced if their Hearing parents could teach and model sign language to them from birth onward. Would you agree with that statement? [Answer: Um…yes, sure.]
Question: I want to make sure this is absolutely established so I'm going to ask again: If all Hearing parents of Deaf children were to teach and model ASL to their Deaf child would that help reduce language deprivation among Deaf children? [Answer: Yes.]
Question: Every Deaf child, gee, that would be a lot of Hearing parents (who happen to be Hearing people) doing a lot of teaching and modeling of sign language. You'd be okay with Hearing people teaching and modeling sign language to help reduce language deprivation in Deaf children? Or would you rather hundreds of thousands of Deaf kids just remain language deprived? [Answer: Um…wait a minute. Dang. Um.]
My point here is that the solution to achieving the "dream" of reducing language deprivation of Deaf children and of gaining full (or at least "very broad) access to public accommodations (jobs, services, etc.) while respecting, preserving, and fostering cultural authenticity isn't territorialism but rather the solution is training, mentoring, standards, certification, and continuing education for a massive number of sign language teachers.
I took ASL for 2 semesters in College back in 1982. My girlfriend's best friend was deaf. When we were together I felt like a 3rd wheel, as they both spoke ASL. One time my girlfriend came into a loud & crowded bar, she was on the other side of the room 150+ feet away. We made eye contact and I made the sign asking her to dance. She signed "Yes" and we met on the dance floor. I'll never forget that. It was so cool! I have been able to assist deaf people over the years in my business career as well. It is quite rewarding. My only warning is to learn how to sign "Slow Down" because once a deaf person knows you know some ASL, They speed sign like you do it every day! :) My motivation: to keep refreshing my skill set and never stop learning. You can also put that on your resume as a second language. Thanks Bill. Great videos!!
@@sign-language This. Is. Amazing. And exactly on point. It’s really brave to challenge that popular “belief” (of that’s what it is), and write some good common helpful sense. As a hearing person I feel like I don’t have the right to voice my opinion on the Deaf vs hearing ASL teachers thing, so I’m so grateful to read this Dr. Bill ❤️. I have a Deaf ASL teacher, and a hearing ASL “coach” and they both are amazing. Thanks for everything!
hi there Bill is it possible for you to do a video on terms signed in the dental office?
Jodi,
Letting you know I've seen your message.
I might be able to do one of those next semester.
It seems like worthy topic!
Bill Vicars thanks so much Doc
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That is an awfully bright shirt (i.e. not black). 😀
I know right?!? I was worried folks wouldn't recognize me.
For Halloween I wear a white shirt and it fools everyone.
Seriously though the problem here is the camera -- well -- one of them anyway. The web-cam that I'm using in my new Babysigning series (due to this lovely Pandemic necessitating "teaching at a distance") tends to make my head glow white if I wear a black shirt! Adjusting the settings helps somewhat but it is still awkward.
This particular 4 minute video was captured on a Panasonic that I set up as a back-up camera. Turns out that Zoom's "record to cloud" feature is sort of "meh" so I'm glad I set up the Panasonic (which can handle color much better than the squirrelly little Logitech webcam).
(I've ordered a couple of new gray shirts from Amazon that should be arriving soon. )
I suppose it could be said that:
"I'm entering a "gray period" in my life."
Haha! True that!