Bit late to the party but just wanted to say thank you for this - I have been volunteering as a first aider and met a Deaf child last week. Your help in learning BSL will ensure I can effectively help Deaf patients in future and make sure they feel safe and comfortable in the first aid post :)
Dan, thanks for the videos. I loved them all as I could just skip to the last bit and watch it all again as someone who has to go slowly to get it down in my head so thanks Dan.
Thank you. The way you break things down in different videos is so useful. It's the best way for me to learn and it's so helpful. It's structured so well. It's the clear and easy to follow. Thank you so much
i have just recently started learning how to sign at school club but since there is little member most the work is online. i really cant understand the videos my teacher uses since they do not say how to sign it (they just show it quickly with some subtitles) so im very thankful for this video since it is much more informative! So thank you!!
awesome lesson! Great that you show the signs from different perspectives! :) I'm just a beginner (started learning like a month ago) and I find your lessons informative and well structured. keep it up!
Thanks for watching :) Eyebrow movement is a really important part of asking questions, you can raise or furrow (lower) them to show you're asking a question. Facial expressions in BSL are linked with what you are saying, therefore it may help if you exaggerate your natural expressions. E.g. if you ask a question because you're puzzled, lower your eyebrows and tilt your head to one side. Hope this helps! Thanks again.
Thank you so much dan got it !!! Normally When I watch other people do BSL and ask then a question they never reply but you oh my gosh YOU ARE EPIC AMAZING 😉 MAGNIFICENT THANK YOU AGIAN love from Edinburgh :)
Dan, I'm a Physio in the NHS and have been struggling with communicating with an increasing number of patients who are hard of hearing while wearing PPE. I've seen your face mask video but I was wondering if you can do a video specifically for NHS staff to communicate things like titles (Docter, Nurse, Physio etc), reasons for seeing patients, reassurances, safety instructions etc? I think it would be really useful! Thanks for this great resource.
4:41 how old ? 5:00 how much 6:57 when’s your birthday 7:13 where do you live 7:40 where’s the exit 7:52 where’s the toilet 8:07 you prefer which 8:33 how to use toaster 8:55 do you agree 9:02 are you working tomorrow 9:14 are you married Btw this is for me
Who Where Why What Which When How How many How long How old How much (1) How much (2) What's tour name How old are you Can I help you Can you help me Who's that When's your birthday Where do you live What's the time Where's the exit Where's the toilet Which do you prefer x or y How do you use the toaster Can you drive Do you agree Are you working tomorrow Are you married
Hi Dan! I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your videos, as someone who’s in a high school with no one to teach me, this is practically my only way to learn, and you’ve been a huge help! 😅 I really like how you’ve done the more recent videos with the learning outcomes, examples and structures, so thanks for that :D I’ll be sure to share this video with my friends :))
Hello Dan, I have just discovered and subscribed to your channel 🤩🎉🎊then I discovered that you have stopped uploading 2 years ago... 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I love your videos I am learning BSL watching your videos ! Thank you so much 💖💖💖
hi dan!! im in secondary school and i’m neurodivergent but without diagnosis, and i go non-verbal sometimes your videos really help me and my friends learn BSL, they’re much better than most others out there and i just wanted to thank you for everything you do! :D keep being awesome
Hi I am a primary 5 pupil at inverkip primary school and we watch you every Friday for home learning thank you so much it is so fun to dl it during a time like this it's very handy
I'm loving the break down of these signs! I did a brief online course in the lockdown but the two issues I had was the hand shapes not being explained, and sometimes hard to see, and not showing or saying the individual words. This made it very tricky for me as I'm struggling with the syntax of BSL and am finding sign assisted english much easier to grasp.
Hello!! I’ve been learning BSL for just a few weeks (and making good progress so far!), and something I really have a problem with is grammar and phrase structure; what ‘word’ (sign) comes first, and what one should sign when saying something or making a point (or what is not necessary). I thought it’d be interesting if you’d made a video on the subject! Thank you so much for these videos, they really have been helpful to me :)
A question - there are many words in BSL that involve a circular motion e.g. 'who', 'video', 'pizza', does it matter which direction the circular motion is, clockwise or anticlockwise?
Good question! With signs such as "who", the circle is motioning inwards so depending on your dominant hand it would be clockwise or anticlockwise. Some signs require specific direction on the circular motion, for example the sign for "well done" is two thumbs up and forwards motioning alternating circles towards the person you're signing well done to. To change the direction would change the meaning. With objects (e.g. pizza), your sign is often reflective of the shape, so the direction of the circle wouldn't matter as long as you formed the circular motion. Hope this helps :) Thanks for watching.
@@CommandingHands a very comprehensive answer, thanks for taking the time. You using the word 'inwards' rather than my clock/anticlockwise really helps when I think about the sign. A great help, thanks again.
Hello. I am just trying to begin learning BSL. I've had a brain injury and am confused by the word "toilet", as I've seen it signed in this video with an open hand to the chin but I've also seen toilet signed by using an up and down motion on the opposite shoulder? Also... "Prefer" and "Use" appear to be the same sign? Have I missed something please or is this because the signs change depending on the sentence structure? Thank you.
could you mabye to a video where you finger spell words and we have to guess? them im trying to get faster at reading finger letters btw i really love your videos thank you
this was a very good and informative video dan, i want to leave my girlfriend for you, but i dont know how to tell her in sign language. Please make a video explaing this vocab, thanks!
You mention using facial expressions. How would it work for someone like my daughter who is autistic and cant read facial expressions and/or in her case cant tell what expressions their face is showing.
Hi Dan thanks for these videos I'm using them to teach my father BSL as his hearing is slowly disappearing. One question; if I wanted to ask 'Where are you going?' Would it be the signs for 'you'. 'go'. 'where' and in that order?
I tend to find that when I'm asking questions in BSL, my reflex is to lower rather than raise my eyebrows. Is there a difference in the context this provides?
thanks for showing it multiple times and from multiple angles and explaining it clearly, it really helps :) i like how intuitive this language is and the different ways you can express yourself. is it helpful to mouth how you speak normally or to emphasise your words a bit more? i just wonder if that’s helpful because it makes lip reading easier or it’s unhelpful because people are used to reading “normal” lip movements. i’m aware it might be different for different people i just wondered what’s best practice :) thanks for your videos i really like how you lay them out and explain everything really well!
Brilliant Dan, I am currently doing my Level 1 sign language course through the fire service and these videos are great to watch in-between lessons!! Thank you!!
You can indeed use the same signs for both words. In that case, the lip pattern and context would help you distinguish the signs. Toilet is a sign that has many variations, for example many people tap the letter T twice. I tend to use a flat hand and tap the side of my index finger against my chin.
Hiya, great vid! I'm learning so much from these videos. Just wondering if it matters which way your head tilts? Whilst practicing I noticed for some words/questions my head naturally tilts a certain direction and for others, the opposite direction.
Have just discovered Dan, and loving the "refresher". I had been waiting for over 45 years to find an opportunity to learn some sign language (and also took in a bit of Makaton) - having marvelled at the work of Pat Keysell on "Vision On" in the early 1970s ! It seemed a logical step for someone who can converse in three foreign languages and dabbles in four more. I finally got on board just three weeks ago with a free taster day at one of our marvellous sister colleges (South Thames Group). It was quite hard work but great fun and, having not practised it since, I have just picked up the alphabet again (and now some more !) thanks to your marvellous, clear videos - thank you ! I will now try to keep it up !
Awesome video, thanks for explaining. As BSL uses a different word/sign order, do you mouth the words as you say them? Or do you mouth them as if you were saying it in English? Eg, do you mouth "name you what?" or do you mouth "what's your name?" Thanks
Thank you so much, when saying the sentence the other way round how come? So for instance instead of signing coffee or tea you prefer which? Could you not sign which you prefer coffee or tea and they would still understand?
I'm dominant with both hands. I can learn signs easy but I always get confused with my left and right. Would my signing still be understood or would I need to practise more with using one dominant hand?
Another increidble video Dan! I'm Deaf myself and speak BSL as my first language byt these have been really helpful for teaching my boyfriend- both using them as learning resources for him and to help me explain how to do certain signs as well as helpinf me explain non manual markers (i kept telling him to make a "question face' because i didnt know how to describe it 😂)!
Dan, you are increíble.... I speak spanish and I learne LSM, but I know BSL with You, I AM realy happy. .... you teach in a very easy way, and I also really like your English, thank you. I want to meet you soon and practice in person
This is so interesting, because in the 'old' days, sign language was taught following Sign Supported English, which followed standard English syntax. This is how I started, rather than how signing using BSL is now taught (and rightly so). Unfortunately, over the years I've forgotten a lot of signs,so these programmes remind me of what the signs I used to know and to now move further on. What I would like urge for hearing people is the importance of face and body signalling; these are fundamental to communication. Some British people might have a problem with that!
This is the kind of video I find most helpful. With the verbal instructions on how to form individual signs, to then verbally explain how to string them together to make a sentence. A perfect beginners guide. Thank you.
I find you very "articulate" if I may say in your signing. It is easy to follow, and what I do appreciate is the fact that you do sign in different angles so to have a better perspective. I'm gonna follow your tutorial and your video. Just one question: do you teach also in live classroom or is it only internet/youtube based?
Brilliant videos, I am using them alongside a structured course. As Gabriel said in the previous comment I would love a video including medical terms. Doctor, nurse, ill, pain ect. As a pharmacy manager I am trying to be inclusive of all of our patients. Thanks for all the supportive videos!
Just out of curiosity, if you were signing ‘help’ as in for someone to help you, would the movement of the hand go from the person and towards yourself or does it stay the same?
Haha so weird, I watched like 5 videos b4 this one where you never spoke and all of a sudden its "Hi I'm Dan" AAAH HE SPEAKS??
I listen with subtitles because headphones are a faff so u never noticed
Bit late to the party but just wanted to say thank you for this - I have been volunteering as a first aider and met a Deaf child last week. Your help in learning BSL will ensure I can effectively help Deaf patients in future and make sure they feel safe and comfortable in the first aid post :)
Dan, thanks for the videos. I loved them all as I could just skip to the last bit and watch it all again as someone who has to go slowly to get it down in my head so thanks Dan.
Thank you. The way you break things down in different videos is so useful. It's the best way for me to learn and it's so helpful. It's structured so well. It's the clear and easy to follow. Thank you so much
You're an excellent teacher Dan, thank you for these very helpful vids 🙏
i have just recently started learning how to sign at school club but since there is little member most the work is online. i really cant understand the videos my teacher uses since they do not say how to sign it (they just show it quickly with some subtitles) so im very thankful for this video since it is much more informative! So thank you!!
Thanks Dan. It was well explained.
awesome lesson! Great that you show the signs from different perspectives! :) I'm just a beginner (started learning like a month ago) and I find your lessons informative and well structured. keep it up!
Thank you for another AMAZING 😉 video
Question: do you have to raise your eyebrows
Thanks
Thanks for watching :)
Eyebrow movement is a really important part of asking questions, you can raise or furrow (lower) them to show you're asking a question. Facial expressions in BSL are linked with what you are saying, therefore it may help if you exaggerate your natural expressions. E.g. if you ask a question because you're puzzled, lower your eyebrows and tilt your head to one side.
Hope this helps! Thanks again.
Thank you so much dan got it !!!
Normally When I watch other people do BSL and ask then a question they never reply but you oh my gosh YOU ARE EPIC
AMAZING 😉
MAGNIFICENT
THANK YOU AGIAN
love from Edinburgh :)
For "how long?" Is it referring to long as in length or long as in time?
7:54 is that the sign for toilet? In other places I've seen it signed with right hand on chest, very similar to the sign for "to live".
Difficult, but by practicing we will learn.😉
So if you’re saying I’m not working you’d sign working and shake your head?
Dan, I'm a Physio in the NHS and have been struggling with communicating with an increasing number of patients who are hard of hearing while wearing PPE. I've seen your face mask video but I was wondering if you can do a video specifically for NHS staff to communicate things like titles (Docter, Nurse, Physio etc), reasons for seeing patients, reassurances, safety instructions etc? I think it would be really useful! Thanks for this great resource.
Thank you, Gabriel, for all the hard work you and other NHS workers do!
Absolutely brilliant as always Dan. Extremely well demonstrated and explained. Thank you.
Another great BSL video lesson. Well thought out, structured and presented. As always great for those of us learning BSL, thanks for your time.
4:41 how old ?
5:00 how much
6:57 when’s your birthday
7:13 where do you live
7:40 where’s the exit
7:52 where’s the toilet
8:07 you prefer which
8:33 how to use toaster
8:55 do you agree
9:02 are you working tomorrow
9:14 are you married
Btw this is for me
Who
Where
Why
What
Which
When
How
How many
How long
How old
How much (1)
How much (2)
What's tour name
How old are you
Can I help you
Can you help me
Who's that
When's your birthday
Where do you live
What's the time
Where's the exit
Where's the toilet
Which do you prefer x or y
How do you use the toaster
Can you drive
Do you agree
Are you working tomorrow
Are you married
Hi Dan! I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your videos, as someone who’s in a high school with no one to teach me, this is practically my only way to learn, and you’ve been a huge help! 😅 I really like how you’ve done the more recent videos with the learning outcomes, examples and structures, so thanks for that :D I’ll be sure to share this video with my friends :))
Question. If you didn't know the word in sign language but you know how to spell it in sign language is that good?
Hello Dan, I have just discovered and subscribed to your channel 🤩🎉🎊then I discovered that you have stopped uploading 2 years ago... 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I love your videos I am learning BSL watching your videos ! Thank you so much 💖💖💖
I agree Dan is the best BSL tutor online.
Thanks Dan this is a brill tutorial . Explains so much and well structured. Happy new year.
hi dan!!
im in secondary school and i’m neurodivergent but without diagnosis, and i go non-verbal sometimes
your videos really help me and my friends learn BSL, they’re much better than most others out there and i just wanted to thank you for everything you do! :D
keep being awesome
Finally got my head around structure! Thank you 😁
Thanks Dan.
Hi I am a primary 5 pupil at inverkip primary school and we watch you every Friday for home learning thank you so much it is so fun to dl it during a time like this it's very handy
Hello, I’m wanting to learn BSL but I’m struggling. When googling toilet why do I not see the action Dan is preforming?
Some signs have variations. Make sure you also type up in BSL just in case
OMG HE CAN SPEAK
I'm loving the break down of these signs! I did a brief online course in the lockdown but the two issues I had was the hand shapes not being explained, and sometimes hard to see, and not showing or saying the individual words. This made it very tricky for me as I'm struggling with the syntax of BSL and am finding sign assisted english much easier to grasp.
Hello!! I’ve been learning BSL for just a few weeks (and making good progress so far!), and something I really have a problem with is grammar and phrase structure; what ‘word’ (sign) comes first, and what one should sign when saying something or making a point (or what is not necessary). I thought it’d be interesting if you’d made a video on the subject! Thank you so much for these videos, they really have been helpful to me :)
Not sure if you got your questions answered but a good book to use might be The Linguistics of British Sign Language.
A question - there are many words in BSL that involve a circular motion e.g. 'who', 'video', 'pizza', does it matter which direction the circular motion is, clockwise or anticlockwise?
Good question!
With signs such as "who", the circle is motioning inwards so depending on your dominant hand it would be clockwise or anticlockwise.
Some signs require specific direction on the circular motion, for example the sign for "well done" is two thumbs up and forwards motioning alternating circles towards the person you're signing well done to. To change the direction would change the meaning.
With objects (e.g. pizza), your sign is often reflective of the shape, so the direction of the circle wouldn't matter as long as you formed the circular motion.
Hope this helps :)
Thanks for watching.
@@CommandingHands a very comprehensive answer, thanks for taking the time. You using the word 'inwards' rather than my clock/anticlockwise really helps when I think about the sign. A great help, thanks again.
Did you see that your channel was featured in one of KSI’s videos?
Hello. I am just trying to begin learning BSL.
I've had a brain injury and am confused by the word "toilet", as I've seen it signed in this video with an open hand to the chin but I've also seen toilet signed by using an up and down motion on the opposite shoulder?
Also...
"Prefer" and "Use" appear to be the same sign?
Have I missed something please or is this because the signs change depending on the sentence structure?
Thank you.
Love these videos. Best ones I've saw on UA-cam. I'm learning through these to communicate with my uncle better 🤞
I liked the sign "sorry my mind has gone blank" for when I can't remember a sign? thank you.
does it matter if you use your non-dominant hand? or because im right handed would they just assume im left handed instead?
could you mabye to a video where you finger spell words and we have to guess?
them im trying to get faster at reading finger letters
btw i really love your videos
thank you
this was a very good and informative video dan, i want to leave my girlfriend for you, but i dont know how to tell her in sign language. Please make a video explaing this vocab, thanks!
Brilliant
THANKY YOU DAN i love your vids so much fun and its helping me lern how to sighn
You mention using facial expressions. How would it work for someone like my daughter who is autistic and cant read facial expressions and/or in her case cant tell what expressions their face is showing.
Yeah , not sure about deaf meaning
as a H of H guy l find this confusing
as. reverable l thought what's the
time - to time what, is understood.😨
Hi Dan thanks for these videos I'm using them to teach my father BSL as his hearing is slowly disappearing. One question; if I wanted to ask 'Where are you going?' Would it be the signs for 'you'. 'go'. 'where' and in that order?
Clearest instructions ever! Thank you
I tend to find that when I'm asking questions in BSL, my reflex is to lower rather than raise my eyebrows. Is there a difference in the context this provides?
thanks for showing it multiple times and from multiple angles and explaining it clearly, it really helps :) i like how intuitive this language is and the different ways you can express yourself. is it helpful to mouth how you speak normally or to emphasise your words a bit more? i just wonder if that’s helpful because it makes lip reading easier or it’s unhelpful because people are used to reading “normal” lip movements. i’m aware it might be different for different people i just wondered what’s best practice :) thanks for your videos i really like how you lay them out and explain everything really well!
Brilliant Dan, I am currently doing my Level 1 sign language course through the fire service and these videos are great to watch in-between lessons!! Thank you!!
Fantastic video Dan. Very helpful as always and I appreciate you going into more detail my comment from the other day. :)
Thanks for your clips. You are the best.
Why is the topic first?
Is there reason behind this?
I know some asl only bad words though 🙊
Thanks for these vids! I’m trying to learn the basics and you make it so easy :)
So much to remember, I have no chance. :s
The sign for “Live” is the same sign for “Toilet”, this is how I’ve been taught, would you agree?
You can indeed use the same signs for both words. In that case, the lip pattern and context would help you distinguish the signs. Toilet is a sign that has many variations, for example many people tap the letter T twice. I tend to use a flat hand and tap the side of my index finger against my chin.
THANKSSSSSS, so helpful!!
Another great video, Thanks Dan.
What if your left handed
Thanks
Hiya, great vid! I'm learning so much from these videos. Just wondering if it matters which way your head tilts? Whilst practicing I noticed for some words/questions my head naturally tilts a certain direction and for others, the opposite direction.
Thanks for watching! You can tilt your head in either direction :)
Your Fab Dan. Just started to learn this BSL. Your video's are SO helpful. Thankyou !
Have just discovered Dan, and loving the "refresher".
I had been waiting for over 45 years to find an opportunity to learn some sign language (and also took in a bit of Makaton) - having marvelled at the work of Pat Keysell on "Vision On" in the early 1970s ! It seemed a logical step for someone who can converse in three foreign languages and dabbles in four more. I finally got on board just three weeks ago with a free taster day at one of our marvellous sister colleges (South Thames Group). It was quite hard work but great fun and, having not practised it since, I have just picked up the alphabet again (and now some more !) thanks to your marvellous, clear videos - thank you ! I will now try to keep it up !
Dan you look so much like Aaron Paul its unbelievable haha, I feel like I'm learning to sign and watching breaking bad at the same time!
Awesome video, thanks for explaining. As BSL uses a different word/sign order, do you mouth the words as you say them? Or do you mouth them as if you were saying it in English? Eg, do you mouth "name you what?" or do you mouth "what's your name?" Thanks
Thank you so much, when saying the sentence the other way round how come? So for instance instead of signing coffee or tea you prefer which? Could you not sign which you prefer coffee or tea and they would still understand?
I'm dominant with both hands. I can learn signs easy but I always get confused with my left and right. Would my signing still be understood or would I need to practise more with using one dominant hand?
Another increidble video Dan!
I'm Deaf myself and speak BSL as my first language byt these have been really helpful for teaching my boyfriend- both using them as learning resources for him and to help me explain how to do certain signs as well as helpinf me explain non manual markers (i kept telling him to make a "question face' because i didnt know how to describe it 😂)!
Dan, you are increíble.... I speak spanish and I learne LSM, but I know BSL with You, I AM realy happy. .... you teach in a very easy way, and I also really like your English, thank you. I want to meet you soon and practice in person
Thank you for your vids do you have any videos for work questions like, what would you like to order, or what menu would you like 1,2 3 etc.. tks
This is so interesting, because in the 'old' days, sign language was taught following Sign Supported English, which followed standard English syntax. This is how I started, rather than how signing using BSL is now taught (and rightly so). Unfortunately, over the years I've forgotten a lot of signs,so these programmes remind me of what the signs I used to know and to now move further on. What I would like urge for hearing people is the importance of face and body signalling; these are fundamental to communication. Some British people might have a problem with that!
If we was to sign can you drive instead of drive you can would that still be understandable? Or is it a must that you have to change the order
This is the kind of video I find most helpful. With the verbal instructions on how to form individual signs, to then verbally explain how to string them together to make a sentence.
A perfect beginners guide.
Thank you.
First like ❤️
I find you very "articulate" if I may say in your signing. It is easy to follow, and what I do appreciate is the fact that you do sign in different angles so to have a better perspective. I'm gonna follow your tutorial and your video. Just one question: do you teach also in live classroom or is it only internet/youtube based?
Your videos are so valuable. I’ve just started learning BSL and I have learned loads from you videos. Thank you.
DAMN he's cute. But seriously, thanks for these videos - best channel I've found so far!
Thanks you helping me a lot with my studies of BSL 👍
Hi, Thankds for lots of new signs. Very instructinal.
Great teaching! I'm refreshing very rusty level 1 BSL and these videos are so helpful.
Thanks for another excellent, clear, concise, well presented video. :O)
Brilliant very clear and easy to follow along with. 🌟
Concise and clear as always, I have learnt so much from watching you.
Fantastic, please make a lot more of these video's.
Brilliant videos, I am using them alongside a structured course. As Gabriel said in the previous comment I would love a video including medical terms. Doctor, nurse, ill, pain ect. As a pharmacy manager I am trying to be inclusive of all of our patients. Thanks for all the supportive videos!
He has one called health and medical terminology which has doctor, nurse, ill etc. ua-cam.com/video/07KG48ADhO8/v-deo.html
Hi, is the sign for live and toilet similar. Is it just the sentence that makes it different?
I think with signing toilet you do it on the opposite side of your chest :)
A voice. I m startled
Brillant! Thanks
So helpful, thank you!
these r so helpful thank you!!
So clear Thank you!!
Thanks for this, Dan.
Really interesting 👌
you got a shootout mate
THANK YOU
Woow woow 😍💋 💝💖❤️
Here from KSI
So helpful
Just out of curiosity, if you were signing ‘help’ as in for someone to help you, would the movement of the hand go from the person and towards yourself or does it stay the same?
The direction does indeed change. Help is a directional verb, so the direction of the movement shows who is helping who. Thanks for watching :)
@@CommandingHands thank you so much. That’s really handy to know. Thanks for making such great videos - they are really useful for me as a beginner :)