I love your videos, I am semi deaf due to chemo and radiation and have a very rough time in public. My arthritis in my hands have advanced, so finger spelling is difficult for me and makes me slow at it, but I keep trying! So thank you very much for your videos as my schooling and you are the best teacher I have found.
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free: 1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website. 2. Bookmark the official ASLU UA-cam master playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA.html 3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page: ua-cam.com/users/Lifeprint-signsplaylists 4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm 5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm 6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See: facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/ 7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome. To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm Ways to support the ASL University channel: 1. Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at UA-cam.com/billvicars 2. Click the “subscribe” button at UA-cam.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) 3. Click the “Share” link and share the videos. 4. Visit the “ASLU” bookstore at www.lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm (feel free to suggest new products that you would like to see). 5. Buy some ASL University “official” clothing at: ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu 6. Subscribe to the ASLU subscription site: asl.tc (For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ ) 7. Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G 8. For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com
i’m slow when it comes to people spell speaking (example “We’re taking the kids to d-o-c-t-o-r”), let alone fingerspelling. My brain only holds onto two letters heard and/or seen maximum then throws out the others 😂😅 Note the two letters held aren’t always next to each other
I have heard many wonderful things about you from Kelli. I know Noah enjoyed your classes as well. I love watching Kelli sign or watching the two of them sign when the room is noisy. Thank you for your videos! I look forward to really learning how to sign and enhance the very few words that i know.
@@sign-language Thank you for inspiring Kelli! She has learned so much from you and talks about you with fondness, a lot! I have been watching some of your lessons and know more sign than I did. I have wanted to learn sign since I was a child. My mom is hard of hearing with 70% loss in both ears, so growing up was always loud. I love watching your lessons as they inspire me even more (as well as make me laugh)! Kelli has also been inspiring me to learn. Thank you for putting your instruction together to help those of us that hear be able to communicate with the deaf community!
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 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. :)
@@ezragreiner5773 Oh gee, now the pressure to make you laugh is on! Um... Two Deaf guys walk into a bar... wait...they walked into a bar?!? Ah...must have been Blind not Deaf. . . . Ahem... gotta work on my material.
I watched it on 50% speed, but it doesn't make it easier to follow. I think it's because it's not my native language so it's hard to grasp for my internal memory. There's no words coming as easily. Oh BUT the 'ceramic' I knew right away lol same as clay. Seems obvi that I'm an artist 😂 If I get the chance (money wise) I want to buy the package for practice on USB. :3 Thanks for the offer EDIT: oh I meant the English words. Sign Language is also not my native language. I'm born hearing and German
I noticed tapping or flicking the double "t". I understood it intuitively. So it's effective. But many places are saying the preferred method is to move the letter slightly sideways out from your body. Thoughts? Regional? Is this an older style?
Please read this page: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/induction-and-extrapolation.htm While that page isn’t specifically about fingerspelling of double letters - it does help establish a mind set. You will find a lot of people online who list rules as if each of their rules is "the" way to do something -- when actually the rule only describes "one of the various ways to do something." The more context, familiarity, and repetition influencing a signed concept -- the more the signing reduces, clips, and rounds. As to whether a double letter should be reformed, tapped, slid, bounced, or just plain dropped -- depends on the circumstance -- not on a rule listed in someone's lessons (even mine). When considering how to produce a double letter combination, ask yourself, "How would you do it if you had to spell that same word or concept a thousand times to the same person over the course of a month?" Then ask yourself "How would you spell it if you were spelling it for the first time to a large group?" If the person or group watching you spell only had ONE chance to catch and understand the spelling -- would that influence how you spelled it as opposed to communicating in a situation where your communication partner or audience could easily interrupt you and ask for clarification? You are welcome to ask me regarding any specific spelling of any specific word and I’ll do what I can to provide some further insight (depending on availability and energy).
@@sign-language Thank you! Steven Surrency's article is an interesting one. Prescriptivist vs Descriptivist language usage/teaching is definitely a major factor in what I'm encountering as I'm learning.
I knew a small amount of sign from a deaf friend many years ago but your videos have launched me into an all new belief that I really can learn this. But, I find I can finger spell ok and I’ve learned a lot of signs but I can’t read fingerspell very well and I can’t seem to smoothly transition from letter to letter (especially with any speed). Is there a method that would help me read better and more smoothly transition from one letter to the next? I’ve set up my iPad so I can record my hand gestures and rewatch later but I get frustrated when I get lost reading your signs on the videos.
I am SO excited about this tool! It is helping me read and keep up as the words are spelled! The replay is OUTSTANDING! I’ve also realized what you say about context is true - I pick up part of a word yet can tell what the word is. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
Tip: If you have questions about the video contents it is best to include the time code of the point in the video at which you have a question. For example: ##:## (fill in the numbers and include the colon.) UA-cam automatically turns time codes into links to the specified location in the video. That way people can click on the link and jump to the exact place in the video to which you are referring. I don't mind answering a few questions about the video content when my available time permits but I won't waste a significant amount of time viewing a video to try and find the exact location.
Jens Williamson, III (Deaf) Bill better quit to be evil during work hour. Lol 🤣 Be good boy! Thanks for your time. Have a great day! JW3 😎😷👍🇺🇲 Bexar County 🇨🇱 I thought that Bill is an angel but not. I am shocked in the world. Ha Ha! Maybe Bill could say Oh no?
Teacher, "So, Billy, what do you want to be when you grow up?" Billy: "I want to grow up to be a disrupter of sleep!" Teacher, "Well Billy, anything you set your mind to and work hard at you can achieve!" Done! Hoorah!
I love your videos, I am semi deaf due to chemo and radiation and have a very rough time in public. My arthritis in my hands have advanced, so finger spelling is difficult for me and makes me slow at it, but I keep trying! So thank you very much for your videos as my schooling and you are the best teacher I have found.
This kid's good!
Hello Bill, I've been learning ASL trough your channel, thanks for sharing your beautiful language with us and for all your patience, you're awesome!
How to use ASL University to learn sign language for free:
1. Visit Lifeprint.com and become familiar with the ASL University website.
2. Bookmark the official ASLU UA-cam master playlist:
ua-cam.com/play/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA.html
3. For quick reviews (to prevent memory extinction) bookmark the "Signs" channel playlist page:
ua-cam.com/users/Lifeprint-signsplaylists
4. If you use a desktop or laptop computer you can look up signs using this page: www.lifeprint.com/search.htm
5. If you use a mobile device you can look up signs using this page:
www.lifeprint.com/search/index.htm
6. If you can’t find a sign after using the search options at Lifeprint.com then consider applying to join the Lifeprint-ASLU Facebook group and asking your question there. See:
facebook.com/groups/Lifeprint.ASLU/
7. Go through the ASLU Lessons for free:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
Your comments, questions, or suggestions are always welcome.
To contact Dr. Bill Vicars, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/contact.htm
Ways to support the ASL University channel:
1. Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at UA-cam.com/billvicars
2. Click the “subscribe” button at UA-cam.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet)
3. Click the “Share” link and share the videos.
4. Visit the “ASLU” bookstore at www.lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm (feel free to suggest new products that you would like to see).
5. Buy some ASL University “official” clothing at: ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu
6. Subscribe to the ASLU subscription site: asl.tc
(For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ )
7. Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
8. For other donation options, see: www.Lifeprint.com/donate.htm If you have any friends who might be in a position to do so you might want to consider inviting them to donate -- thus supporting Deaf children and the promotion of free sign language resources via Lifeprint.com
I can fingerspell quickly,but I'm pretty slow at reading it😔
I can't do either yet but I am practicing every day! so hopefully soon I will be able to fingerspell quickly AND read it quickly! :)
I’m getting better at fingerspelling faster and gradually getting better at receptive it does take time
Well, I’m slow at both
i’m slow when it comes to people spell speaking (example “We’re taking the kids to d-o-c-t-o-r”), let alone fingerspelling. My brain only holds onto two letters heard and/or seen maximum then throws out the others 😂😅 Note the two letters held aren’t always next to each other
I have heard many wonderful things about you from Kelli. I know Noah enjoyed your classes as well. I love watching Kelli sign or watching the two of them sign when the room is noisy. Thank you for your videos! I look forward to really learning how to sign and enhance the very few words that i know.
Hello Gerri!
Kelli is a terrific young lady! Noah is a neat fellow! I'm very glad to know them both.
@@sign-language Thank you for inspiring Kelli! She has learned so much from you and talks about you with fondness, a lot! I have been watching some of your lessons and know more sign than I did. I have wanted to learn sign since I was a child. My mom is hard of hearing with 70% loss in both ears, so growing up was always loud. I love watching your lessons as they inspire me even more (as well as make me laugh)! Kelli has also been inspiring me to learn. Thank you for putting your instruction together to help those of us that hear be able to communicate with the deaf community!
Very good 👍 I want to learn more English with ASL. I am deaf and my name is Karamokho Danfakha. I am from Senegal 🇸🇳
Karamokho Danfakha just letting you know asl and English are not the same thing
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 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.
:)
I have taken advantage of your kindness for way too long! will be donating soon!
@@ezragreiner5773 Thank you in advance.
Just donated and will be purchasing the superdisk soon. Thank you for your generosity over the years and never falling to make me laugh!!
@@ezragreiner5773 Oh gee, now the pressure to make you laugh is on!
Um...
Two Deaf guys walk into a bar...
wait...they walked into a bar?!?
Ah...must have been Blind not Deaf.
.
.
.
Ahem... gotta work on my material.
LOL... they are not all winners!
More fingerspelling practice videos please!
I watched it on 50% speed, but it doesn't make it easier to follow. I think it's because it's not my native language so it's hard to grasp for my internal memory. There's no words coming as easily.
Oh BUT the 'ceramic' I knew right away lol same as clay. Seems obvi that I'm an artist 😂
If I get the chance (money wise) I want to buy the package for practice on USB. :3 Thanks for the offer
EDIT: oh I meant the English words. Sign Language is also not my native language. I'm born hearing and German
Great ! Thank you Bill !
I noticed tapping or flicking the double "t".
I understood it intuitively. So it's effective.
But many places are saying the preferred method is to move the letter slightly sideways out from your body.
Thoughts?
Regional? Is this an older style?
Please read this page:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/induction-and-extrapolation.htm
While that page isn’t specifically about fingerspelling of double letters - it does help establish a mind set.
You will find a lot of people online who list rules as if each of their rules is "the" way to do something -- when actually the rule only describes "one of the various ways to do something."
The more context, familiarity, and repetition influencing a signed concept -- the more the signing reduces, clips, and rounds.
As to whether a double letter should be reformed, tapped, slid, bounced, or just plain dropped -- depends on the circumstance -- not on a rule listed in someone's lessons (even mine).
When considering how to produce a double letter combination, ask yourself, "How would you do it if you had to spell that same word or concept a thousand times to the same person over the course of a month?"
Then ask yourself "How would you spell it if you were spelling it for the first time to a large group?"
If the person or group watching you spell only had ONE chance to catch and understand the spelling -- would that influence how you spelled it as opposed to communicating in a situation where your communication partner or audience could easily interrupt you and ask for clarification?
You are welcome to ask me regarding any specific spelling of any specific word and I’ll do what I can to provide some further insight (depending on availability and energy).
@@sign-language Thank you! Steven Surrency's article is an interesting one. Prescriptivist vs Descriptivist language usage/teaching is definitely a major factor in what I'm encountering as I'm learning.
One day I'll be here. I'm just learning
Gotta start somewhere if you are going to get anywhere.
Excelsior!
Me too! We'll be pros before long!
I knew a small amount of sign from a deaf friend many years ago but your videos have launched me into an all new belief that I really can learn this. But, I find I can finger spell ok and I’ve learned a lot of signs but I can’t read fingerspell very well and I can’t seem to smoothly transition from letter to letter (especially with any speed). Is there a method that would help me read better and more smoothly transition from one letter to the next? I’ve set up my iPad so I can record my hand gestures and rewatch later but I get frustrated when I get lost reading your signs on the videos.
Try my fingerspelling practice tool at: www.asl.ms/mobile/
Perfect and Thank you very much!!
I am SO excited about this tool! It is helping me read and keep up as the words are spelled! The replay is OUTSTANDING! I’ve also realized what you say about context is true - I pick up part of a word yet can tell what the word is. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
What is the joke about drinking (?) at the end after DESK?
Tip: If you have questions about the video contents it is best to include the time code of the point in the video at which you have a question. For example: ##:## (fill in the numbers and include the colon.) UA-cam automatically turns time codes into links to the specified location in the video. That way people can click on the link and jump to the exact place in the video to which you are referring. I don't mind answering a few questions about the video content when my available time permits but I won't waste a significant amount of time viewing a video to try and find the exact location.
04:34
I think it was just that it was taking awhile for the person to understand that it was Desk.
@@justjules327 I'm a year late, but he was trying to trip him up by signing "drink" so Noah would type drink instead of desk
Привет Билл ты классный учитель смотрю твое видео
Спасибо!
(Spasibo!)
Jens Williamson, III (Deaf)
Bill better quit to be evil during work hour. Lol 🤣 Be good boy! Thanks for your time. Have a great day!
JW3
😎😷👍🇺🇲
Bexar County 🇨🇱
I thought that Bill is an angel but not.
I am shocked in the world. Ha Ha!
Maybe Bill could say Oh no?
It was fun but hard👍
That's actually a really nice compliment: "fun but hard."
I was just about to sleep 😭
Oh, well.
Teacher, "So, Billy, what do you want to be when you grow up?"
Billy: "I want to grow up to be a disrupter of sleep!"
Teacher, "Well Billy, anything you set your mind to and work hard at you can achieve!"
Done! Hoorah!
@@sign-language Hey, at least my disruption of sleep is for a good cause haha