Thank you for doing these videos. Let me tell you a little story: I grew up near a very prestigious private school for hearing-impaired children in the UK. When I was a teenager I decided I wanted to be a BSL interpreter and my Dad, relenting from wanting me to be a doctor/lawyer/etc, decided that despite it not paying well as a career it was a worthwhile thing to do with my life, so he agreed to pay for me to have lessons (this involved quite a bit of soul-searching for him, it was a bit of a climbdown!). He set me up an informal chat with one of the senior teachers from the private school, just to find out the best way for me to learn BSL, career potential etc etc. Instead, the teacher told me that they no longer wished the kids to use BSL, and "hopefully" within 20yrs it would be a "dead language" because "all deaf children need to learn to communicate in the REAL world". This, I remind you, was a teacher from a very prestigious fee-paying school specifically for deaf children. She "HOPED" their language would be gone, and she considered only the hearing community to be living in the "REAL" world. I was angry with her attitude then, and I still feel angry 25yrs later. But I thought she knew best so I never pursued it. It's always been my biggest regret and I'm trying to make up for lost time now. [I've just looked up the school, it is still their policy not to use BSL. I understand the reasoning, but the wording that particular teacher used with me was NOT acceptable]
Thank you for sharing this story. It's a shame about the approach from that teacher and the school. Hopefully, if enough people learn BSL and about Deaf culture, opinions like this can be changed. It's great that you are now learning. Thanks for watching and commenting 🤟
One thing I would find helpful personally is a First Person look at these since mirrors flip things and I would like to know by looking at my own hands if I’m making a mistake more easily
Thank you for explaining that hand swapping is not allowed. I am going to have to re-learn as I learned fingerspelling when I was about 8or 9 but have swapped and changed hands all the time. I am left handed and over 50 so that's my excuse. I shall try to remember that my dominant hand is the pen; that is so useful, thank you
Thank you for this. I learnt finger spelling many years ago at school (now 61 so a long time ago). But I am trying to refresh. I always got confused about left or right handed. But thinking of it as a paper and pen was really helpful. I am hopeless at reading it back though. I need more practice at that.
Thanks to you, I'm really getting the hang of it! I'm just hoping to be able to read fingerspelling (and signs in general) a bit quicker. Getting there, though!
I really love your videos, I'm trying to learn BSL at the moment. I'm a software developer but the only video I've seen on how to say software developer wasn't clear to me, is there any chance you could demonstrate it? I find your videos very useful in the way you show the signs exactly as they are and slow enough to really grasp. Thanks!
These are my answers for the receptive quiz 1. Purple 2. Ladder 3. Wallet 4.Zebra 5. School 6. Brown 7. Office 8. Purse 9. Monrey (i'm not sure if this is right) 10. Tablet I had to watch some of them more than once but hopefully I'll get better.
Hello. Thank you for such great tutorials on BSL. They have a lot of clarity and a flow of learning I was searching for. However, I just have a doubt. I'm not able to understand that the signing shown in the video, is it like a mirror? As in your left hand is my right hand or is it like your right is my right?? I apologise if this seems like a silly doubt but please do help.
I cheated in quiz, you was too fast and I reduce speed to 0.5x for gainig time and remembering letters😅 Btw, your channel is very helpful. I'm sure I can learn it by myself with your channel❤
I am curious why BSL never adopted the ASL alphabet (since it is one-handed and therefore simpler and more efficient in that way)? I still like that BSL does not rely as much on facial expressions - those made learning ASL too complicated. I am in Europe so learning BSL makes more sense.
Thank you for doing these videos. Let me tell you a little story:
I grew up near a very prestigious private school for hearing-impaired children in the UK. When I was a teenager I decided I wanted to be a BSL interpreter and my Dad, relenting from wanting me to be a doctor/lawyer/etc, decided that despite it not paying well as a career it was a worthwhile thing to do with my life, so he agreed to pay for me to have lessons (this involved quite a bit of soul-searching for him, it was a bit of a climbdown!). He set me up an informal chat with one of the senior teachers from the private school, just to find out the best way for me to learn BSL, career potential etc etc. Instead, the teacher told me that they no longer wished the kids to use BSL, and "hopefully" within 20yrs it would be a "dead language" because "all deaf children need to learn to communicate in the REAL world". This, I remind you, was a teacher from a very prestigious fee-paying school specifically for deaf children. She "HOPED" their language would be gone, and she considered only the hearing community to be living in the "REAL" world. I was angry with her attitude then, and I still feel angry 25yrs later. But I thought she knew best so I never pursued it. It's always been my biggest regret and I'm trying to make up for lost time now.
[I've just looked up the school, it is still their policy not to use BSL. I understand the reasoning, but the wording that particular teacher used with me was NOT acceptable]
Thank you for sharing this story. It's a shame about the approach from that teacher and the school. Hopefully, if enough people learn BSL and about Deaf culture, opinions like this can be changed. It's great that you are now learning.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🤟
@@CommandingHandslike everything else, you never know when you might need it one day. Like learning Morse Code & Braille.
Knowledge is power!
Im completely new to learning bsl and this video has helped me so much so i just wanted to say thank you!!
One thing I would find helpful personally is a First Person look at these since mirrors flip things and I would like to know by looking at my own hands if I’m making a mistake more easily
Thank you for explaining that hand swapping is not allowed. I am going to have to re-learn as I learned fingerspelling when I was about 8or 9 but have swapped and changed hands all the time. I am left handed and over 50 so that's my excuse. I shall try to remember that my dominant hand is the pen; that is so useful, thank you
P.S. I find it easier to mirror your signs for right handed people. But I don't have the flexibility to bend my hand like you do. Will it be okay?
Thank you for this. I learnt finger spelling many years ago at school (now 61 so a long time ago). But I am trying to refresh. I always got confused about left or right handed. But thinking of it as a paper and pen was really helpful. I am hopeless at reading it back though. I need more practice at that.
Thanks to you, I'm really getting the hang of it! I'm just hoping to be able to read fingerspelling (and signs in general) a bit quicker. Getting there, though!
Good luck 👍
this is a great video, most tutorials on how to sign the alphabet do it from the pov of the person signing it, which doesn't really help at all.
I’m learning so much, helping me communicate with people. Thank you so much!!
Thank you for these refreshing reminders !!
Thank you 🙏🏾
I really love your videos, I'm trying to learn BSL at the moment. I'm a software developer but the only video I've seen on how to say software developer wasn't clear to me, is there any chance you could demonstrate it? I find your videos very useful in the way you show the signs exactly as they are and slow enough to really grasp. Thanks!
Thanks a lot for the video
These are my answers for the receptive quiz
1. Purple
2. Ladder
3. Wallet
4.Zebra
5. School
6. Brown
7. Office
8. Purse
9. Monrey (i'm not sure if this is right)
10. Tablet
I had to watch some of them more than once but hopefully I'll get better.
Bro it took me 10 mins to figure out the purple one lol
Hello. Thank you for such great tutorials on BSL. They have a lot of clarity and a flow of learning I was searching for.
However, I just have a doubt. I'm not able to understand that the signing shown in the video, is it like a mirror? As in your left hand is my right hand or is it like your right is my right??
I apologise if this seems like a silly doubt but please do help.
I cheated in quiz, you was too fast and I reduce speed to 0.5x for gainig time and remembering letters😅
Btw, your channel is very helpful. I'm sure I can learn it by myself with your channel❤
It was a bit fast for me too, so I just repeated it a couple of time to try & get the words
I have been learning the alphabet in a ASL I find it easier do deaf British know both?
WAAAH the sign for 'language' is different than i'm use to, threw me off completely 😆 Thanks for the alphabet refresher.
👌🏧bank of Florida 💯
🤔can the unknow thinker get a a leson it would be very helpfull in is current situation 🤔🙏
I am curious why BSL never adopted the ASL alphabet (since it is one-handed and therefore simpler and more efficient in that way)? I still like that BSL does not rely as much on facial expressions - those made learning ASL too complicated. I am in Europe so learning BSL makes more sense.
Whats that girl doing om my utube🤔
So they know the unknown 🤔 doesn't lokk atv anythig viulger so they put something on anyway 🤔 interesting 🤔
🤔can the unknow thinker get a a leson it would be very helpfull in is current situation 🤔🙏