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. :)
I am getting ready to buy it, but I want to make sure: Will I be able to drag copy the contents of the USB onto my hard drive? I don’t want to have to keep up with a thumb drive in order to have access to the videos. I will surely lose it! 😂 Thanks so much!
TLDR: Yes. Long answer: Make sure you have 65 GB of free space on your hd. Then create a folder and name it whatever you like. Then copy and paste the contents from the USB to the folder. Expect it to take a long time. If it asks for permission to copy files without their properties say yes. Then when it is done, find the "index" file (or index.htm) file and double click on it. It should open up in your web browser as a local-based (from your hard drive) web page that you can click around on and play the videos etc. Sometimes when you run web-type pages from local sources you have to tell your computer to calm down (it isn't used to web pages running locally) but that is usually just a matter of clicking yes on a permission popup box. Also, you can make a backup of the USB onto another 64 GB or bigger USB. I recommend formatting the NEW usb (prior to copying the Super USB onto it) with the exFAT file system using a file allocation size of 128K. (Again, expect a long time to copy the files. There are a LOT of them.
Thanks for the video on casual signs. Those ones on the cheek always throw me off. I remember the first time I saw someone sign "know" like that and it broke my brain.
I have found myself doing that so many times! Especially if I'm viewing a signing video embedded in another website and the video is tiny, I turn up the volume, presumably to make the video larger and therefore louder? Ahh, brains!
Everything works-out~ First day my Deaf teacher shows Motorcycle, with motor-morpheme, so I ask about that and sign 2H-Bored-morpheme, and she does it, and writes it on the board for the class, and she does it same my Deaf coworker, but moved here recently. That kind of back-forth has high context and is within my receptive range. That is why I suggested this classifier game/activity, one person signs things an the other reacts to those things in their signing space, always moving as an object that the signer also picks, and can change at any time. The activity is structured with very high context, the signer know what objects they are putting into the other's space and what vehicle/animal/element the mover's classifiers refer to, so it's a huge benefit in learning directly. The mover is not bound to a handshape, but can freely portray their mantle however they want, or need to, to react to the sudden presence of objects signed by the signer. I'm trying to spread it around so it gets played, for all I know it's the next thing taught, or played on weekends by Deaf, or never played before, I'm too new to guess which.
11:33 I sometimes come across reels from deaf content creators that will have a phone or drink in one hand and will be signing with the other. I have often wondered what are the differences or understandings in ASL when communicating this way.
Most of the time there is little to no significant difference in understanding. When my wife and I chat using one-handed signing (for whatever reason) we usually catch what the other person is signing "one handed" -- especially if the lighting is good and we can see each other's face clearly. A gross but fact of (real) life example is during our morning walk the dog tends to do its business. One of us bags it and carries that bag until we get to the nearest public garbage receptacle (or home if that is closer). That person is literally holding a bag of crap in one hand while we sign with the other hand. This happens most mornings. Ha. Such real-life "deal-with-it" types of experiences over a lifetime of signing strongly influence and lead to native-like signing.
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
This is super helpful! I’ve purchased one of your Super USB Drives and I am frequently recommending your resources to others! Do you have any more content about one-handed signing? Or is that something you’d be willing to explore? (As if you don’t already have enough to do!) I really struggle with that comprehension-wise! Thanks for all you do!
Hello. I've been pleasantly surprised by the popularity (so far) of this particular video. I'm totally open to providing a one-handed signing type of video and will see what I can come up with. Not sure of the time-line for completion but got to start somewhere if you are going to get anywhere.
Try thinking of it from the perspective of an English speaker. If someone learning English were to speak haltingly and awkwardly and occasionally say things like "yabut" (yes but) or "amgunna" (I'm going to) -- you would probably think that the person is a bad English speaker who occasionally uses bits of casual English (elisions, contractions, colloquialisms, etc.) Adding a few native-like phrases to a base of novice spoken or signed utterances doesn't suddenly make you seem like a skilled speaker or signer. It does however indicate that you are starting to become aware of how some things are expressed by fluent users of the language in some circumstances.
Thanks for the video!! I just asked one of my sign teachers if we could work on one handed signing. I feel bad when the person I’m signing with at events has to put down what they’re holding so I can understand them 🤪
You seem to want to know about me so you might enjoy reading my bio: Bio: William G. Vicars, Ed.D., (a.k.a. "Dr. Bill" of ASL University) is a former full-time, tenured, full-professor, and researcher at a Sacramento State University where he served as coordinator of the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies bachelor degree program. He is Deaf. He holds an earned doctorate in Deaf Studies / Deaf Education from Lamar University in Texas, and has over 30 years of experience instructing and providing workshops in a wide variety of settings including internationally (Singapore, Guyana, etc.) in-person and online. He is the director of Lifeprint.com -- one of the world's most popular web destinations for learning about sign language and Deaf people. Through his UA-cam channel at UA-cam.com/@sign-language he shares ASL instruction with over 400,000 subscribers. He is married to Deaf culture researcher and pundit Bee Vicars, MFA. For more info, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/instructor.htm For even more info, see: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/is-bill-vicars-deaf.htm
I could but you really should get your name sign from local Deaf who are socially active in the local Deaf community and with whom you have developed a genuine relationship. If someone "online gives you a name sign it might conflict with an existing name sign being used in your local Deaf community. A name sign given to you by local Deaf people (such as a Deaf friend or coworker) will be more meaningful, a source of connection to the local community, and not conflict with existing local name signs.
"for-for" (or sometimes typed as FOR-FOR when glossing ASL) is a way of referring to the double movement of the sign "FOR" combined with a "Wh"-type facial expression (furrowed eyebrows) and is used to mean "What for?".
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.
:)
I am getting ready to buy it, but I want to make sure: Will I be able to drag copy the contents of the USB onto my hard drive? I don’t want to have to keep up with a thumb drive in order to have access to the videos. I will surely lose it! 😂 Thanks so much!
TLDR: Yes.
Long answer:
Make sure you have 65 GB of free space on your hd.
Then create a folder and name it whatever you like.
Then copy and paste the contents from the USB to the folder. Expect it to take a long time. If it asks for permission to copy files without their properties say yes.
Then when it is done, find the "index" file (or index.htm) file and double click on it. It should open up in your web browser as a local-based (from your hard drive) web page that you can click around on and play the videos etc.
Sometimes when you run web-type pages from local sources you have to tell your computer to calm down (it isn't used to web pages running locally) but that is usually just a matter of clicking yes on a permission popup box.
Also, you can make a backup of the USB onto another 64 GB or bigger USB. I recommend formatting the NEW usb (prior to copying the Super USB onto it) with the exFAT file system using a file allocation size of 128K. (Again, expect a long time to copy the files. There are a LOT of them.
I'm a brand new subscriber in the UK. Rikki Poynter recommended your channel. ❤
Thanks for the video on casual signs. Those ones on the cheek always throw me off. I remember the first time I saw someone sign "know" like that and it broke my brain.
Why did I turn my volume up for this video? The world may never know…
So you can see the signs better! 😂
I have found myself doing that so many times! Especially if I'm viewing a signing video embedded in another website and the video is tiny, I turn up the volume, presumably to make the video larger and therefore louder? Ahh, brains!
I did it too 😮
Often, I find this impulse is symptomatic of needing to turn up the brightness when I’m watching an ASL video
And I oop
Hello my favorite Teacher !! Thank you ! Great video !
You are welcome!
Everything works-out~ First day my Deaf teacher shows Motorcycle, with motor-morpheme, so I ask about that and sign 2H-Bored-morpheme, and she does it, and writes it on the board for the class, and she does it same my Deaf coworker, but moved here recently. That kind of back-forth has high context and is within my receptive range. That is why I suggested this classifier game/activity, one person signs things an the other reacts to those things in their signing space, always moving as an object that the signer also picks, and can change at any time. The activity is structured with very high context, the signer know what objects they are putting into the other's space and what vehicle/animal/element the mover's classifiers refer to, so it's a huge benefit in learning directly. The mover is not bound to a handshape, but can freely portray their mantle however they want, or need to, to react to the sudden presence of objects signed by the signer. I'm trying to spread it around so it gets played, for all I know it's the next thing taught, or played on weekends by Deaf, or never played before, I'm too new to guess which.
11:33 I sometimes come across reels from deaf content creators that will have a phone or drink in one hand and will be signing with the other. I have often wondered what are the differences or understandings in ASL when communicating this way.
Most of the time there is little to no significant difference in understanding. When my wife and I chat using one-handed signing (for whatever reason) we usually catch what the other person is signing "one handed" -- especially if the lighting is good and we can see each other's face clearly. A gross but fact of (real) life example is during our morning walk the dog tends to do its business. One of us bags it and carries that bag until we get to the nearest public garbage receptacle (or home if that is closer). That person is literally holding a bag of crap in one hand while we sign with the other hand. This happens most mornings. Ha. Such real-life "deal-with-it" types of experiences over a lifetime of signing strongly influence and lead to native-like signing.
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
Dr Vicars, do you have any recommendations on how one can assess one's proficiency in ASL? Proficiency testing for ASL seems a bit confusing.
Thanks!
Thank YOU! We appreciate the support!
This is super helpful! I’ve purchased one of your Super USB Drives and I am frequently recommending your resources to others! Do you have any more content about one-handed signing? Or is that something you’d be willing to explore? (As if you don’t already have enough to do!) I really struggle with that comprehension-wise! Thanks for all you do!
Hello. I've been pleasantly surprised by the popularity (so far) of this particular video. I'm totally open to providing a one-handed signing type of video and will see what I can come up with. Not sure of the time-line for completion but got to start somewhere if you are going to get anywhere.
Much needed and appreciated
If I as a hearing asl student I were to sign some things casually would the Deaf community understand or would they think I’m a bad signer?
Try thinking of it from the perspective of an English speaker.
If someone learning English were to speak haltingly and awkwardly and occasionally say things like "yabut" (yes but) or "amgunna" (I'm going to) -- you would probably think that the person is a bad English speaker who occasionally uses bits of casual English (elisions, contractions, colloquialisms, etc.)
Adding a few native-like phrases to a base of novice spoken or signed utterances doesn't suddenly make you seem like a skilled speaker or signer. It does however indicate that you are starting to become aware of how some things are expressed by fluent users of the language in some circumstances.
Love this
Signing fasts scares me. ASL over all I love. I feel it’s almost better at times to communicate. Less word true emotions
This is very helpful! Thank you 🙏
This is very useful, thanks!
Thank you for this video
Thank you for your comment.
love this!
Thanks for the video!! I just asked one of my sign teachers if we could work on one handed signing. I feel bad when the person I’m signing with at events has to put down what they’re holding so I can understand them 🤪
Great video
I like how you and the other person wear all black, it’s cool looking
Bill, do you have a deaf family?
You seem to want to know about me so you might enjoy reading my bio:
Bio:
William G. Vicars, Ed.D., (a.k.a. "Dr. Bill" of ASL University) is a former full-time, tenured, full-professor, and researcher at a Sacramento State University where he served as coordinator of the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies bachelor degree program. He is Deaf. He holds an earned doctorate in Deaf Studies / Deaf Education from Lamar University in Texas, and has over 30 years of experience instructing and providing workshops in a wide variety of settings including internationally (Singapore, Guyana, etc.) in-person and online. He is the director of Lifeprint.com -- one of the world's most popular web destinations for learning about sign language and Deaf people. Through his UA-cam channel at UA-cam.com/@sign-language he shares ASL instruction with over 400,000 subscribers. He is married to Deaf culture researcher and pundit Bee Vicars, MFA.
For more info, see:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/instructor.htm
For even more info, see:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/is-bill-vicars-deaf.htm
Hi My name is Pearce Can you please give me a sign name
I could but you really should get your name sign from local Deaf who are socially active in the local Deaf community and with whom you have developed a genuine relationship.
If someone "online gives you a name sign it might conflict with an existing name sign being used in your local Deaf community.
A name sign given to you by local Deaf people (such as a Deaf friend or coworker) will be more meaningful, a source of connection to the local community, and not conflict with existing local name signs.
For-for??
"for-for" (or sometimes typed as FOR-FOR when glossing ASL) is a way of referring to the double movement of the sign "FOR" combined with a "Wh"-type facial expression (furrowed eyebrows) and is used to mean "What for?".