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. :)
Many people love your work, and maybe you could set up a crowd fund sponsoring to pay for your teachings and servers. I'm actually surprised that this isn't paid for by the state. I actually also had another question, I (and i really apologize for using the word heard) heard from you from the deaf community on VRCHAT, but I never saw you on there so I was wondering if you never heard of it? It's loads of fun. I'll give you a tour if you want, i'm currently learning sign language there, all you need is a steam account and download the vrchat game, and you can join the virtual deaf community (both of which are free). Bunch of nice people there. Here's a video of RAy _is_Deaf, who talks about being bullied for being a deaf person and a glimpse of the Virtual deaf community. ua-cam.com/video/jk8qz889Mok/v-deo.html
Natalie, Hello :) I absolutely believe that the future of ASL instruction will include VR worlds wherein ASL learners can dive into and spend hours and hours interacting in ASL with electronic beings (so called "AI") as well as avatars. At some point in the future I too will need to dive into VR. Thanks for commenting!
@@sign-language If you ever want to dive into it,you can either drop me a message and i'll give you guidance if you desire so, or you can venture on your own if you're tech savvy enough to enter the world of virtual reality on your own, you don't have to worry, you don't actually need a Virtual reality set, if you want to do VRchat, it has desktop mode as well. Thanks for replying. I'm trying to learn sign language for like 2 weeks now and became enthusiastic about it on VRchat , the deaf community is so friendly there and it acts like a bridge between the hearing and the deaf community to expand both worlds and get more understanding for each other.
At 5:35 Bill starts a lesson question. "NAME SOMETHING ITSELF BLACK WHITE" which means "Name something that is black and white." Katelyn struggles to think of something. Bill offers for the other students to raise their hand and provide answers. Bill fingerspells their answers for the camera and also gives their signs. We see ZEBRA, OLD MOVIE, NEWSPAPER. After their help, Bill asks Katelyn again and she provides the answer TUX, for tuxedo. Bill signs that a tux reminds him of a PENGUIN. He spends longer on this than usual before pulling up the question on the screen behind him at 7:15 to continue the lesson. At 13:30 Bill asks Katelyn if she finished watching the movie Titanic. She nods yes.
I'm still slow at fingerspelling so god bless you for translating! I was pretty sure he spelled out the movie IT lol 😂 I couldn't see his hand really well either
Love you Bill! and thanks to katelynn for letting us watch her learn. When I don’t know the answer right away makes me feel a little more encouraged to see I’m not the only one 🙏
0:03 color / 0:09 what color 1:01 black 1:26 white 1:29 brown 12:11 green 15:44 silver 0:15 something = single = someone 0:31 itself 1:35 draw = art 11:47 think 11:50 future / someday 19:13 12:29 wait 12:56 finish 9:25 how long ? 25 years 12:18 how old / old 17:32 have you seen the movie "______" ? 18:56 do you think that someday you will teach ASL ? 20:28 how do you sign wait
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 going to be a signing pro in a few months thanks to Bill and I'm so excited! I really want to be there to support someone who needs help in translating what they need. I want to be that resource for them! So thank you Bill! I can't wait for more of my progress! 😁
Lauren, As my dad told me many years ago -- you can do anything you set your mind to! Here's a page with some notes regarding becoming a terp. www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/interpreter-howtobecome.htm The information is more of a historical perspective at this point in time (almost two decades later) but it might provide you a bit of a foundation in related terminology. Warm regards, + Dr. Bill ________________________ William G. Vicars, Ed.D. ASL University (Lifeprint.com) ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================ 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 or more specifically: ua-cam.com/users/Lifeprint-signsplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 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 If you like the free LIfeprint.com lessons you might enjoy the low-cost subscription version of the lessons. For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/ Ways to support the ASL University channel: * Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at UA-cam.com/billvicars * Click the “subscribe” button at UA-cam.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet) * Click the “Share” link and share the videos. * Buy some ASL University “official” clothing or ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu * Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G * 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
@@sign-language Thank you so much for your encouragement! It is appreciated! I will definitely look into the resources that you provided me with! I do your lessons every day so that it will become muscle memory slowly overtime for me! I am already translating what you are saying and it's only my first week!
Hello, I have a question on deaf ettiquitte. If two people are having a conversation in sign, is it rude to watch, even if you don't understand that much? Is it considered eavesdropping?
Staring at two strangers conversing (in any language) is considered "gawking." In the Deaf world there are not that many appropriate times to "gawk." It is okay to watch two (non-public figure) individuals chatting in sign language if/when you are at an ASL social which has been advertised as having been set up for ASL students (unless you start getting signals of annoyance or they turn away from you on purpose). It is okay to watch a professional interpreter interpreting in public. It is okay to watch public presentations or storytelling by Deaf people in clearly established "performance" situations. Other than those types of situations it is generally not a good idea to watch us Deaf folks signing. We don't know if you do or don't know ASL. When I'm out on a date with my wife (who is also Deaf) I don't mind folks coming up and letting me know they recognize me from UA-cam but to just "stare" at us would be creepy.
Keep going through the lessons and if you make it to Lesson 60 you will have completed the equivalent of four ASL courses! If you haven't done so yet, you might want to check out the official ASLU UA-cam master playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA.html
@17:04 Katelyn accicentally signs "W I T H" instead of "W A I T" and then Dr. Vicars does this sign with his fingers curled over at his forehead (thought it was some sort of impishness or joking or something) and then over the next 10-20 seconds we get a bunch of signs really rapidly. Any chance someone can translate? EDIT: It looks something like "I saw that you spelled WITH and I recognized it so I signed 'with' but then you saw the screen and spelled WAIT so I signed 'wait' but there's a bunch of other signs in there I'm missing.
I signed: "Mischievous revenge deception look-at W-I-T-H know she fool want!" -- The interpretation being something along the lines of: "Ah she is a mischievous little minx trying to fool me by spelling 'with'!"
Hi Dr. Bill! I love your videos they have been so helpful in my journey to learn ASL. Can you touch on signing for more “rural” areas? For example, My family lives in a very small town, that could never be considered a city. Is there another sign to indicate TOWN instead of CITY or would you use other terms like COUNTRY or RURAL? Thanks so much!
While some folks use the "COUNTRY" sign (either the Y hand or flat hand version) to refer (in context) to a "rural" area -- others just sign FARM AREA or FARM CITY. If you need to indicate that a place is a town then you can just sign SMALL CITY -- or do the sign CITY using a small movement and a cute facial expression.
Bill. Love the videos.. a suggestion; when you sign other than what your teaching (explaining in sign.. etc) would be cool if you can superimpose what you are signing on the screen...
ASL has multiple sign orders. Many ASL teachers don't seem to get that. See: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/subject-verb-object-asl-sentence-structure.htm
does anyone know why there aren't captions past lesson 5? i didn't use them all the time but they were really helpful to look at if dr bill was signing fast or using signs that weren't in the lesson vocab.
for colors say you have one that is dark blue or dark red how would you sign that? would you sign just red or blue or would you sign black then blue/red?
You would "not" sign black to mean dark. The common way to indicate darkness or intensity of a color is to sign "dark" before doing the color sign. You can do a color sign more intensely while using an intense facial expression. Adding intensity to a color sign doesn't specifically mean "dark" but rather it means "very." If you add intensity to the signing of a bright color such as "white" it can mean "bright white." If you add intensity to a color sign like yellow or green it can mean "vibrant yellow" or "vibrant green."
There are 60 lessons in the main series plus dozens of other expansion topics and around 30 lessons (so far) in the Vocabulary Expansion Series. See this page for the L1 - L60 Lessons: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm If you watch all 450 or so of my videos you will certainly be able to hold a conversation with a Deaf ASL signer who chooses to sign at a moderate pace. Does that mean you are "fluent" -- no. It means you'll have a grasp of basic ASL -- enough to hold a conversation. To be truly fluent will take thousands of hours of study and practice. My videos and website can help you get to the point where you can start understanding online vlogs from other Deaf creators and eventually start going to ASL Socials and Deaf events and learning from local Deaf fluent signers via conversation.
No you should not sign word for word. How you sign at the beginning of a conversation will likely be different from how you sign at the end of the same conversation as you establish your referents. You should sign in ways that are clear to your audience. That will be heavily influenced by context, their familiarity with your topic, and what you have discussed so far in the same conversation. See: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/grammar.htm
Eh? Upset? Perhaps -- but I think she was simply in "active learner mode" in a "high stress situation." Those early videos were literally being cable broadcast live to over 5,000 households as part of a public education program. My goal was to make her stretch and grasp and learn a at a fast pace. She did a great job and by the end of ASL 1 she had made wonderful progress. Very proud of her for being a gutsy student, putting it all out there and letting the world see her mistakes and successes.
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!”
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Thanks!
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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:
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Take care and love to you all.
:)
Merry Christmas Dr Bill! Happy New Year!!
Many people love your work, and maybe you could set up a crowd fund sponsoring to pay for your teachings and servers. I'm actually surprised that this isn't paid for by the state. I actually also had another question, I (and i really apologize for using the word heard) heard from you from the deaf community on VRCHAT, but I never saw you on there so I was wondering if you never heard of it? It's loads of fun. I'll give you a tour if you want, i'm currently learning sign language there, all you need is a steam account and download the vrchat game, and you can join the virtual deaf community (both of which are free). Bunch of nice people there. Here's a video of RAy _is_Deaf, who talks about being bullied for being a deaf person and a glimpse of the Virtual deaf community. ua-cam.com/video/jk8qz889Mok/v-deo.html
Natalie,
Hello :)
I absolutely believe that the future of ASL instruction will include VR worlds wherein ASL learners can dive into and spend hours and hours interacting in ASL with electronic beings (so called "AI") as well as avatars.
At some point in the future I too will need to dive into VR. Thanks for commenting!
@@sign-language If you ever want to dive into it,you can either drop me a message and i'll give you guidance if you desire so, or you can venture on your own if you're tech savvy enough to enter the world of virtual reality on your own, you don't have to worry, you don't actually need a Virtual reality set, if you want to do VRchat, it has desktop mode as well. Thanks for replying. I'm trying to learn sign language for like 2 weeks now and became enthusiastic about it on VRchat , the deaf community is so friendly there and it acts like a bridge between the hearing and the deaf community to expand both worlds and get more understanding for each other.
At 5:35 Bill starts a lesson question. "NAME SOMETHING ITSELF BLACK WHITE" which means "Name something that is black and white." Katelyn struggles to think of something. Bill offers for the other students to raise their hand and provide answers. Bill fingerspells their answers for the camera and also gives their signs. We see ZEBRA, OLD MOVIE, NEWSPAPER. After their help, Bill asks Katelyn again and she provides the answer TUX, for tuxedo. Bill signs that a tux reminds him of a PENGUIN.
He spends longer on this than usual before pulling up the question on the screen behind him at 7:15 to continue the lesson.
At 13:30 Bill asks Katelyn if she finished watching the movie Titanic. She nods yes.
im glad saints like you explain the confusing advanced bits
Thank you! I was so confused.
I'm still slow at fingerspelling so god bless you for translating! I was pretty sure he spelled out the movie IT lol 😂 I couldn't see his hand really well either
Thank you so much for this!!! I came to the comments to see if anyone else was as confused as me lol. I caught everything except newspaper.
omgs i am 4 years late but thank you so much
Love you Bill!
and thanks to katelynn for letting us watch her learn. When I don’t know the answer right away makes me feel a little more encouraged to see I’m not the only one 🙏
I was so fortunate and am so grateful to have had such a fun, spunky student as Katelyn when I started making these videos.
This one felt like a big step up from the last one! *studies harder*
I feel like a magician whenever I sign wait lmao
0:03 Colour
0:12 What-colour
0:17 Something=Single=Someone
0:37 Itself
1:00 Black
1:26 White
1:30 Brown
12:12 Green
36:34 Blue
3:45 Purple
3:53 Pink
28:02 Red
15:50 Silver
36:28 Orange
36:37 Yellow
1:36 Draw=Art
2:10 Good
2:16 Parents
2:26 Divorce
21:23 Long
9:25 How-long
29:50 Year
16:07 Old
12:18 How-old
29:30 When
5:59 Zebra (ZEBRA or HORSE-ZEBRA)
7:57 Horse
6:07 Old movie
11:42 Movie
6:35 Newspaper
6:57 Tuxedo
7:10 Penguin
10:33 Cop car
9:00 Same
11:31 Finish
11:35 Watching
13:01 Watching (a movie), wristwatch, watch (the children)
11:47 Think
12:41 Know
11:57 Sit
29:10 Sit (anxious)
12:05 Chair
11:51 Future
22:10 Now=Current (present)
22:26 Past=Ago
38:06 Long-ago
37:16 Today
38:28 Daily=Everyday
28:26 Tomorrow
39:34 3-weeks
39:46 6-months
38:46 Every-year
39:07 Last-year
39:20 Next-year
39:52 4-years-old
40:06 7-o'clock
12:31 Wait
28:52 Wait (long)
14:59 Maybe
21:10 City
21:43 There
22:23 Address
29:21 Move (to here)
38:16 Self
22:14 Paper
37:39 Page
37:38 Look-up
37:57 Dictionary
0:03 color / 0:09 what color
1:01 black
1:26 white
1:29 brown
12:11 green
15:44 silver
0:15 something = single = someone
0:31 itself
1:35 draw = art
11:47 think
11:50 future / someday 19:13
12:29 wait
12:56 finish
9:25 how long ? 25 years
12:18 how old / old
17:32 have you seen the movie "______" ?
18:56 do you think that someday you will teach ASL ?
20:28 how do you sign wait
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 going to be a signing pro in a few months thanks to Bill and I'm so excited! I really want to be there to support someone who needs help in translating what they need. I want to be that resource for them! So thank you Bill! I can't wait for more of my progress! 😁
Lauren,
As my dad told me many years ago -- you can do anything you set your mind to!
Here's a page with some notes regarding becoming a terp.
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/interpreter-howtobecome.htm
The information is more of a historical perspective at this point in time (almost two decades later) but it might provide you a bit of a foundation in related terminology.
Warm regards,
+ Dr. Bill
________________________
William G. Vicars, Ed.D.
ASL University (Lifeprint.com)
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
============================
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 or more specifically: ua-cam.com/users/Lifeprint-signsplaylists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1
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
If you like the free LIfeprint.com lessons you might enjoy the low-cost subscription version of the lessons. For information see: lifeprint.com/asltc/
Ways to support the ASL University channel:
* Click the “thumb up” (like) icon on videos at UA-cam.com/billvicars
* Click the “subscribe” button at UA-cam.com/billvicars (if you haven't done so yet)
* Click the “Share” link and share the videos.
* Buy some ASL University “official” clothing or ASLU gear: teespring.com/stores/aslu
* Donate via: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
* 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
@@sign-language Thank you so much for your encouragement! It is appreciated! I will definitely look into the resources that you provided me with! I do your lessons every day so that it will become muscle memory slowly overtime for me! I am already translating what you are saying and it's only my first week!
Thank you for these lessons!
Al principio no entendía ní papa. Ahora entiendo mejor. Veo toooodos los videos, dedicándole tiempo. Le felicito. Tremendo maestro.
Gracias!
Hello, I have a question on deaf ettiquitte. If two people are having a conversation in sign, is it rude to watch, even if you don't understand that much? Is it considered eavesdropping?
Staring at two strangers conversing (in any language) is considered "gawking."
In the Deaf world there are not that many appropriate times to "gawk." It is okay to watch two (non-public figure) individuals chatting in sign language if/when you are at an ASL social which has been advertised as having been set up for ASL students (unless you start getting signals of annoyance or they turn away from you on purpose).
It is okay to watch a professional interpreter interpreting in public.
It is okay to watch public presentations or storytelling by Deaf people in clearly established "performance" situations.
Other than those types of situations it is generally not a good idea to watch us Deaf folks signing. We don't know if you do or don't know ASL. When I'm out on a date with my wife (who is also Deaf) I don't mind folks coming up and letting me know they recognize me from UA-cam but to just "stare" at us would be creepy.
That makes alot of sense! Thank you so much!
I learned a lot from u it seems Im studying a whole course of ASL.
Keep going through the lessons and if you make it to Lesson 60 you will have completed the equivalent of four ASL courses!
If you haven't done so yet, you might want to check out the official ASLU UA-cam master playlist:
ua-cam.com/play/PL6akqFwEeSpiLwRFA3ZvuOWMwPXwI7NqA.html
I missed the number at 23:32. Is Bill telling us he lived in Sacramento for 70 years?
you probably dont care anymore but he said 7 years
@17:04 Katelyn accicentally signs "W I T H" instead of "W A I T" and then Dr. Vicars does this sign with his fingers curled over at his forehead (thought it was some sort of impishness or joking or something) and then over the next 10-20 seconds we get a bunch of signs really rapidly. Any chance someone can translate?
EDIT: It looks something like "I saw that you spelled WITH and I recognized it so I signed 'with' but then you saw the screen and spelled WAIT so I signed 'wait' but there's a bunch of other signs in there I'm missing.
I signed:
"Mischievous revenge deception look-at W-I-T-H know she fool want!"
-- The interpretation being something along the lines of:
"Ah she is a mischievous little minx trying to fool me by spelling 'with'!"
For "name something that's black and white" I picked piano! :D
Hi Dr. Bill! I love your videos they have been so helpful in my journey to learn ASL. Can you touch on signing for more “rural” areas? For example, My family lives in a very small town, that could never be considered a city. Is there another sign to indicate TOWN instead of CITY or would you use other terms like COUNTRY or RURAL? Thanks so much!
While some folks use the "COUNTRY" sign (either the Y hand or flat hand version) to refer (in context) to a "rural" area -- others just sign FARM AREA or FARM CITY. If you need to indicate that a place is a town then you can just sign SMALL CITY -- or do the sign CITY using a small movement and a cute facial expression.
Bill. Love the videos.. a suggestion; when you sign other than what your teaching (explaining in sign.. etc) would be cool if you can superimpose what you are signing on the screen...
At some point in the future I might "close caption" all of the videos -- but for now I'm choosing to focus my energy on other things.
@@sign-language well good luck with your endeavors... and keep up the great work..
hi Bill! I think your class is IMPRESSIVE! I do have a question. Is it okay to change the position of the words? do people still understand you?
ASL has multiple sign orders.
Many ASL teachers don't seem to get that.
See: www.lifeprint.com/asl101/topics/subject-verb-object-asl-sentence-structure.htm
What's the sign Bill makes @ 20:24?
The is the sign for F-grade.
As in, they are all afraid to guess my age for fear of getting an "F" in class.
@@sign-language lol ahhh thank you!
does anyone know why there aren't captions past lesson 5? i didn't use them all the time but they were really helpful to look at if dr bill was signing fast or using signs that weren't in the lesson vocab.
for colors say you have one that is dark blue or dark red how would you sign that? would you sign just red or blue or would you sign black then blue/red?
You would "not" sign black to mean dark.
The common way to indicate darkness or intensity of a color is to sign "dark" before doing the color sign.
You can do a color sign more intensely while using an intense facial expression. Adding intensity to a color sign doesn't specifically mean "dark" but rather it means "very."
If you add intensity to the signing of a bright color such as "white" it can mean "bright white."
If you add intensity to a color sign like yellow or green it can mean "vibrant yellow" or "vibrant green."
By the end of all the lessons (version) will I be fluent ( if that is if I progress well?)? You have 32 correct?
There are 60 lessons in the main series plus dozens of other expansion topics and around 30 lessons (so far) in the Vocabulary Expansion Series.
See this page for the L1 - L60 Lessons:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
If you watch all 450 or so of my videos you will certainly be able to hold a conversation with a Deaf ASL signer who chooses to sign at a moderate pace. Does that mean you are "fluent" -- no. It means you'll have a grasp of basic ASL -- enough to hold a conversation. To be truly fluent will take thousands of hours of study and practice. My videos and website can help you get to the point where you can start understanding online vlogs from other Deaf creators and eventually start going to ASL Socials and Deaf events and learning from local Deaf fluent signers via conversation.
ok so uuuh, I'm familiar with what the sign COULD be, but what does the sign Bill makes at 31:13 ACTUALLY mean? The one between "Tomorrow" and "no"
"Saturday"
also, do I have to do it word by word?
No you should not sign word for word.
How you sign at the beginning of a conversation will likely be different from how you sign at the end of the same conversation as you establish your referents.
You should sign in ways that are clear to your audience.
That will be heavily influenced by context, their familiarity with your topic, and what you have discussed so far in the same conversation.
See:
www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/grammar.htm
@@sign-language Sorry i don't quite understand. could you rephrase it?
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Wonder 🤔 f she still signs?
Apparently she's a nurse now. Probably sees some deaf or HH patients.
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Love your videos but that lady looks so upset and lost but she's probably just trying hard to focus.
Eh? Upset? Perhaps -- but I think she was simply in "active learner mode" in a "high stress situation." Those early videos were literally being cable broadcast live to over 5,000 households as part of a public education program. My goal was to make her stretch and grasp and learn a at a fast pace. She did a great job and by the end of ASL 1 she had made wonderful progress. Very proud of her for being a gutsy student, putting it all out there and letting the world see her mistakes and successes.