I've started working on learning ASL recently. I'm so excited to learn! One of the very useful words I learned today was this one:
I also learned education, school, college, library, and the days of the week. And I relearned squirrel. And dance. ... and a bunch of other words. Speaking of random segues, here are some...
Tips for Learning ASL!
1) It's more fun to learn, and easier to remember, with others. I've found that am much less likely to get distracted while learning with others. It also seems to help words stick when I see others doing them at the same time as I do, and when we talk through signs. So today I asked some friends what they would like to learn, and that led to dance (for Yi-Hsin) and "We are a family like a giant tree" (for Niki, because she learned it in ASL when she was younger.) And we also learned a few random signs from my books. Like dinosaur :-)
2) There are good introductory books out there. I'm using Signing Illustrated (Revised Edition): The Complete Learning Guide, by Mickey Flodin, and find it to be quite good. It has a detailed index, which is quite helpful. The illustrations are also quite clear.
3) There is SO MUCH great stuff on YouTube to learn from! Some of my favorites so far:
4) Still missing: Games. It would be great if I could find games to play that strengthen signing - does any of you know of any? Everything I've seen is a flash card type game for kids so far. Maybe I'll just have to invent some games?
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| ASL for Dinosaur! |
Tips for Learning ASL!
1) It's more fun to learn, and easier to remember, with others. I've found that am much less likely to get distracted while learning with others. It also seems to help words stick when I see others doing them at the same time as I do, and when we talk through signs. So today I asked some friends what they would like to learn, and that led to dance (for Yi-Hsin) and "We are a family like a giant tree" (for Niki, because she learned it in ASL when she was younger.) And we also learned a few random signs from my books. Like dinosaur :-)
2) There are good introductory books out there. I'm using Signing Illustrated (Revised Edition): The Complete Learning Guide, by Mickey Flodin, and find it to be quite good. It has a detailed index, which is quite helpful. The illustrations are also quite clear.
3) There is SO MUCH great stuff on YouTube to learn from! Some of my favorites so far:
- Toddlers chatting in ASL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-fwQpCylW4
- ASL Lessons by Kate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8WIr61r1Do
- Some ASL Poetry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzpbYDCpyWg
- Obviously, all of the MUSIC Options :)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Twmi_GgqCA (This is the first in a long series of videos by this amazing girl who is hearing but has studied for several years.)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ogdTuYj-E (ASL Country music. You can find anything on the internet!)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOvK_732W5A (Ok, this one's just silly.)
4) Still missing: Games. It would be great if I could find games to play that strengthen signing - does any of you know of any? Everything I've seen is a flash card type game for kids so far. Maybe I'll just have to invent some games?
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