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 Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:52 pm
I started a course of Japanese SL, specifically Osaka-ben's JSL.. crazy for an Italian living in Osaka-fu for 4 months, but who knows?! Everything you learn can come in handy sooner or later 3nodding biggrin
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:28 pm
There's a deaf girl in one of my courses.
Oddly, I'm more likely to watch the interpreter then listen to the professor.
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Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:49 pm
At my school we are trying to create a sign Language club
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Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:47 pm
Firewolfblue I started a course of Japanese SL, specifically Osaka-ben's JSL.. crazy for an Italian living in Osaka-fu for 4 months, but who knows?! Everything you learn can come in handy sooner or later 3nodding biggrin Haha. That's cool. I'd like to learn some bits of non-American Sign Languages, so I can demonstrate their differences from ASL when people ask... Pistil There's a deaf girl in one of my courses. Oddly, I'm more likely to watch the interpreter then listen to the professor. That happened when I was in driving school. There was a deaf boy, and the whole time I was there I just watched the interpreter. She was really animated in the way she signed things, it was funny, since the teacher made alot of jokes, and she had to carry them over to sign language. She did alot of imitating of 'crazy drivers'. Priestress of darkness At my school we are trying to create a sign Language club My school has a deaf club...I'm sure hearing people can join, but I'd feel really intimidated there...
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Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:16 am
Slightly random, but while this isn't going to bump a dead thread up razz
In middle school (this was the only time I paid any attention in Social Studies, I swear), they passed out this sheet with the alphabet and the word "and" on it for us to "learn". Well, we were never really expected to learn it, but Jean and I learned it and we'd sign across the cafeteria, spelling out everything. We got REALLY fast! It was pretty cool, cuz even the people who had bothered to learn some could keep up biggrin it was great... especially since we were in different homerooms, and thus forced to sit on opposite ends... rolleyes
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:44 am
Hey, everyone! I noticed the link list is a bit... bare, so here goes: Clickie!I'm studying ASL, so I found this site very helpful. <3
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Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:52 pm
I use this one alot: ASL BrowserForgedawn: My friend and I sign to eachother constantly during English class. She's really fast with fingerspelling...I need to practice...
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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:54 am
Firewolfblue I started a course of Japanese SL, specifically Osaka-ben's JSL.. crazy for an Italian living in Osaka-fu for 4 months, but who knows?! Everything you learn can come in handy sooner or later 3nodding biggrin Osaka-ben JSL... lol That's amusing. You should watch the J-Drama Orange Days. The main girl in it is deaf and only signs. I know how to sign a few words from watching the show (like yameru, sakura, gomen nasai, chigau). I actually just started rewatching the series yesterday. In middle school I learned the ASL alphabet and some words. I used to sign songs with my church youth group. For some reason ASL was popular with my grade in middle school and a lot of the girls learned how to fingerspell. I have a couple of sign books, but I haven't been doing too much with it in the last few years. The college I'm at right now has a really good Communication Science & Disorders department and ASL is really popular. I plan on taking at least one class if my schedule permits me.
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:09 pm
I use to know how to do my name, and have a very simple conversation...all that is lost now though. xp
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:55 pm
Atashi wa Kitsunya desu Ohh, this is neat. 3nodding I was just thinking of learning SL last night. Then I'd be able to talk to people from anywhere! *_* Uhm.. no.. Sign Language is alot different in each country. Although some of the very descriptive words might be the same, it is apparently quite different.
I took one beginner's course in Icelandic Sign Language last year at school, it was extremely fun. I've known the alphabet on and off since I was very young, there was this advert or something with the alphabet and I learned it then. Also, my friend and I made up our own alphabet and actually used it quite a bit when we didn't want other people to understand what we were saying. We also made signs for you, me, him, her, and some other stuff, can't remember what..
I've forgotten most of it now though. I would love to catch up, I might take another course sometimes.
But I really do feel Sign Language (the one associated with your native language) should be everyone's second (or first) language. It is incredibly unfair that deaf people should have such trouble with communication just because they are fewer than we are. I mean, what with young people listening to music so incredibly loud these days, they'll all be deaf in a few years!
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:05 pm
I'm in my third year of ASL and it's awesome. The teacher is Deaf and we all love her. She's like a second mother to us, partially because of how open Deaf culture is. I'm just about fluent and I know several really cool sites for ASL. One, Deafplanet.com, even has the whole site in both ASL and Canadian Sign Language. They have what's almost like mini-shows in the two different sign languages which are then traslated into French and English. ASLpro. com is also pretty cool.
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:49 pm
I just ran into a pair of Deaf tourists today and had a bit of a conversation. It was awesome; I understood a lot more than i thought I would. Everything I'd been looking at and trying to learn just sort of clicked.
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:58 am
Here's a dictionary to add: http://www.auslan.org.au/This is AUSLAN, the sign language of Australia. It is quite different to American sign language. This web site also includes dictionary of terms and animations of how to 'say' the words
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:06 pm
Little Lottie Thanks for adding this! I've been hoping to find some other people in here who are learning ASL. wow this is so ridiculously late, but I'm currently teaching myself Sign Language. I have a friend who's deaf and she helps me by signing when we're together. smile
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:10 pm
ljosberinn Atashi wa Kitsunya desu Ohh, this is neat. 3nodding I was just thinking of learning SL last night. Then I'd be able to talk to people from anywhere! *_* Uhm.. no.. Sign Language is alot different in each country. Although some of the very descriptive words might be the same, it is apparently quite different.
I took one beginner's course in Icelandic Sign Language last year at school, it was extremely fun. I've known the alphabet on and off since I was very young, there was this advert or something with the alphabet and I learned it then. Also, my friend and I made up our own alphabet and actually used it quite a bit when we didn't want other people to understand what we were saying. We also made signs for you, me, him, her, and some other stuff, can't remember what..
I've forgotten most of it now though. I would love to catch up, I might take another course sometimes.
But I really do feel Sign Language (the one associated with your native language) should be everyone's second (or first) language. It is incredibly unfair that deaf people should have such trouble with communication just because they are fewer than we are. I mean, what with young people listening to music so incredibly loud these days, they'll all be deaf in a few years! Couldn't agree more with your entire entry. 1. I looked online for more ASL practice and came across a video showing the alphabet and numbers, as I started the numbers, I realized from 3 on were different. Turns out, I was looking up BSL. 2. the Deaf should have equal advantage. Seriously. They need SOME way to communicate with everyone. That's why I'm learning Sign. I want to be able to talk to people who cannot speak and I love learning new langauges. 3. I agree with the music, although I'm still considered 'young' I don't blast the music directly in my ears. It's so bad and that, like you said, will damage the hearing. smile go asl lol
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