[eevielearnsasl]

Recently moved into a house with some other neurodivergent/likely autistic folks who also sign, so I thought I'd share the signs I've been looking up especially for that.

for instance, sometimes they're plugged in and I wanna let them know something in the house is going off

or something is specifically beeping (i.e. microwave)

sometimes the tv might be up a bit too loud

or a particular noise is unpleasant

or if one of us just wants to let the others know that we're having quiet/non-verbal time

[gacorley]

[eevielearnsasl]

Hi! I’m a complete beginner and very eager to learn ASL at least to a basic conversational level, all just for fun so far. My problem is that I have almost immersion opportunities (middle of nowhere + tiny country that has a different sign language but I chose ASL because of resources), so I have nowhere to practice receptive skills.

1. How can I practice reading ASL, any resources?

2. Also, do you think I should scrap ASL altogether and do our local SL even though I’m just 16 and with no opportunities to interact with Deaf people? Our online resources seriously suck and there’s only a few classes not close to me.

3. Is it possible/realistic to learn more than one SL in a lifetime? Or do they mess with each other too much? ASL is so much easier at home, but when I grow up I could see myself taking a class

Hi there!

Sorry for taking so long to reply, things got a bit crazy right before the holidays. Anyhoo...

1. Practicing on your own is obviously never ideal, but it's something I think most of us face rather often. Personally, I've found that a great time to practice sign language is when you're focusing on something alone (i.e. scrolling through tumblr, watching a movie, binging youtube shit) because it allows you to react to things mostly silently, and that at least appeals to me. Also, since you're moving at your own pace, you have the time to pause whatever you're doing, look up a word or phrase you want to use in reaction to something, go back and try it out.

2. I think that, especially if you're from a small country with little to no sign language resources, that learning your native sign language could be a great opportunity! It sounds like you've had enough almost-chances to really consider it. And if you do decide to learn it, you could go on to compile all your own notes as a new resource for other learners!

3. In a lifetime? I think it's perfectly possible. I might not suggest learning them at the same time as that does very much get confusing, but there's absolutely no reason you can't learn more than one over time. Plenty of people speak more than one language and it's really no different than that. Go for it! Learning is never a bad thing and any quest for knowledge has my utmost respect.

[pastelsandhazelnutcoffee]

Working on a langblr masterpost!

Please reblog and state in the reblog about which languages you post and reblog! Feel free to also reblog without adding so other langblrs can participate to join the list :)

[la-galaxie-langblr]

Mainly French, some German, Russian and Irish as well :D

[eevielearnsasl]

Hi I hope I'm not a bother!! I jist saw your blog and I was SO excited. I've been trying to learn ASL since this summer and I was wondering, do you happen to know of a reliable source to learn ASL grammar?? I would really appreciate the guidance 🙏

Hi, you're no bother at all! As I said in my "ask me anything" post, I'm more than happy to help other learners however I can. <3

ASL is tricky in that you can find a signing dictionary just about anywhere, but there don't seem to be a whole lot of resources for grammar outside of immersion. However, I recently came across a youtube channel called 'Learn How to Sign' that has some great videos on particulars like sentence structure, speaking in the affirmative versus the negative, etc that taught me some stuff I'd been wondering about for years.

Other than that, I've seen a lot of DHOH (Deaf/Hard of Hearing) people on tiktok teaching ASL and addressing particular, direct questions from their audience. I'd link them, but unfortunately I didn't do a very good job at saving them.

If anyone else has any resources they'd like to add, please feel free to! Or if anything I said was incorrect, please let me know and I'll fix it. Hope this helped! :)

[gloupblog]

Just because the days are repetitive at the moment, it does not mean you are not still making progress. You are not wasting your life. You still have time.

[eevielearnsasl]

ASL signs I use rather often and need to remember Pt. II

[above: boring - dry - dull - not interesting]

[above: OMG - Oh my god! / version of TERRIBLE]

[above: THERE YOU GO / and there it is]

[eevielearnsasl]

ASL signs I use kinda often and need to remember Pt. I

[please correct me if I'm wrong, but I've read somewhere that the sign for "vomit" can also a reactionary sign to mean "gross" or "yuck!"]

[above: I TELL-you / I told you]

[above: YOU TELL-ME]

[eevielearnsasl]

emotions pt. V

[eevielearnsasl]

character traits pt. IV

[eevielearnsasl]

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT FLUENT IN ASL!!! Though I have been studying it off-and-on for 10+ years, this really just means that I have lots of resources saved up.

And since there's not a huge ASL langblr community that I've found, I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you may have to the best of my ability, including signs you're looking for, info about grammar, hand positioning, etc.

And I thoroughly welcome corrections/edits from anyone more qualified than me as well as anyone in the community with corrections to give!

My askbox is always open. I hope you have a wonderful day! ☀️

[eevielearnsasl]

emotions pt. IV

[eevielearnsasl]

character traits pt. III

[eevielearnsasl]

emotions pt. III

[eevielearnsasl]

character traits pt. II

[eevielearnsasl]

emotions pt. II

[eevielearnsasl]

character traits pt. I