Words & Sentences from: Vicars, W. (n.d.). ASL: 1 Lessson: 2. Retrieved from http://www.lifeprint.com/index.htm *
My final progress video! These past weeks have gone by so incredibly fast. It seems like just yesterday I was trying to grapple with the idea of learning American Sign Language. Overall, I think that I did very well with learning a new language, even though it took me a while to find the right resource and get into the groove of learning!
Over the weeks, making the videos became somewhat easier. As you can see in this last video, for the sentences I was having a hard time remembering, I was saying the words to myself. I realized that this also helps convey my message because some people who are deaf can also read lips, it also helps me add emotion to what I am signing. When I am signing I often forget that I need to use my facial expressions and body language. These two aspects are just as important to the actual signs themselves in ASL. Since I am focusing so much on getting the signs right, I am losing the other aspects. However, this is something that will come with time and practice! I added bloopers to this last video because I realized that it is important to let people know that everyone makes mistakes, and that my success with learning a new language did not come with ease!
My Ted Style Talk will be coming out soon that consolidates my Genius Hour research. It will provide more information about how my research went as well as reflections about my experience!
*Note: the purpose of this video is to demonstrate my progress of learning American Sign Language, not to serve as a lesson for learning ASL. Visit ASL University to view the lessons that I learned from.
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