Recent content by signer16

CSUN is a great option, especially if you want to major in English. Admission is really tough right now because of the budget, but Deaf people can apply through the NCOD (National Center on Deafness). There are easily 100 Deaf students at CSUN who sign, probably around 150, (the NCOD boasts 300...

Again, the point seems to be that the d/hh people in question did not COME for a Deaf social, they just happened upon a group of Deaf people. If they don't want to communicate with anyone in the group, whether or not they have HAs/CIs, SO WHAT. If they don't know anyone in the group none of the...

In the Land of the Deaf, it's from France, and you can only buy it VHS, but it is good (DVD version doesn't work on American made DVD players)-- see if you can get it from the local library.

Only 4 1/2 YEARS! AND 3 YEARS FOR THE OTHER ONE? To quote the judge that sentenced them, "These actions were (are) inexplicable, deplorable and indefensible. "

Yay, that's exciting! I am so proud of the ASL 1/2 students who go to Deaf events, as they should! I know it's scary, and you'll miss a ton, but your attitude will take you farther than you can imagine. Your E was NOT wrong. I know what you're saying, --- while there may be some...

Having Deaf friends and being as involved in the Deaf Community as possible is by far the best way to become more fluent in ASL. Best of all, it's free! For extra practice however, watch VLOGS! Deaf people talk about anything and everything online, from PhD level discussion to how they just got...

Just looking at the first ten signs "Short" for abbreviate--- ehhh, sort of but not the best sign for the most common meaning. Also, Abstract: There is a sign for abstract, it doesn't have to be fingerspelled, and it definitely isn't "made up out of nowhere" like the sign following the...

Amen to that!

ASL Grammar/Syntax is much more complicated than I can begin to describe or you can begin to understand online, but: GENERALLY, the Wh is on the end of sentences for only 2 reasons-- either when asking a question to another person (though it isn't always at the end) and when you are asking a...

That makes sense. I'm not really sure, but that also make sense because movement could show emphasis in tactile sign as opposed to fingerspelling. And considering how tired tactile terps hands become, the sign is probably slightly less of a strain than the fsp. I don't think so. At least...

Many ASL students struggle with signing "few" or "several" (same sign, movement and facial expression show the difference). While there are not a lot of specific "words" that are hard for ASL students to learn there are a lot of common issues that make people show their "hearing" accents...

That's so sad. I'm grateful I'm not that short lol. He needs to find a pencil or something to reach the #12.

THAT's what I think Jolie was concerned about. Unskilled terps (not necessarily unexperienced terps, as I've seen "terps" with 20+ years experience do this-- rarely thank God,-- always a few bad seeds, eh?) often do this but really need to realize that especially for ASL users, that often...

I would only say Y-E-S, and have only seen Y-E-S, as there is the lexicalized version, for clarification of the sign yes, (i.e. with a beginning signer) or if for some reason discussing the English word yes in a deep linguistics discussion about word meaning, (i.e. me signing to a Deaf person...

The sign yes is the official "way" to sign yes...but the lexicalized fingerspelling of yes (it looks like y-s) is used for emphasis. MANY words are fingerspelling for emphasis, or if they're short words, especially when they've become lexicalized (when the movement changes from spelling an...