Help please

suzw1212 · 04-10-2012, 02:27 PM

I learned ASL many years ago in college. I am now trying to help my daughter and her Girl Scout troop learn how to sign a song that they enjoy singing. My problem is that I can't remember how the "grammar" goes. It is a very beautiful song, and it is sung fairly slow, so they should be able to do it. The difficulty is that I think a lot of the words just don't get signed. For example, the first line of the song is "I am one voice, and I am singing". So that gets signed just as "I one voice sing". Is that correct? The song continues on into verses where we sing "We are a hundred voices singing", and then it goes to a thousand, and then a million. Then at the end, it goes back to "We are one voice, and we are singing". And at the end of each verse, it says "we are not alone". It is a wonderful song about belonging and being part of one big thing.

I really want to get this correct, since they will be doing it for many other girls at camp this summer. I would hate for us to be accidentally teaching others the wrong thing! I have tried to get this information locally, but there is absolutely no deaf community within a couple hundred miles.

Thank you.
Suzanne

Anij · 04-10-2012, 02:31 PM

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I'd suggest you invite some members of your local Deaf school, Deaf community (or even a certfied ASL/English interpretr to teach this to your girls properly.

Not only does this send the correct message - it also means you'll get a proper ASL version.

If there is no fluent ASLers in your area, I'd suggest skipping the idea entirely.

Unless you're fluent in ASL, "teaching" is really something you should not be doing - even in the form of a song.

dereksbicycles · 04-10-2012, 11:00 PM

Hey, why not focus on fingerspelling A-Z first?? That is how ASL courses are mapped out.

04-10-2012, 02:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
suzw1212 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 1	Help please I learned ASL many years ago in college. I am now trying to help my daughter and her Girl Scout troop learn how to sign a song that they enjoy singing. My problem is that I can't remember how the "grammar" goes. It is a very beautiful song, and it is sung fairly slow, so they should be able to do it. The difficulty is that I think a lot of the words just don't get signed. For example, the first line of the song is "I am one voice, and I am singing". So that gets signed just as "I one voice sing". Is that correct? The song continues on into verses where we sing "We are a hundred voices singing", and then it goes to a thousand, and then a million. Then at the end, it goes back to "We are one voice, and we are singing". And at the end of each verse, it says "we are not alone". It is a wonderful song about belonging and being part of one big thing. I really want to get this correct, since they will be doing it for many other girls at camp this summer. I would hate for us to be accidentally teaching others the wrong thing! I have tried to get this information locally, but there is absolutely no deaf community within a couple hundred miles. Thank you. Suzanne

04-10-2012, 02:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
Anij Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 2,087	Wirelessly posted (Blackberry Bold ) I'd suggest you invite some members of your local Deaf school, Deaf community (or even a certfied ASL/English interpretr to teach this to your girls properly. Not only does this send the correct message - it also means you'll get a proper ASL version. If there is no fluent ASLers in your area, I'd suggest skipping the idea entirely. Unless you're fluent in ASL, "teaching" is really something you should not be doing - even in the form of a song. __________________ Hoh/Deaf ~ +120db deaf right , mild/mod flux left & APD English & ASL ...PAH!! Ignorance is NOT Bliss Last edited by Anij; 04-10-2012 at 02:38 PM.

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04-10-2012, 11:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
dereksbicycles Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: 60202 Posts: 3,793	Hey, why not focus on fingerspelling A-Z first?? That is how ASL courses are mapped out.