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I assure you it's not going to disappear. Evolve? yes. Doesn't every language? Doesn't everything change? Why would you want things to remain as they were 100 years ago? Why wouldn't you want such a beautiful language evolve? I'm certain that 50 years ago, there were those that thought...

One way I try to remember is to read something from the paper or watch it on TV and try to sign what they are saying. However, signing it and seeing it signed are two completely different things!

jamie, it's taken me a long time to find something I liked, and something that I have a passion for. All of this was accidental. I don't know about Canada, but here in the US, there is a serious shortage of teachers and an even greater shortage of qualified interpreters. The problem is...

I have a question for anyone that can answer it. To sign "on time" what would I use. If I were to ask "are you always on time to work?" If I just want to ask someone if they're "on time" ....

I'm a college student, have two high school kids of my own and I work as a substitute teacher. In our area, we have the Regional School for the Deaf. Kids come from 18 districts here to ours in order to be educated and have some signing aides and interpreters etc. We have a few Deaf teachers...

EXactly why I wasy that in oder to communicate, one has to learn the local "dialect". Learn what signs are used locally....and go with them. Locally, I haven't seem the sign described for "truck". as any language, ASL evolves. Things evolve differently in different parts of the country...

is it teaching you anything? Is it REALLY worth your $$$?? I'm always looking for other resources, but I think I'm going to stick with my $5 CD and my FREE classes once a week at one of our local schools. Later I may very well seek other resources. I think, like any language, we'll get to...

I'll add my opinion, though I'm not Deaf and I'm not an interpreter. I interact with the Deaf children in public schools. The staff and teachers know that I sign on an intermediate level (not advanced, and slower than fluent) Oft times while in a public area of the scool, like the lunch room...

can you describe that sign? Here, we use the initialized sign with a "t" two "T" hands, top over bottom, lightly bump the top and bottom hands together a couple of times. The similar initialized sign we use for car, but with "C" hands. I was initially taught that the sign for CAR and...

Hahaha!! My beighbors are all mexican. MY neighbor's wife used to ask why her husband tells her he is going to cut the "patio" and not the "yarda" I used to tell her that "yarda" though meaning "yard" here is actually 3-feet, a yard and patio us "yard" as in lawn and not actually "patio" as...

try lifeprint.com I ordered the CD for about $5 including shipping. I have a book, as required from a course locally but I don't really like it. Lifeprint.com is GREAT! This combined with ASLPRO.COM and practicing in the schools is good.

it's always good to have others' opinions. I DO understand the inflections etc. and I also try to learn, but I look at how the Deaf people do it here. That's the way I'll do it. There are differences just like in any other languages.

absolutely, we do need to learn from doing. Practice makes perfect. I get to work with Deaf kids about once a week in the schools, along with taking classes, I get some practice. I'd prefer to work with them every day. I have applied for a position that may help. If we work together here...

bare with them. Understanding language isn't for everyone. People see things and ask questions. With the internet, these questions can be easily answered. When I first started learning ASL, I first did some homework. I read the history, grammar and other things. I then was led to SEE and PSE...

I'm of the opinion that a book can give you basics, history and a certain level of understanding - but to actually communicate effectively - this (IMHO) requires that you interact with others in that language.

question: The sign: ABOUT, with the left hand in a modified O form, palm inward, left index finger circles the left finger tips. This isn't the same as "tell me about" something...right? This is "around" instead?!

stuckment Ok...I have to know the sign or this :-)

Handling tenses isn't that difficult. Remember, that we say "conjugations" in english and other languages (I speak spanish and engligh) "inflections" in ASL and SEE are the equivalent of conjugations. You don't do "ED" or "ING" in ASL and some consider it SEE and some don't. E.g sign...

I have "Learning American Sign Language" but I'm not to fond of it. I also have taken one course locally and I'm enrolled in another. I went to lifeprint.com and purchased their CD for less than $5 and it's well worth the money. I get to practice from time to time in some of the schools...

hehe... while with a Deaf woman, people stared as she signed. Her response: she signed to them asking why they were looking at her. When she (naturally) received no response, the raised her eyebrows even more, a more stern look on her face and asked again! Then (of course) with no...