ASL SEE question

KristinaB said:
This may start another issue and I hope it does not. I am looking at this from my POV. While I am trying to learn ASL and having family that mostly is unable or unwilling (kids are trying), I have taken to signing more PSE and knowing that if I do it that way I can easily switch to ASL. Am I wrong in this thinking. I had never ever thought of SEE, most especially after coming to AD. The reason I am doing it this way is so that my family will begin to learn the signs for specific things and I will remember the signs. I am running into more and more memory issues and I felt this was better for me.

Am I thinking wrong?
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No. People need to use whatever works best for them. Besides, PSE is ASL signs with English word order - nothing wrong with that. People who say there is something wrong with that are dangerously approaching legalistic and elitist territory. I wish I could grasp ASL structure, but my brain has trouble doing it properly. I'm not ashamed of being primarily PSE - ASL people can still understand me and communicate with me and vice versa so that is all that matters in the end.
 
Lily7 said:
No. People need to use whatever works best for them. Besides, PSE is ASL signs with English word order - nothing wrong with that. People who say there is something wrong with that are dangerously approaching legalistic and elitist territory. I wish I could grasp ASL structure, but my brain has trouble doing it properly. I'm not ashamed of being primarily PSE - ASL people can still understand me and communicate with me and vice versa so that is all that matters in the end.
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There is something wrong with using PSE with a young child who is still developing language. If that's all they are exposed to they won't have access to a complete language model- whether it be ASL or English. Adults using PSE is not an issue assuming they already have a solid foundation in a language.
 
CSign said:
There is something wrong with using PSE with a young child who is still developing language. If that's all they are exposed to they won't have access to a complete language model- whether it be ASL or English. Adults using PSE is not an issue assuming they already have a solid foundation in a language.
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I agree. I was just answering her question as it relates to herself, which is how I understood it to be asked.
 
Lily7 said:
I agree. I was just answering her question as it relates to herself, which is how I understood it to be asked.
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Very good Lily. I just wanted to be clear for anyone reading, since the OP was about children. I get what you are saying though.
 
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