britmarie11
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Most of the videos of signed songs I've seen seem to be signed english and not ASL. It that just how songs are normally signed? If not, then why is that?
Most of the videos of signed songs I've seen seem to be signed english and not ASL. It that just how songs are normally signed? If not, then why is that?
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I personally don't like signed ASL songs. Mainly because the lyrics often don't translate (half the time they don't even make sense in English!)
I think it would be significantly better and more appropriate to translate English poetry into ASL - focusing on creating parallel imagery.
Also, I think as a learning tool having students create short ABC or 123 stories would be a much better and culturally accurate model.
This is how I feel. Songs were part of what got me interested in learning ASL. If I had just dived straight into a "voices off" environment without music I don't think I would have learned enough vocab to get a sense that I even liked the language.Most signed songs help me memorize new vocabulary, even when the translation isn't that great.