www.WestwoodASL.com The purpose of this video is to give the viewer practice with reading 4-letter words. The words are fingerspelled using the alphabet (ABC’s) for ASL (American Sign Language). This video is a test sample that I’m working on for my website. I’ll add variations as I tweak them and find the best setting. In the meantime, enjoy. Feel free to post comments. American Sign Language alphabet Deaf ASL ABC fingerspelling practice.
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@dumbunny8128 That’s a good suggestion. I actually do have “answers in the back of the book” for these fingerspelling videos. To get the answers, simply sign up for Month One on my website.
@BYUFanatic I enjoy your videos. Regarding answers, many math textbooks have a mix of problems with answers and problems without. If you have time, I would like to see you create a similar video with answers at the end. See which video is more popular after a few months. Is it better for 1000 people to watch a lesson 12 times each or 4000 people to watch a lesson 3 times each?
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Ha ha. Yes, the trick is definitely to catch the first and last letters and anything in between. *grin* Good luck with learning!
Fingerspelling is always one of the hardest things to learn. Only by practicing over and over can we get good at it. So, keep practicing! *smile*
I think that’s a great goal to have! Good luck with your studies! FYI – I have a website specifically for teaching ASL. Feel free to check it out.
I’m in ASL 2 and I’ve never been able to master fingerspelling and I really believe this will help me. Its an awesome video, Thank you!!
This is so helpful! I want to be a deaf educator, and I’ll be going to college in one year… so I need to learn ASL and FAST! and this is helpful practice. 🙂
You are very welcome! Good luck with your classes!
I’m taking a community college ASL course this summer, and practice like this is really giving me a head start. Thank you for creating such a helpful video.
Ahh, both of my boyfriend’s parents are deaf so I’m making a whole effort to learn ASL. xD I bought a huge dictionary to learn a few words every day and then I come and practice this. It is slower than normal(like the video says) because I watch him sign to his mom and the way they fingerspell… Half the time I’m like “I’m still trying to figure out what the first letter was!!” and they’re already finished with what they were saying. This is a lot of help. =] Thanks so much!!
It would not be considered rude, but your customers might look at you strangely. One thing that I’m sure you’ll also learn from your college teacher is that ASL and English are not the same. So if you speak and sign at the same time, you’ll be signing a more English rather than ASL type of signing.
I’m planning on taking a Beginner’s ASL course at my local community college here shortly. I also work part-time at a grocery store. Would it be considered rude if I signed what I was saying to customers as a way to practice?
Ahhhh, you’ll be fine. *smile* Just practice, practice, practice! Fluent fingerspelling is not a skill learned overnight. Good luck!
this video helps me see how much of a newbie i am… and i’m in the 2nd level class
@BYUFanatic Hmm, I will say that for any types of sign lanaguage, we will use our dominant hand to sign and fingerspell, not just ASL 🙂
LOL. Keep up the practice!
good thing I know finger spelling ,,lol ah use to practice in mirror ,, on a bus ,,,, now I talk to meself all the time out loud,,,,..got to keep on going ….;o)
LOL! Oh no! Now you have to go back and learn to do it with your left hand. JUST KIDDING. In ASL, simply use your “dominant” hand for most of your fingerspelling and signing. So, your right hand is just fine.
Hi, is it a problem if I sign with the right hand? I realized that every video they do with the left… jeez
It’s true, students often don’t know when they’re wrong. But finding out they’re wrong by checking the answers isn’t as helpful as discovering they’re wrong all by themselves. I’ve done that with this video! I realized after watching many times that I’d gotten a few wrong.
You’re very welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you very much! You are very helpful!
LOTS of practice will help with that. *smile* Pay close attention to the thumb positioning. Check out my “Lesson on American Sign Language Alphabet” video for proper placement and what to look for.
At first it was hard for me to tell the difference between an E and an O, too. But after a while I noticed the difference between those two handshapes, and now I can instantly distinguish between E and O. My advice is to keep watching fingerspelling. Eventually your eyes/brain will distinguish which is which.