I’m planning on learning the song Me and Jesus by Stellar Kart in ASL.
and I was wondering if it was difficult??
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I’m planning on learning the song Me and Jesus by Stellar Kart in ASL.
and I was wondering if it was difficult??
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You can pick up the basics to ASL with a good teacher in about 100 hours. That’ll be the alphabet and about 300-400 hundred common words.
However, usually when a song is signed it is more conceptual than it is accurate. Movement may be combined with strings of signs which would be technically inaccurate sign language, though the meaning is usually clear enough.
No, it’s easier than learning another spoken language.
If you buy a book, and dedicate yourself to reading and studing for about two weeks, you’ll get the hook of it.
I studied ASL for 5 years. I started in an interpreters program at a local college and then took some private lessons with a friend. I am terrible at accents so this was a match for me. Not hard to learn but like anything else, you will need someone to practice with. People always watch me when I am signing to a song in the car. There is also signed english. Did you know that signs differ in different parts of this country and also that in England they have different signs as well as for Spanish speaking countries.
You can always email me if you want to talk about this further.
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If you’re just planning to learn this one song and not actually become fluent in the language, then it shouldn’t be too hard.
You may want to try to find a site that shows a video of how each sign should look. The meaning of the sign can change drastically depending on the emphasis and where your hands are in relation to your body. I had a friend who was trying to offer a deaf man an ice cream cone and inadvertently offered to perform a sex act on him instead….
I COMPLETELY disagree with what Michelle said. It is NOT easier than learning a spoken language. Just because it uses English based word system does not make it the same as learning a few hand signs. It has a completely different syntax and grammatical order. There are mouth morphemes that change the meaning of the signs, facial grammar, use of space and classifiers.
Learning a few signs is no big deal. Being able to communicate in ASL is a completely different deal. I have been studying to become an interpreter for the past several years and I am still nowhere near ready.