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  2. my aunts deaf. in order to learn it get a compuetr and print a sign launguage hseet just for yourself. practice makes perfect. also you can go see a deaf perosn a lip talk to them becuase deaf people can read lips really well. anyway go see the deaf person and ask them how to say certain things. hope i answered your question

  3. Ok, I am Deaf, and the previous post is WRONG, only a FEW Deaf people are excellent lip-readers! Lip-reading is a skill, the same as playing piano, painting an artwork, or solving complicated math problems.

    Totally unfair to generalize us like that!

    Also pictures are very hard to learn from, unless you use the online sign language browsers. But you still need to see signs in a conversation to understand the whole grammatical aspect of ASL.

    Second, (which should be first) CONGRATS on your decision!

    I suggest:

    1. Take a sign language class if you can afford it. Try to make sure that your teacher is DEAF.

    2. Make sure to socialize with other Deaf as often as you can. Sign up to your local Deaf newsletter online, and try to attend the Deaf events.

    3. Don’t be shy about it! Try as hard as you can, and helpful Deaf will show you the right away.

    4. Practice as much as you can! At home, practice fingerspelling all the objects in your home. Or while you are at a stop light, practice fingerspelling the license plates in front of you.

    You also learn and remember signs well when you try to sign the words to music.

    This is a great start! If you do this consistently, you -could- be fluent between 6mos – a year.

    Glad for you!!

  4. Both available at Amazon.com:

    My First Book of Sign Language by Joan Holub.
    American Sign Language the Easy Way by David Stewart Ed. D.

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