I've been learming sign from Victoria for 3 weeks (I repeat watching some that I forget). Now I'm communicating physically my deaf best friend that was once just talking on chat. He's very happy that I can now talk to him in sign because we used to talk to each other using chat or writing on paper. Thank you so much Victoria for the very detailed tutorials.
I took an ASL class as a teenager and never learned how to put all the words I know into actual sentences. The couple of videos I've watched of you is helping me finally put that all together. Wish you had your own channel and more videos like this!
Victoria, you are awesome!!! I am learning to communicate with my mom! ( She is not deaf but it's fun to talk to her in Sign Language.) This helps a lot!!
Are specific objects assigned specific classifiers? ie she uses a flat b as a desk, and an upside down claw shape as a house and school. Could a desk be established with the claw shape or does it specifically have to be a flat b? If that makes any sense.
I just want to say a BIG thank you!! My teacher is deaf and is trying to teach us asl while using asl with students who don’t know it. It is coming along little by little. Yes, I love my teacher but sometimes I come to a point, such as right now where she isn’t explaining enough and this video made everything make sense. Again, a big thank you!!
Thank you for explaining things so thoroughly. I'm taking an ASL (online) course and won't be learning certain things for a few lessons ahead, but some of what you're teaching in your videos makes me better understand and is answering the questions I have now, that'll I'll need to get me through this.
Perfect lesson! I work in IT and internalized this as "instantiate a variable" and then "assign it a value". It's clear in my head now but I want to go watch some receptive videos and see how good my code reviewing skills are (not very). Thank you for another great video.
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for this video. My ASL teacher was not able to describe this to me very well in an immersion class, and I found myself floundering. This will help me SO much with my grammar!
@@ebonyfoley4495 Don't you have to pay for the lessons after the free trial? I looked on their site and I didn't see free other than free trial offer. I really would love for my granddaughter to use this teacher, but money is an issue for us. I have been watching several of the videos and I really like the method of instruction. I am homeschooling her and she is in 7th grade and has already mastered the alphabet, so she is very motivated. I would like to learn along with her as her teacher so that we can help each other.
I keep reading below how people are taking this all for free. I went on the site and it is a 14 day free trial. If I had 14 days in a row that are open, this would be fine, but with a busy schedule, I'd probably only get 2-3 lessons in before the free trial was over. I really like Victoria and when searching the site, it looked like there were other people teaching the classes. Hopefully, Victoria has more lessons on RU-vid to get us through at least one semester of learning.
When I decided to learn asl, I at first was just planning on using it to talk to my friends, but now I'm excited to use it to talk to deaf people as well!!
Best way is to watch how native Deaf signers use classifiers. It’s more of an advanced skill. Sorry, there’s not really an easy way to explain it in a RU-vid comment. Basically, what matches the shape of the object the best and the perspective you’re using to describe it, whether close or far away, the angle, movement, etc. Many are standardized; others aren’t and are more personal choices (within acceptable ranges for the language). There’s a gray area in there.
I thought about this with her example of “the car is swerving.” Instead of using classifier 3 why not just use your hands in the position of 10 and 2 on a steering wheel? This is very interesting and I enjoy her videos.
how do you know what words are in asl. like you said you dont have a sign for swerving. how do you figure out if theres no sign for the word you want to use. or does that come with time?
but how do i chose or know which classifier to use? like with the car and classifier 3, not use for exapmle a classifier R like the last letter of "car"?
theres a bunch of rules for which classifiers are commonly used as, here's a good source www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/classifiers/classifiers-frame.htm although i may be 7 months late :))
Are classifiers set in stone for each word or is it more like the signer chooses whatever simple sign can be the classifier for that word in that context?
Don't put limits on yourself. Get out of your comfort zone and do it! If you're called to learn sign, (like I am), you will have the grace to learn and succeed. All things are possible. I completely understand how you feel, as I'm currently stepping out of my comfort zone while pursuing my bachelor's degree in ASL interpreting. Wish you the best!
maybe I missed this part...but why not just come up with a sign for these classifiers??? Why isn't there a sign for "on top" or 'sign"? Why not just create a sign for "thick"? You have a sign for "big", why cant there be a sign for 'thick'? I'm missing something here.
Because, deaf people like things shown to them ASL is all about visual not so much about the signs and, it would take much longer to sign the book was thick...and you wouldn't really know how thick classifiers help paint a picture to make it easier to understand. they are hard to understand at first, but as you continue to work on the, m they eventually just click and your like how did I never get this before!! Plus TakeLessons live classes are great I have learned so much from there!! And bonus its free!! Anyways you should try it :)
When setting up a moving/motion classifier, does the non dominate hand always have to become the object/person being described? Also, if you're someone learning and are ambidextrous, how do you pick a dominant hand?
luckylando27 i’m not sure about the first question but if you’re ambidextrous I recommend using the right hand because it will be easier to follow tutorials and understand other people, but just choose which ever one is most comfortable for you
So you use specific hand shapes to explain different things (ie a 1 as you and your mom, 3 as a car swerving, upside down claw as a school and house, etc). Can you use different shapes for different things as long as you appropriately establish them? ie if I show a car as a 1 is that ok if I sign “car” and then hold up that 1?
Can you "mark" a part of your sign space and use it to reference objects people or a group of people with classifiers like pronouns in english for storytelling and conversational purposes?
You just have to learn what each classifier I used for, such as CL: 3 is used for cars subs etc you just have to learn what each one means there are lots of videos on youtube that show what each CL is used for :)
I'm starting to learn ASL but I'm not a native speaker and I have a question about the classifiers but in generally why there is no sign for "is", "in", "on" and "under". Why keep those words out of their vocabulary? I'd love to get an answer because sounds very hard to skip (I'm also learning swedish and greek from english, so I'm basically redoing the english I have learned before and getting all the grammars troubles haha)
I think she is a wonderful teacher. My only complaint is I wish there wasn't music playing in the background. For some of us, it is distracting. For all of us it is unnecessary
can you do ASL on the following sentence "Let me show you what I am about, let them haters run their mouth. You should know you are something different coz I brought you to my house, served you breakfast on my. I will be there when you need me with no doubt"
May I ask why this is being taught by a hearing person? General consensus is that ASL should only be taught by Deaf instructors as it is their first language. A hearing person who learned ASL as a second language runs the risk of sharing misinformation because they are bound to makes mistakes in their second language and potentially teach those mistakes. Also they likely will not fully understand the complex grammatical rules and structure of ASL as a second language user... There will just be some nuances that we miss as we are second language users... I really hope you are honouring the Deaf community by hiring Deaf instructors...
Hello Amanda, thanks for commenting. Yes, we have deaf instructors teaching on our site! Victoria is a certified interpreter, so she is also a great resource for learning ASL. You are correct though, learning from a deaf instructor is the best way to learn since it is their first language. We look forward to posting more videos spotlighting our deaf instructors next year. :)
