American Sign Language

[oblongmelon]

:) I start my class tonight-has anyone ever taken this class before and if so how difficult is it to learn it all..?

[Speedfreak]

I am not sure how difficult an English sign language class is, but I bet one for an African Click language would be hard.

[chrissy]

depends I guess on the version. There are two from what I understand. There are all kinds of "slang" in sign language, too. My cousin teaches me bits and pieces when I get around her :)

She teaches in IL LD and special education classes and most of her students require sign to communicate.

I have thought about taking formal classes. Where are you going through?

[oblongmelon]

I am having private lessons with the Director of Special education services from the local School district here in town-he is a friend of mine-and he majored in Sign Language(and special ed)-and yes he also told me about the various types of signing-tonight we were concentrating on ASL but he also covered a bit of Pidgeon sign,Signed English and a few other types(slangy stuff)..he used to teach at the School for the Deaf in Rochester. There were 4 of us there tonight for the lesson. OMG I can count to twelve!

[BrewMaster]

i know how to say "f*** you" in sign language. it wasn't hard to learn at all. :D :P

[JPR]

Originally posted by BrewMaster
i know how to say "f*** you" in sign language. it wasn't hard to learn at all. :D :P

Funny I always thought it was like this.. :nono:

[BrewMaster]

naw, it's more like this http://216.40.201.240/s/otn/angry/zxflipoff.gif or this http://216.40.201.240/s/otn/mfinger/thefinger_red.gif or even this when i'm in a bad mood http://216.40.201.240/s/otn/mfinger/2up.gif