I'm a full laryngectomy (no vocal chords). My implant that allowed me to "talk" has been malfunctioning a lot and I've decided to learn ASL. Your videos have been such an amazing starting point, even for simple one word communication. Thank you so much for how you do you tutorials. You've made starting to learn so much easier. Thank you!
@@ASLMeredith my son is two and has hearing but I have been learning sign with him. He has a tendency to say he wants a bite bite when he is hungry. How do you recommend to switch to using the term and sign food? Just start saying food right after bite bite instead? We are changing changing vocabulary to match the signs vocabulary so he can understand more terms
My son is autistic and sometimes goes nonverbal when he's frustrated or overwhelmed. Learning sign language is making it so much easier for him to communicate when he's having a hard time emotionally. These videos are super helpful and he has fun learning them with me ❤
The specific signs being taught are very clearly demonstrated, and the full presentation using the language helps show it applied realistically. Very nicely done, thank you.
I LOVE that you show from different angles and break down the components of the sign, especially facial gestures and hand formation! very helpful, it adds alot of unspoken context.
The thing that you do better than anyone is that you caption everything and repeat everything slowly. I learn so much from your videos. Best ASL channel on TH-cam. Great job.
Your videos have helped me so much as an owner of a retail chain. I have several customers who sign and they really appreciate the effort we try to put into that communication gap!
Yay! I'm so glad that you're able to use these tutorials to communicate with your customers. Keep up the good work!! (If you like my style, please stay in touch at aslmeredith.com/newsletter )
My baby can hear but does not speak at almost 2 and a half thank you for your videos, accepting the fact he needs help was the hardest thing ever! 😢 Your videos are making it possible for us to communicate, we have seen ever specialists possible and his teacher said to start learning sign language so that is what we are doing, bless you all 🤗
I love how you use other signs to describe a sign. Thinking of "like" in terms of an 8 handshape will definitely help me remember. Also I'm so glad I watched this because until now I've been signing must and need the exact same
Thanks, Sophia! Glad the descriptions help. That's called a "handshape" -- when you identify the shape of the hand (for any sign) by the shape known for a letter, number, or other special shape. :)
I am learning ASL at church but have not been catching on too quickly. Your videos are the best out there and are helping me so much. Thanks for posting!
Thanks so much for this very kind feedback! I'm so glad you find these videos useful for learning ASL, and hope they help you communicate with other congregants!
Its crazy, I came here because I tried to imagine how I'd first naturally express "want" if I were deaf and accidentally coming up with my own signs. I wanted to see how close it would be to a real sign language and it actually coincidentally turned out the same! Except I imagined my hands curling up a bit more at the end (to be fair, if I actually tried it maybe I would have found that I wouldn't curl them as much as I thought) I chose 'want' because I thought it'd be such a primitive fundamental sign anyone would inevitably want to express early, and a bare emotion -- and not something starting to get too abstract or something that would be expressed later after already coming up with other signs influencing how you'd want to express with your hands.
Hi I’m new to ASL and I’m really glad I found this channel because I enjoy every second of it. I love to learn languages but find it hard. And you make it really easy. I hope this inspires you to more because you inspire me. Goodbye! 😄
Just subscribed after watching several of your videos. I appreciate the way you explain what you're signing and show what you're doing from several angles. Thank you for helping me learn a new language.
Thank you! I just made a new friend about a week ago and I want to learn ASL so I can talk with her. She's SO amazing and she's teaching me a lot but I can't expect to teach me everything so I want to learn some on my own.
I'm not deaf, but I just started learning ASL (as in JUST). I started learning it because there was concern after my mom's throat cancer returned that she wouldn't be able to speak (thankfully, she still can), but I did want to learn if she couldn't because I still wanted some way to communicate with her (which looking back, she doesn't sign, so it would have been a one way street, but no matter because ASL is such a beautiful language). Anyways, all that to say, I really enjoy these videos. They're really informative, not just on vocabulary, but also grammar.
Thank you so much Meredith. Very well done and laid out. I am currently on a bus run with students that attend Rochester School for the Deaf, which I’ve really grown to enjoy. Review is always good. Thanks again, Darin😁
Thank you, ASL is giving me a new lease on life, it's so helpful to me. I Can talk but I choose not too & you Are such a good teacher. ASL is so Natural for you. Subscribed & thumbs Up.
Thank you! My toddler has a speach delay and teaching her ASL helps her to communicate so much. At her age she supposed to put 2+ words to make a sentence. which she can’t do verbally , but is learning to do with ASL. Your videos help me teach her! Thank you so much
I am not deaf, but like others I want to communicate with the customers who are. I am glad that your videos have verbal explanations as well as the way you sign slowly. I have slowed the speed of the other videos down to 50% to "see" the full sign. Because they sign too fast.
Thank you so much for making these videos, we have been slowly teaching my son ASL as he has issues communicating sometimes, and your videos are such a great help! It also in turn helps me communicate with my deaf uncle which is wonderful.
Thank you! Now that my Deaf daughter is no longer in school and plus she is no longer here, she's in heaven. I have no access to ASL school/classes. I was in small free classes at her school a long time ago. That was 10 years ago. After she graduated from school I had no more classes. My daughter was teaching me. But i need more help and I will have certificate in ASL in the future, I cannot get into community colleges. You put these videos here and it is such a big help!!! Thank you 🤟
wow your video is really great, I just found it and you explain great how to sign something, I really want to learn more, more and more in ASL and you make it easier
I like the way you teach, my English is not very well but I can understand with your words and subtitles. I have a deaf child.He is ASL and you help me a lot. Thank you so much 🤘🏽
You are so great thank you! I use your videos to teach my preschool kids mantras. December is going to be “I choose my attitude, I choose gratitude! I have what I need inside of me!” If you could do a video of this mantra I would be forever grateful as I am mostly guessing how the structure is.
Hello Meredith! I am currently working on my BS in Social Work and I find it extremely important to be able to communicate in ASL. So, I have decided to learn ASL as any other class during the summer. As soon as I found you I have been hook on your videos. Thank you for making them easy to follow and for good beautiful smile. Next, I'd have to find a meetup group so I can not only practice and get feedback, but also have a better understanding of the deaf community. Lots of blessings to you and thank you for your patience.
Hi Maria, thank you for sharing your "why"! It's certainly invaluable for you to have more direct communication with people you may work with in the future. Kudos for taking the initiative to learn ahead of time. Yes -- having a meetup group will be so useful for practicing! Keep up the good work!
My brother is hard of hearing and is slowly losing his hearing over time, so I want to learn ASL so we can communicate as we age. These videos are really helpful! Thanks :D
@@albertjohnpunzalan1484 Great question, Albert! I am not deaf; I am hearing. More on my background with ASL and the Deaf community can be found in the "About" tab in my TH-cam profile or on my Website for more detail. Thanks!
I really love this but I have a learning disability I have a hard time retaining words but once I learn something I keep it I love how you teach I just wish you could send me a link that could teach me slower because of my cancer i will need to be able to communicate with my family thank you for the few words I was able to learn please continue with the amazing job
Great videos. I am learning a lot through this and helpful in understanding the little bits of signing. I don't really have any questions after watching, you seem to answer them all. Mahalo
Yes, I do private tutoring via Skype, though I'm not currently taking on new students. You can learn more about lessons at aslmeredith.com/lessons and contact me with a bit of information about what you're looking for in private lessons, and I can get back to you with a potential timeline. OR if you're still just getting started learning, stay tuned for my upcoming beginner course! It'd be a great kickstart in learning basic ASL foundations for before advancing to private tutoring. Let me know if you have any questions!
Hello Meredith. Thank you for the classes. I'm a ASL learner, here in Dominican Republic, and for My next class, My homework is: feelings, and emotions. 1.shame 2.soft / slow 3.discontented 4.selfish 5.angry 6.discourage 7.jealous 8.stubborn May you address me, to Where I can get how this signal got birth? Where they can from? Thank you / Gracias. Leandro Yépez.
hey would you mind telling me where you're/were you learning, I live in dr too and i'm interested in learning sign language but I don't know where they teach it here
I enjoy your videos, although I haven't watched in a while (I must get back to it). Would you please consider a video for "thank you" and "good"? I thought they were the same sign but then thought I noticed a difference in another video you posted a while back. However, would like to see that again, intentionally, if you wouldn't mind. By the way, I love that you show signs from all angles and include variations. That is helpful, and it is something others do not include in their videos.
Hi Meredith! As always, awesome video! I had a quick question about deaf culture. In normal conversation (in English), we tend to "show words" through body movement. So like if you want to say "I dont know" you might shrug and raise your arms in a W position. Or if you're saying "yes/no" you may shake your head. But we dont always say words when doing these things. In ASL, are those motions still recognized? Do I have to do the "not-know" sign, or can I just do the shrug? Do I have to sign "yes" or can I just shake my head? Thank you!
Hi Jordon, great question! Yes -- Deaf people (and other signers) are well aware of the cultural gestures in their country/region, and those would be recognized in ASL conversation. Like with spoken language, those gestures/shrugs may be used on their own (simply shrug, simply nod head) or may be used in combination with the signs (shrug AND sign 'not-know', or sign yes AND nod head).
Thank you for making this! I use a lot of TPR (using physical movement to show word examples) when I teach my ESL classes and I think ASL will help with that a lot!
Hiya! I was wondering if you have a video on how to sign animals? Oh, and thanks for making these videos! I make some, too! I love how you explain that there are different ways to say the same thing! It really helps when I’m talking to somebody who wouldn’t sign something the same way I do. So thanks!
Thank you for the kind feedback! I'm glad you find this video and format helpful in learning ASL :) If you like my style, subscribe to my free email newsletter! I send more lessons and videos monthly :) aslmeredith.com/newsletter
these are so helpful thank you! i'm learning to potentially help kids i meet in therapy. though most kids with autism used modified ASL, it is helpful to be able to recognize certain signs if they know them.
Thank you so much! I teach children with varying intellectual disabilities and I use these a lot and just realized I was signing like, like white! Lol so glad I found this thanks for the help!
Thanks for the kind words and the request! I won't be doing videos that are based on the English alphabet, for a few reasons, the biggest of which is that a video that translates all "A-" words would be incredible long and I could never make it comprehensive to include alllll relevant signs. (I'm not a dictionary, but if you want a dictionary, I recommend a few good ones at aslmeredith.com/resources )
Hey Merideth! love the video! I hope to become as smooth with my signing as you soon! I did notice that you mixed "dessert" for "date" though. I look forward to watching more videos from you!
Hi there! Thank you for the kind feedback! I'm glad you find these videos useful :) and I'll definitely have more videos coming out end of summer and in the fall. As an FYI - the signs for "date" and "dessert" are actually the same! Context of the conversation typically helps you distinguish them. (Some people sometimes fingerspell 'dessert' or sign 'sweets', too.) . Hope this helps!
I love sign language... I only know a very little bit and I taught my kids signs hen they were babies it helped so much bc they couldn’t talk yet... I started them at 6 months maybe 8... I’m hoping to become fluent but how do u tell the difference between certain signs... I love watching ppl sign and bc they are fluent they not only sign quick but like any language they have ways of saying things ... I’m trying to figure how to say it and the only way I can think is on switched at birth melody told Emmett not to mumble to do sharp proper signing... so many signs look alike when ppl “mumble”
Thank you Meredith. I was confused with need and must. It is like food and eat. I see some words are same hand movement but differ in number of times you make the movement.
Hey Meredith, I love your lessons. I am having a difficult time seeing the words because the letters are the same color as your background. Maybe you can try the letters in green or blue to contrast the white and black.
Hi Rozelle, thank you for your feedback! My old open captions (like in this video) are white with a small black outline. I realize it's not ideal and hard to see - as you noticed! That's why my open captions are now (past ~2+years) in dark gray against the white background, and at the top of the screen. Unfortunately I can't go back and change an older video like this one, BUT you can enable closed captions and see the same captions in black/white! Use TH-cam's "CC" option to enable captions on these videos and they'll be much more readable. Hope that helps!
That's fair, they're similar! Keep an eye on the handshape (D vs 1 - i.e. is the fist open or closed) and the movement (double tap vs one movement inward).
Hello Meredith, your videos are so wonderful. I am a kindergarten teacher for 3 year-olds, and sign language is the best way of teaching my non-English speakers new words in English. Is it possible for you to make a video with English common class comands: 1) I want to go to the toilet. 2) please sit down 3) Let´s color/paint/cut/glue-verb/paste 4) sign language for crayon, scissors,brush, glue-noun, paint-noun 5) No running/yelling/fighting in the classroom Stuff like that ^_^
Do the words like, have, need, and want follow the subject-topic sentence structure? Example: I want an apple. Would it be signed apple I want or I want apple? I love your videos and I am learning so much!! Thank you!!😊😊
Yep those words can all be used in topic-comment structure !! For your example sentence, either would be accurate, but the first might be more "ASL", and would put the emphasis on the apple.
Hi Meredith. I went through an interpreter training program and got an Associates Degree in 1993. Unfortunately, my skill still didn't exceed Level 1 at State level. I followed a blue collar career that paid more than what i would have made as an interpreter. Now that I am near retirement in my blue collar field, I still wonder if I should have pursued interpreting. I had a deaf brother (now deceased) and I feel that our pidgen signs from childhood hampered my skill as an interpreter. I'm pretty good at expressing (although I'm slow to think of signs that can have multiple meanings) but terrible at receiving (I have trouble reading signs from people with fat fingers). Nearing retirement in my blue collar job, I often wonder if I should pursue a B.A. in interpreting. Since the Rubella outbreak in the early 60's occurred, I realize that a lot of deaf people are becoming senior citizens and there is a shortage of male interpreters. So you have any advice? I know this is a lot to ask, but I was wondering if you could tutor me through zoom sessions for a fee?
Hi Leland, how wonderful that you're returning to your ASL skills now. It's possible that your family signs with your brother could have helped and/or also hindered ASL - hard to say. But! You certainly could take up a class or private lessons to restore / improve your signing, if you're looking to pursue interpreting once again. I'm not currently taking on new private students, but I suggest several wonderful Deaf instructors at aslmeredith.com/learn-from-home who do 1:1 online lessons and tutoring! Perhaps see if one of them might meet your needs? Also www.trixbruce.com/ does workshops and webinars for interpreting skills, specifically; I'm not sure whether she does 1:1 tutoring. Hope this helps!
Hi! Thank you for your tutorials! How do you sign ‘ meeting every need’ I’m trying to do a song and one part says ‘ meeting every need’ Can you help me please? Thank you!
im just starting in asl, so this may be a dumb question but, when signing "got" in context like "i got a car", can you sign "have" instead? or does that not work, sorry, just having trouble finding how to sign got, thanks!
Thank you both! Yes, you could sign BUY -- to indicate that you bought a car, "got" a car. If someone gifted it to you, then you'd use the sign GIFT (as a verb) or GIVE. There *is* a general sign for "GET", but it feels a little lax for something as momentous as a car!
Hi I’m so glad I found you’re videos! I’ve always been interested in learning ASL and I have been getting a customer at work who uses it and I would love to be able to communicate with her. My first question before I get started is, I’m left handed, can I sign with my left hand as my dominant hand or do I have to use my right?
I'm a full laryngectomy (no vocal chords). My implant that allowed me to "talk" has been malfunctioning a lot and I've decided to learn ASL. Your videos have been such an amazing starting point, even for simple one word communication. Thank you so much for how you do you tutorials. You've made starting to learn so much easier. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your story! It's great that you're learning ASL to maintain your communication - so important. Keep it up and be well.
@@ASLMeredith my son is two and has hearing but I have been learning sign with him. He has a tendency to say he wants a bite bite when he is hungry. How do you recommend to switch to using the term and sign food? Just start saying food right after bite bite instead? We are changing changing vocabulary to match the signs vocabulary so he can understand more terms
@@mariahbreckenridge3442 That's really cute :'D
I'm going to feel and look like a complete badass being able to sign out of quarantine
What?
Im on that too!
¡Yo estoy en eso también!
¡Saludos!
Ya bro me tooooo
Wow, thank you! I appreciate you repeating them + signing slowly, it's very helpful for someone just starting out.
Thank YOU for the kind feedback! I'm so glad you find these beginner videos useful for learning.
My son is autistic and sometimes goes nonverbal when he's frustrated or overwhelmed. Learning sign language is making it so much easier for him to communicate when he's having a hard time emotionally. These videos are super helpful and he has fun learning them with me ❤
The specific signs being taught are very clearly demonstrated, and the full presentation using the language helps show it applied realistically. Very nicely done, thank you.
Thanks, Ericus! So glad you found this video helpful for learning.
I LOVE that you show from different angles and break down the components of the sign, especially facial gestures and hand formation! very helpful, it adds alot of unspoken context.
The thing that you do better than anyone is that you caption everything and repeat everything slowly. I learn so much from your videos. Best ASL channel on TH-cam. Great job.
Thank you for the positive feedback, Vince! I'm so glad you find my video format and pace helpful for learning. :)
@@ASLMeredith you are absolutely welcome and I seriously can not thank you enough for how much I am learning from your videos. Great Job!!
Your videos have helped me so much as an owner of a retail chain. I have several customers who sign and they really appreciate the effort we try to put into that communication gap!
Yay! I'm so glad that you're able to use these tutorials to communicate with your customers. Keep up the good work!! (If you like my style, please stay in touch at aslmeredith.com/newsletter )
My baby can hear but does not speak at almost 2 and a half thank you for your videos, accepting the fact he needs help was the hardest thing ever! 😢 Your videos are making it possible for us to communicate, we have seen ever specialists possible and his teacher said to start learning sign language so that is what we are doing, bless you all 🤗
This is best TH-cam channel I’ve found for learning sign language! Thank you so much for making these videos!!
WOW, thank you, Liz, for this very kind comment! I'm so glad you enjoy learning from these videos :D :D
I absolutely agree
I love how you use other signs to describe a sign. Thinking of "like" in terms of an 8 handshape will definitely help me remember. Also I'm so glad I watched this because until now I've been signing must and need the exact same
Thanks, Sophia! Glad the descriptions help. That's called a "handshape" -- when you identify the shape of the hand (for any sign) by the shape known for a letter, number, or other special shape. :)
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At 56 yrs old I'm going deaf so this is really helpful to me thanks so much
Thanks for your note! I'm so glad you find these useful; hope they help you learn ASL and you can use it to communicate!
Wow, thank you! I appreciate you repeating them + signing slowly, it's very helpful for someone just starting out.😊
I am learning ASL at church but have not been catching on too quickly. Your videos are the best out there and are helping me so much. Thanks for posting!
Thanks so much for this very kind feedback! I'm so glad you find these videos useful for learning ASL, and hope they help you communicate with other congregants!
Its crazy, I came here because I tried to imagine how I'd first naturally express "want" if I were deaf and accidentally coming up with my own signs. I wanted to see how close it would be to a real sign language and it actually coincidentally turned out the same! Except I imagined my hands curling up a bit more at the end (to be fair, if I actually tried it maybe I would have found that I wouldn't curl them as much as I thought)
I chose 'want' because I thought it'd be such a primitive fundamental sign anyone would inevitably want to express early, and a bare emotion -- and not something starting to get too abstract or something that would be expressed later after already coming up with other signs influencing how you'd want to express with your hands.
Hi I’m new to ASL and I’m really glad I found this channel because I enjoy every second of it. I love to learn languages but find it hard. And you make it really easy. I hope this inspires you to more because you inspire me. Goodbye! 😄
Thanks so much! I'm glad you found this channel too! Thank you for the kind comment
Just subscribed after watching several of your videos. I appreciate the way you explain what you're signing and show what you're doing from several angles. Thank you for helping me learn a new language.
Thank YOU for the encouraging feedback! So glad you find these video formats useful for learning. Keep up the good work!
My daughter is deaf, your videos help me to learn ASL easily.... God bless you. ❤️❤️
Thanks for sharing! I'm so glad you're embracing ASL for your daughter.
Thank you! I just made a new friend about a week ago and I want to learn ASL so I can talk with her. She's SO amazing and she's teaching me a lot but I can't expect to teach me everything so I want to learn some on my own.
I'm not deaf, but I just started learning ASL (as in JUST). I started learning it because there was concern after my mom's throat cancer returned that she wouldn't be able to speak (thankfully, she still can), but I did want to learn if she couldn't because I still wanted some way to communicate with her (which looking back, she doesn't sign, so it would have been a one way street, but no matter because ASL is such a beautiful language). Anyways, all that to say, I really enjoy these videos. They're really informative, not just on vocabulary, but also grammar.
Thank you so much Meredith. Very well done and laid out.
I am currently on a bus run with students that attend Rochester School for the Deaf, which I’ve really grown to enjoy. Review is always good. Thanks again,
Darin😁
That's so great! Glad you found this useful.
Thank you, ASL is giving me a new lease on life, it's so helpful to me. I
Can talk but I choose not too & you
Are such a good teacher. ASL is so
Natural for you. Subscribed & thumbs
Up.
Thank you for the kind feedback! I'm glad you find ASL useful and these videos helpful for learning :) keep up the good work!
Thank you! My toddler has a speach delay and teaching her ASL helps her to communicate so much. At her age she supposed to put 2+ words to make a sentence. which she can’t do verbally , but is learning to do with ASL. Your videos help me teach her! Thank you so much
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I am not deaf, but like others I want to communicate with the customers who are. I am glad that your videos have verbal explanations as well as the way you sign slowly. I have slowed the speed of the other videos down to 50% to "see" the full sign. Because they sign too fast.
Thank you so much for making these videos, we have been slowly teaching my son ASL as he has issues communicating sometimes, and your videos are such a great help! It also in turn helps me communicate with my deaf uncle which is wonderful.
Thanks for the kind feedback! I'm glad these help you learn ASL to communicate with your uncle and also your son !
I can’t wait to be able to communicate with some of the deaf customers at my job. I just wish they would talk to me either way 😒 beautiful language.
Most deaf people can't talk...
Thank you! Now that my Deaf daughter is no longer in school and plus she is no longer here, she's in heaven. I have no access to ASL school/classes. I was in small free classes at her school a long time ago. That was 10 years ago. After she graduated from school I had no more classes. My daughter was teaching me. But i need more help and I will have certificate in ASL in the future, I cannot get into community colleges. You put these videos here and it is such a big help!!! Thank you 🤟
Hi Raylene, so sorry for your loss. I'm glad that you're still looking to improve your ASL and maintain a connection to the language and community.
I’ve seen some old vids and I love the audio voiceover so I can focus on the signing than the subtitles as a hearing person!
Thanks for this positive feedback! I'm glad you appreciate this format and find it useful.
thank you for showing side profiles! Soooo much easier to learn!
Glad it helps!
wow your video is really great, I just found it and you explain great how to sign something, I really want to learn more, more and more in ASL and you make it easier
Thank you so much, Julia! I'm so glad you find these videos useful. Hope you continue learning and hope my channel continues to be helpful :)
I like the way you teach, my English is not very well but I can understand with your words and subtitles. I have a deaf child.He is ASL and you help me a lot. Thank you so much 🤘🏽
Hi there! Thanks for your message; I'm glad you find these useful and hope they help you and especially your child communicate!
You are so great thank you! I use your videos to teach my preschool kids mantras. December is going to be “I choose my attitude, I choose gratitude! I have what I need inside of me!” If you could do a video of this mantra I would be forever grateful as I am mostly guessing how the structure is.
Hello Meredith! I am currently working on my BS in Social Work and I find it extremely important to be able to communicate in ASL. So, I have decided to learn ASL as any other class during the summer. As soon as I found you I have been hook on your videos. Thank you for making them easy to follow and for good beautiful smile. Next, I'd have to find a meetup group so I can not only practice and get feedback, but also have a better understanding of the deaf community.
Lots of blessings to you and thank you for your patience.
Hi Maria, thank you for sharing your "why"! It's certainly invaluable for you to have more direct communication with people you may work with in the future. Kudos for taking the initiative to learn ahead of time. Yes -- having a meetup group will be so useful for practicing! Keep up the good work!
Love your classes, you show all angles
Glad you find it useful, thanks!!
Out of so many different types of signing instructors.
Your style matches my friend's teaching's. TKS
Cool!
Thank you so much for explaining and showing what I need to keep practicing to communicate with my deaf puppy!
Aw, love that you're signing with your deaf pupp!
Awesome lesson! Thank you for teaching so thoroughly!
My brother is hard of hearing and is slowly losing his hearing over time, so I want to learn ASL so we can communicate as we age. These videos are really helpful! Thanks :D
Maintaining visual communication is so important! I love that you're learning ASL.
Thank you!! Working on signs with my litte one whom is non verbal.
You have everything! I’m so glad I found this channel or I won’t be fluent!
another good asl teacher to watch is bill vicars, he is amazing and hilarious. I am watching his videos as part of my homeschooling :)
Agree, he and his videos are fantastic!!
SO love your videos they are PERFECT for someone who is trying to teach themselves ASL
Thanks, Kat! I'm so glad you find these helpful for self-study.
I have a deaf sister and I always regret not learning ASL. thank you for your videos
Thanks Carl. Glad you're learning ASL now and hope it helps you better communicate with your sister!
Thank you for doing it in different angles
Am watching Bill Vicars as well he has a review on each segment, pretty neat to test with
Yes, his website has great resources!
This videos are very useful to me. I am hearing, I just want to learn ASL. Thank you so much! ❤
So glad you find these useful for learning!
@@ASLMeredith I just want to ask, but are you deaf Ms. Meredith?
@@albertjohnpunzalan1484 Great question, Albert! I am not deaf; I am hearing. More on my background with ASL and the Deaf community can be found in the "About" tab in my TH-cam profile or on my Website for more detail. Thanks!
thanks you so much i’m taking an ASL class and my teacher signs to fast this is really helpful 🥺
thank you for being slow and repetitive lessons you offer. am learning this language all in zambia.
I really love this but I have a learning disability I have a hard time retaining words but once I learn something I keep it I love how you teach I just wish you could send me a link that could teach me slower because of my cancer i will need to be able to communicate with my family thank you for the few words I was able to learn please continue with the amazing job
Corrected all signs so good yes l watched your video great Meredith l cheer you very much ! Wink
Great videos.
I am learning a lot through this and helpful in understanding the little bits of signing. I don't really have any questions after watching, you seem to answer them all.
Mahalo
This is such a great video!! I love these videos and also want to become fluent in asl!!
:D Keep up the good work, then!
Signing my thanks for discovering your channel. Thank you!
thank YOU!! I'm so glad you find these useful
@@ASLMeredith do you have private lesson availability (for hire)?
Yes, I do private tutoring via Skype, though I'm not currently taking on new students. You can learn more about lessons at aslmeredith.com/lessons and contact me with a bit of information about what you're looking for in private lessons, and I can get back to you with a potential timeline. OR if you're still just getting started learning, stay tuned for my upcoming beginner course! It'd be a great kickstart in learning basic ASL foundations for before advancing to private tutoring. Let me know if you have any questions!
@@ASLMeredith beautiful, thanks!
Thank you Meredith I really learned alot! I am taking an online ASL class and this video helps
Thank YOU, Sheena! Glad this helps with your study :)
Hello Meredith.
Thank you for the classes.
I'm a ASL learner, here in Dominican Republic, and for My next class, My homework is: feelings, and emotions.
1.shame
2.soft / slow
3.discontented
4.selfish
5.angry
6.discourage
7.jealous
8.stubborn
May you address me, to Where I can get how this signal got birth?
Where they can from?
Thank you / Gracias.
Leandro Yépez.
hey would you mind telling me where you're/were you learning, I live in dr too and i'm interested in learning sign language but I don't know where they teach it here
I enjoy your videos, although I haven't watched in a while (I must get back to it). Would you please consider a video for "thank you" and "good"? I thought they were the same sign but then thought I noticed a difference in another video you posted a while back. However, would like to see that again, intentionally, if you wouldn't mind. By the way, I love that you show signs from all angles and include variations. That is helpful, and it is something others do not include in their videos.
Hi Meredith! As always, awesome video!
I had a quick question about deaf culture. In normal conversation (in English), we tend to "show words" through body movement. So like if you want to say "I dont know" you might shrug and raise your arms in a W position. Or if you're saying "yes/no" you may shake your head. But we dont always say words when doing these things.
In ASL, are those motions still recognized? Do I have to do the "not-know" sign, or can I just do the shrug? Do I have to sign "yes" or can I just shake my head?
Thank you!
Hi Jordon, great question! Yes -- Deaf people (and other signers) are well aware of the cultural gestures in their country/region, and those would be recognized in ASL conversation. Like with spoken language, those gestures/shrugs may be used on their own (simply shrug, simply nod head) or may be used in combination with the signs (shrug AND sign 'not-know', or sign yes AND nod head).
Miseria válvula vez
No casa miecdio no
@@ASLMeredith vez
Thanks Meredith. You make it easy
Happy to help!!! Glad you find these helpful :D
ive subscribed, thank you so much for all your videos I'm going to go over it everyday and learn from you
Thank YOU! Glad you find these useful
5:38 is when the review of what was taught in the video begins
Thank you for making this! I use a lot of TPR (using physical movement to show word examples) when I teach my ESL classes and I think ASL will help with that a lot!
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing :) hope it helps
This was very helpful thank you!! I subscribed!! 😁
I love the way you teach
Thanks, Janien! I'm glad you find these video formats useful for learning.
Thank you Merideth!! I'm learning a lot from your videos.
Great! So glad you find these useful :) (If you like my style, please stay in touch at aslmeredith.com/newsletter )
Hiya! I was wondering if you have a video on how to sign animals? Oh, and thanks for making these videos! I make some, too! I love how you explain that there are different ways to say the same thing! It really helps when I’m talking to somebody who wouldn’t sign something the same way I do. So thanks!
Als Meredith your the Bestest sign language teacher.😆😆🎉🎊🎊🎉🎉💖 luv your vids so helpful
Thank you! I'm SO Glad you find these useful for learning ASL :) keep up the good work!
Like your tutoring videos!! 👍 it’s been really helpful!
Thank you for the kind feedback! I'm glad you find this video and format helpful in learning ASL :) If you like my style, subscribe to my free email newsletter! I send more lessons and videos monthly :) aslmeredith.com/newsletter
these are so helpful thank you! i'm learning to potentially help kids i meet in therapy. though most kids with autism used modified ASL, it is helpful to be able to recognize certain signs if they know them.
Thanks for your message! Glad this helps you communicate and work with your clients.
Thank you so much! I teach children with varying intellectual disabilities and I use these a lot and just realized I was signing like, like white! Lol so glad I found this thanks for the help!
Meredith your videos are so helpful please do one where you alphabetize certain vocabulary
Like words with A you should know in sign ❤️
Thanks for the kind words and the request! I won't be doing videos that are based on the English alphabet, for a few reasons, the biggest of which is that a video that translates all "A-" words would be incredible long and I could never make it comprehensive to include alllll relevant signs. (I'm not a dictionary, but if you want a dictionary, I recommend a few good ones at aslmeredith.com/resources )
ASLMeredith thank you anyways your videos are the BEST😊
I watch u in school for my Thursday and Friday elective
Cool! I hope you and other students are learning a lot :)
Hey Merideth! love the video! I hope to become as smooth with my signing as you soon! I did notice that you mixed "dessert" for "date" though.
I look forward to watching more videos from you!
Hi there! Thank you for the kind feedback! I'm glad you find these videos useful :) and I'll definitely have more videos coming out end of summer and in the fall. As an FYI - the signs for "date" and "dessert" are actually the same! Context of the conversation typically helps you distinguish them. (Some people sometimes fingerspell 'dessert' or sign 'sweets', too.) . Hope this helps!
Wonderful ASL sample so much good.
I love sign language... I only know a very little bit and I taught my kids signs hen they were babies it helped so much bc they couldn’t talk yet... I started them at 6 months maybe 8... I’m hoping to become fluent but how do u tell the difference between certain signs... I love watching ppl sign and bc they are fluent they not only sign quick but like any language they have ways of saying things ... I’m trying to figure how to say it and the only way I can think is on switched at birth melody told Emmett not to mumble to do sharp proper signing... so many signs look alike when ppl “mumble”
Thank you Meredith. I was confused with need and must. It is like food and eat. I see some words are same hand movement but differ in number of times you make the movement.
Yep! Exactly
Excellent. Thank you.
There is a deaf guy I work with that I am trying to be an asshole to. Thanks for the help!
Don't worry, he has a sense of humor.
Hey Meredith, I love your lessons. I am having a difficult time seeing the words because the letters are the same color as your background. Maybe you can try the letters in green or blue to contrast the white and black.
Hi Rozelle, thank you for your feedback! My old open captions (like in this video) are white with a small black outline. I realize it's not ideal and hard to see - as you noticed! That's why my open captions are now (past ~2+years) in dark gray against the white background, and at the top of the screen. Unfortunately I can't go back and change an older video like this one, BUT you can enable closed captions and see the same captions in black/white! Use TH-cam's "CC" option to enable captions on these videos and they'll be much more readable. Hope that helps!
Liked this so much.
Thanks!
I signed up for your newsletter!
Awesome, thanks! You'll get June's letter this week! :)
Meredith : "I want dessert."
Me, a beginner *sees* : "I want to meet"
That's fair, they're similar! Keep an eye on the handshape (D vs 1 - i.e. is the fist open or closed) and the movement (double tap vs one movement inward).
Hello Meredith, your videos are so wonderful. I am a kindergarten teacher for 3 year-olds, and sign language is the best way of teaching my non-English speakers new words in English. Is it possible for you to make a video with English common class comands: 1) I want to go to the toilet. 2) please sit down 3) Let´s color/paint/cut/glue-verb/paste 4) sign language for crayon, scissors,brush, glue-noun, paint-noun 5) No running/yelling/fighting in the classroom Stuff like that ^_^
Hi there, thanks for the great request! Adding these to my list for future recordings.
@@ASLMeredith I will be super waiting!
"Like. Like. Like! Like. Liike. Like" Great video, and thank you!
Thank you! Thank You! Thank you! So glad you find this video so useful! :) Thanks for tuning in and for the kind words.
These videos are great
Do the words like, have, need, and want follow the subject-topic sentence structure? Example: I want an apple. Would it be signed apple I want or I want apple? I love your videos and I am learning so much!! Thank you!!😊😊
Yep those words can all be used in topic-comment structure !! For your example sentence, either would be accurate, but the first might be more "ASL", and would put the emphasis on the apple.
@@ASLMeredith thank you very much!! 😊😊
hi this is very helpful thank you
Thank you so much for your videos!!!! ❤️
Thank YOU, Angelika! I'm so glad you find these useful :)
Beautiful!!!🥰❤❤❤❤
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you so much for this!
Glad you find this useful!
Finally I needed this video
Excellent !
Hi Meredith. I went through an interpreter training program and got an Associates Degree in 1993. Unfortunately, my skill still didn't exceed Level 1 at State level. I followed a blue collar career that paid more than what i would have made as an interpreter. Now that I am near retirement in my blue collar field, I still wonder if I should have pursued interpreting. I had a deaf brother (now deceased) and I feel that our pidgen signs from childhood hampered my skill as an interpreter. I'm pretty good at expressing (although I'm slow to think of signs that can have multiple meanings) but terrible at receiving (I have trouble reading signs from people with fat fingers). Nearing retirement in my blue collar job, I often wonder if I should pursue a B.A. in interpreting. Since the Rubella outbreak in the early 60's occurred, I realize that a lot of deaf people are becoming senior citizens and there is a shortage of male interpreters. So you have any advice? I know this is a lot to ask, but I was wondering if you could tutor me through zoom sessions for a fee?
Hi Leland, how wonderful that you're returning to your ASL skills now. It's possible that your family signs with your brother could have helped and/or also hindered ASL - hard to say. But! You certainly could take up a class or private lessons to restore / improve your signing, if you're looking to pursue interpreting once again. I'm not currently taking on new private students, but I suggest several wonderful Deaf instructors at aslmeredith.com/learn-from-home who do 1:1 online lessons and tutoring! Perhaps see if one of them might meet your needs? Also www.trixbruce.com/ does workshops and webinars for interpreting skills, specifically; I'm not sure whether she does 1:1 tutoring. Hope this helps!
Thank you 😊
Very helpful! Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Hi! Thank you for your tutorials!
How do you sign ‘ meeting every need’
I’m trying to do a song and one part says ‘ meeting every need’ Can you help me please?
Thank you!
im just starting in asl, so this may be a dumb question but, when signing "got" in context like "i got a car", can you sign "have" instead? or does that not work, sorry, just having trouble finding how to sign got, thanks!
Taylor Cards85 I’m new too, but I believe it would be the sign for “bought” instead of got? Like I bought a new car today
@@smurchison2 thanks 😁
Thank you both! Yes, you could sign BUY -- to indicate that you bought a car, "got" a car. If someone gifted it to you, then you'd use the sign GIFT (as a verb) or GIVE. There *is* a general sign for "GET", but it feels a little lax for something as momentous as a car!
Hi, I’ve got a question. How do you sign “have to”? You sign “need” instead?
Yes that's right! Or MUST (one stron movement)
ASLMeredith thank you!
I love your lessons and am learning so much. I don’t understand “classifiers”. It seems all vocabulary is a classifier. Can you explain ?
Hi thanks alot this video helped alot😄
Thank YOU! I'm so glad you found this useful!
Hi I’m so glad I found you’re videos! I’ve always been interested in learning ASL and I have been getting a customer at work who uses it and I would love to be able to communicate with her. My first question before I get started is, I’m left handed, can I sign with my left hand as my dominant hand or do I have to use my right?
Very didactics, how to sign "if I were you I wanna be me too"?