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ASL Fingerspelling Practice + Do's and Don'ts
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- čas přidán 24. 06. 2018
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Fingerspelling comes in handy every day in American Sign Language. ASL speakers use fingerspelling to talk about things like brand names, books, movies, and more.
But there are some very important “Do’s and Don’ts” to keep in mind when fingerspelling. If you’re just starting to learn ASL, this tutorial will teach you how to avoid some common mistakes.
For example, many beginners will resort to fingerspelling a word that they don't know the sign for. Instead, it's much better to act out the words you don't know.
In addition, some beginners extend their arms when fingerspelling in ASL. However, you should always keep your fingerspelling hand close to your body when signing.
One more tip - never look at your hands while fingerspelling. You should instead make eye contact with the person you're speaking to.
How do you do this as a beginner? Memorize the shapes of the words you're fingerspelling - the movement that the combined letters make as a whole.
Keep watching the video above for more helpful tips on how to improve your fingerspelling skills!
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Anyone else completely fail at reading the fingerspelled words because it just went too fast???
Totally
My deaf friends said my asking how to sign a word by finger spelling it instead of acting out was fine especially since I was new to asl and not good at charades. Like how would you act out wet? Finger spelling a ton of words would be annoying, but I think a few words would be harmless. 🤷♀️
same
Completely fell off the wagon trying to read the finger spelling. I only recently started learning ASL, and did not feel that this video was suitable for beginners.
Karmi Van Dyk type in Chris gorges, he is an excellent source to learn asl from, also you can adjust the speed of the videos by clicking on the 3 dots, it’ll say video playback is normal speed or something like that
I took my first ASL class with Tony last week. Pretty cool.
Congrats on your first class, Resha! Glad you enjoyed learning ASL with Tony. 😃
Are these lessons still Available?
I am still confused about when you are fingerspelling, you are supposed to read the word as one "with shape and movement" instead of reading every letter. I am not sure how to read it as "one with shape and movement" Thank you
I don't know if it means this exactly but what I do is I catch a letter here and there. Then I use context (the topic) and the shape and orientation (up, down, sideways) of the letters I didn't catch to help figure it out. I think that's what it means by shape of the word. Each letter has a different shape. So when put together each word has a certain shape. Hope it helps! I'm a soon to be ASL 4 student. Don't worry about it, you will start to pick it up. Be patient and don't expect perfection from yourself.
I know this is an old comment, but in case you're still wondering. The way this was explained to me is that it works basically like reading. Let's take "english" as an example word: if you were coming across this word for the first time and trying to read it, you wouldn't say the letters "E-- N-- G-- L-- I-- S-- H" to yourself, you would sound out the sounds the letters represent. Similarly, when reading fingerspelling, you want to sound it out to yourself while you "read" it. You may have to revise a little as you go, perhaps you see "s" and think "sss" sound, then see it's followed by an h and go "ah, shhh," but that happens quickly, almost like an intuition, with practice, which I think is what he was trying to get at. I was also taught it's good to linger on the first and last letter, because, again, just like with reading, if you have the first and last letter you can usually figure out the word, even if the middle letters are jumbled or missing. You could probably figure out what "E_gl__h" is in the context of a conversation. Hope this helps!
Does anyone have any tips for dyslexics trying to understand finger spelling because I often mix up the letter order in my head.
I have a sister who is dyslexic, she signs with me. She doesn't do much finger spelling, but when she does, even though it's not always spelled right, I can usually understand what she's saying. My advice would be to spell as best as you can, and if that doesn't work, try to kind of take a charades approach. Hope it's helps 😁
My tip would be to focus on the first letter and last letter of the words when you or the person is finger spelling you might be able to figure it out depending on the context if you know the word started with an S and ended with a D.
I know they spell fast to help you like the video but what if you have a learning disability. I am a really slow reader I couldn’t even keep track of half of the movement I am sure with time and practice of course but if all videos are this fast forget it. I usually have to re-read a sentence twice because i forgot I read it. And I already know what’s going to be the hardest keeping eye contact and keeping my hands inward close to my body
u can always slow down the video if its too fast and as for real life, if u tell the person that u are still learning theyll probably slow it down. if not, just ask them to in asl. and if ur worried about keeping eye contact and ur hands close, practice makes perfect.
what if I need to fingerspell my name but there are 2 of the same letters in a row
If you mean you have a double letter like Matthew. Then you sign M-A-T keeping your hand in the handshape t, slide it a little bit to your dominant side, then do H-E-W. If you mean same letter twice but not a double like Mathias. You just do each letter as it occurs in the name. You just have to repeat the a in Mathias. Does this help? I'm a soon to be ASL 4 student, studying ASL Interpreting as a major.
I have double 'Ns with a total of 3 'N's in my 1st name. My teacher said pop up the 1st N then hit the next one. What I really want to(bc I can't remember) Are there already signs assigned to Names? Like Luke, John Tom, Jennifer Carly, Benjamin, etc? Or can ppl make their own name how they want when they get old enough. Do parents choose the sign for the name? Or use cute signs for nicknames? Sorry, this is an older post, however I've been wanting to refresh my memories and learn more ASL, that brought me here! Thanks 🎉
Why not fingerspell if you don't know the sign?
right!? like how would i act out "cheetah" or "tree"? I learned from another vid on this page how to sign "I am learning sign" and hopefully the person I communicate with understands and isn't offended if I have to fingerspell
I would really like to know this as well!!
Once again Tony goes way too fast for a true beginner
Thanks for your video
Your videos really help me I learned some sighs in one night
When you finger spell, do you do it with you right hand or does it matter
CN RJ do it with your dominant hand
But umm I'm autistic and I hate eye contact :/
Thank you. This is very helpful! 😁
This will take some practice!!
(Is Autistic and sees last tip) This is gonna take some practice...
Are your teachers deaf?
I don't know who that question was directed at but mine are. I'm majoring in ASL Interpreting at the University of North Florida.
So, how's it going for ya! It's a few years since this, but it's new to me. Wanted to refresh some things I already know & I'm trying to learn more. Just curious if you have an update ❤