American Sign Language  

I never learned sign language.

I think it is wonderful that you are learning how to do it.

Everything is hard to learn in the beginning.
Perhaps you and your son can practice together?

Good luck to you!

I don't know how to do it. I too have always said I wanted to learn but I never have. I've never known anyone that was deaf either. I think its a great thing to learn and you never know, you might need to use it someday to help someone. Keep at it, you'll do fine.

I am learning American Sign Language by myself. A friend gave me a self-study book and for the first two weeks I was so keen on learning it. It was fun but I know I still lack the other expressions needed to make the sentences more lively. Then I got some songs and put sign language to it and taught it to my students. That way, I learned faster. But I still have to know some words. anyway, it would be fun to be able to talk to deaf with their language.

I have been interested in sign since I was young. My mom babysat two kids who both their parents were deaf. We learned a little, my mom regrets not having us all learn when we were y oung and had the opportunity. As I am older I took a year in college. I love it and was going to get in the interpreting program but because of work and my hubby going to school I didn't. It is very hard to keep up on your own but since you have someone to practice with that is great. I have been teaching my daughter and she is 21 months old and she knows about 25 signs. Good luck and keep up on it. Oh ya, some more advice, in your community find a deaf group or others who are learning it and get together. I went to a party for the deaf community and it is so much fun to go sign with them and just watch. Good luck.

hi i quite agree it is hard to remember such alot & as some of them are very close together i had a few friends when i was younger that were deaf mute & all their parents always signed 4 them & now i have to learn it as we are starting signing with my daughter grace she is 2yrs old she has very limited speech & gets very angry & frustrated so we think it may help her alot & here in nz @ the moment we have in the preschool hr a few programmes in the am's ie blues clues, dora the explorer, & in the afternoons we have jo-jo's circus which grace has picked up a few signs ie lion, gd bye, hello, clown, book, police, drink, eat & a few othersas well which has helped her alot i must say so many thanks
latas lamb101 xoxoxoxoxo

i want to learn too...i have just posted a discussion about finding a course so i can communicate with my deaf friends, it gets pretty frustrating when i can't understand them...good luck with your learning...

Hi there.

My Neice needs this way of communication so we are learning it so we can communicate with her. Not a lot at all else. It seems easy for a bit and then it seems a bit worse after that cos of me learning stuff I have. We are learning NZ Sign Language.

Catch ya later.

I learned sign language when I was five at a deaf school in Milton, Ontario becasue I have a hearing loss but only stayed at the deaf school for the 1st 3 yrs then went to a regular hearing school since I could hear very well with my hearing aids on. Without my hearing aids, I am deaf. Teaching people sign language is a challenging and its so much to learn with expressions deaf people use when they talk. My husband is deaf and I use sign language all the time. I speak too and I can communicate on the phone like a normal hearing person.

Well,I did not see it that it is 9 months ago, you posted the discussion,I think this time(now)you know how express yourself by sign language,right?
I do not know sign language,but I have a friend he knows,'cos his mother is deaf,so he have to talk with his mother in sign language,that it is!take care