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1. Intro - ASL Fingerspelling and Alphabet: Hello and welcome to learn how to signs finger
spelling course. My name is Meredith. You probably saw that and
we're like, whoa, slow down. Well that's exactly
what we're gonna cover in today's course. What is finger spelling exactly? Well, finger spelling is taking the ASL alphabet and putting
it into spelling form. First, let me give a little bit of background about myself. You may know me
from our channel, learn how to sign on YouTube. But if you don't hear a
few of my credentials, I hold an associate's
degree in interpreting, a bachelor's degree
in interpreting, along with a double
minor in speech pathology and educational
interpreting. And I have a masters
in Deaf Education. I grew up learning sign
language with my mom, who was a sign
language interpreter. And that's how I got my love
for sign language years ago. I have 20 years of
experience in signing. In this course, you are
going to learn the alphabet. Then you are going to be taking those skills and putting
them into finger spelling for where I am going to teach you all of the basics
of finger spelling. This includes tons
of tips and tricks. Not only are you going to
learn about finger spelling, but you are going
to finger spell. We've provided you with
tons of opportunities for receptive and
expressive finger spelling. By the end of this course, you're going to have
everything you need to master finger spelling
with continued practice. Of course.
2. Fingerspelling Do's and Don'ts: Before we learn the alphabet, Let's start at the
very beginning. What do we do with our hands? Well, whenever you're using
your hand to finger spell, you're going to use
your dominant arm. You're going to keep
it next to you at a bent position right
here near your face. It's not going to be in front of it and it's not gonna
be too far away. You're gonna keep it right here in a comfortable position. Now, whenever you're
holding your hand, you're not going to
bounce it like this. You need to keep it steady and firm before you begin
finger spelling, you need to make sure that
your hands are warmed up. This is to avoid any injury. I like to stretch my hands, move them around
and warm them up. Once you know that your
hands are good and warm, then you know that you're ready. Also, make sure whenever
your finger spelling, you don't push out your letters because this is
like yelling at somebody. Now that we know these few
basic do's and don'ts, let's learn the alphabet.
3. ASL Alphabet: Now we're going to
learn the alphabet before you continue on
through this lesson, make sure that you've watched
this video and practiced enough times to where you
have the alphabet memorized. This is key to your
success in this lesson. Be sure your thumb is at
the side, not in front. A, B, B. Your thumb is in front to
make the shape of the B, B, C, C. If you're making the
shape of the letter C, C, D, D, when you're looking at it, it looks like a
lowercase D, D, E, E. Make sure your fingers are resting right on
top of your thumb. E, F. F. You have three fingers up in your index and your thumb
are making a small circle. F, g, g. Your index finger and thumb
are pointed straight out. G, H. H. Got your two fingers
going straight out. H, i, i. This looks like the lowercase I, just with your pinky, I, j, j. You're making the
shape of a letter J. J, K. Put your two fingers together, split them apart, and put
your thumb in-between. L. L. It's just
like the shape of a capital letter L, L, M, M. Think of the cursive
letter M with three humps. Am. I like to think of
these two fingers representing the two bumps and the cursive letter in O. It looks like the
letter O, P, P. It's like the letter K,
but it's upside down. P, q, q, it's the letter G, but upside down, Q, R are, your fingers
are twisted together. R, S, S. Make sure your thumb
is in the very front. For S, S, T. T. Your thumb is in-between your index and your
middle finger. T you, you, your two fingers
are squeezed together. U, v, v, It looks like a V. V W, W, it looks like a W, W X, X. I like to think, Captain Hook, an X
marks the spot x, y, y. Your pinky and your thumb
are sticking out to make the letter y, y, z, z. Think of swishing it like Zorro. Z. Great job. Now remember, you can watch this video as many times as you want if you're
not feeling confident, if you are feeling
competent, great. Let's move on to
the next lesson. If you're needing additional
help with the alphabet, you can go and check out some of our resources on our learn
how to sign YouTube channel. You can find links to these resources in
our About section. Now let's go into
the next lesson where I give you some
tips and tricks.
4. Fingerspelling Rules, Tips & Tricks: In this section,
I'm gonna give you tons of tips and tricks. So are you ready? First, we are going to be
watching finger spelling on the hand where I'm going to take the letter and I'm going
to finger spell out words. But whenever you're watching
that you don't need a look at letter by letter. You need to be looking at the word itself and
reading it out. For instance, if I'm
doing the sign cat, you're not going to look at
it and just say see a t. You're going to look
at this and go. If you need to read the
word, not the letter. Now let's look at
double letters. For instance, if we
have the word doll, you're going to notice
that I'm not doing much movement with
my double letter. I do D, O, L, L. We're not
going to bounce it. We're not going to go
like this to show L, L, we're just going to slightly move it over
and you're not going to open and close it
because then it would look like you're trying
to make another letter. You're just going
to sign d, o, l, l. That slight little movement. When your finger spelling, it needs to make sure that
your hand is relaxed. For instance, I see
a lot of people do the letter E like this and
really stretch it out. That's going to put a lot
of strain on your hand. But if you relax it like this, it makes it easier
to move your hand instead of stretching
it out like that. That makes it really difficult. Make sure you have relaxed hands when your finger spelling. This will also help
you avoid injury. Now what if I make a mistake? This happens all the time. You don't have to make a
big production of it and wipe away what you just finger
spelled and push it away. All you need to do
is fingerspell. Oh, I meant to do an a wave. Just like that. You don't have to make a huge
production out of it. When your finger spelling
words like O'Malley or Trader Joe's that have that
apostrophe in the word itself. You're going to take
that letter like the O for O'Malley and you
are going to twist it. And this is going to
show that O apostrophe. And then you will continue finger spelling the
word like Trader Joe's. What would you do? You would fingerspell Trader
Joe's just like that. It doesn't matter where
the apostrophe is. If it's before or after. Doing that twist
is going to show that there's an apostrophe
attached to that letter. What if you have to finger
spell more than one word? For instance, let's take
the word Olive Garden. Well, first you're
going to finger spell olive and
then make a pause. And then Garden. And it will look just like this. Sometimes you have words
that are hyphenated and you are going to show
that in the word itself. So how you do this
is you're going to pull your index finger down and your thumb touching to that index
finger, just like this. So for example, we
have the word Smith, hyphen brown, and it will
look just like this. The same can be
done with a period. You're just going to use
that same handshape and put a dot just like
this for your period. So maybe you're going to be
giving an email address and your email is Natalie dot IV. And it would look like this. What does it look like
to fingerspell surnames? Well, for Mr. and Mrs. you
would do something like this. Mr. Misses. Now this will only be used
in formal situations. In day to day deaf culture. Deaf people don't really
use their names at all. They go by a first-name basis. Here's another tip. Don't make up signs. Fingerspell. A lot of people think when they're
starting to learn ASL, that they're going
to learn a sign for every single word in English. But that simply isn't true. There is finger
spelling in ASL and sometimes it's words that you think would have a
sign, but don't. That's why it's so incredibly
important to learn how to finger spell
clearly and understand it. For instance, when you're just beginning to
learn sign language, you might ask, what
is the sign for ice? That way the person can find
back to you, oh, it's ICE. Learning finger spelling from the very beginning is going to help you get to
conversational sign language that much faster. If someone is finger spelling a word that you
don't understand, then ask them to
finger spell again. When they do this, you can copy site it back, which means if they're
signing cat like this, you watch them and sign it. I'm back at the
same time or when they're finished,
finger spelling it, you watch it, and then
fingerspell it back to them this way they can see if you're getting
it and help you out. My biggest tip is to get out
there and sign with others. This is the best way to
improve your skills. Continue to practice
finger spelling often. This way you'll keep up your skills for
whenever you need them. In this next lesson,
I'm going to teach you when to use finger spelling.
5. When do I Need to Fingerspell?: When do we exactly
use finger spelling? While there are
specific categories that you typically use them in, these are in the
categories of names, places, titles, the
majority of states, months, certain foods, clarifications and
technical terms. Now, I know that
seems like a lot. But in this video we're
going to break this down on how you use them and what
that really looks like. Also, whenever you're
looking at these categories, think about what you're talking
about in a conversation. So for instance, if I am
going to introduce my name, you know, after that is going
to come a person's name. That way you can take all
of the words that you know and then narrow
them down to names. This can be done for all
of those categories. So that way you can 0 in on
what specifically somebody is talking about and predict maybe what their
finger spelling. So if I am finger spelling
my name, my name, you're going to see
that first letter and start predicting
words that you know associated with the
name that starts with him and then spelling it out. As you can see right there, it's all about context clues. Now that you have all
of this information, let's take each of
these categories and put them into
practice one-by-one. In these sections, you are
going to be given a tip, also an expressive quiz, and a receptive quiz and
homework assignment. So let's get started with
the category of names.
6. Topic Lesson 1: Names: Now we're going to start
on our exercises for expressive and
receptive quizzes are first category that
we're going to be focusing on is made. Now remember, when somebody
is signing my name, you know, the word following
is going to be a name. This way, you're narrowing down all the words that you
know to just names. And also, also if the person you're talking
to is a man or a woman, this can narrow it
down even more. And now to the receptive quiz.
7. Names Receptive Quiz: Boy Names: The category for this names
receptive quiz is boy names. So let's get
started. Number one. Number two, number three. In number four. Number five, number six. In number seven. Number eight. Number nine. Number ten. Now let's check on how you did. Number one, bill number to John. Number three, lane,
number for Scott. Number five. Dylan.
Number six, Steve. Number seven, Nolan. Number eight, Robert. Number nine, Connor, and
number ten, Matthew. Now let's move on to
your expressive quiz.
8. Names Expressive Quiz: Girl Names: For this names expressive quiz, we're going to be
focusing on girl names. Number one, Number two, root, root, root. Number three, Kate. Kate. Number for Emma. Emma. Emma. Number Five. Julia. Julia. Julia. Number six, Ashley. Ashley. In number seven. Grace. Grace. Grace. Number eight. Hannah. Hannah. Hannah. Number nine, Dorothy. Dorothy. Dorothy. Number ten, Penelope. Penelope. Penelope. Now for your first
homework assignment, what I want you to do is to
finger spell your name and your family member's
name until you feel completely comfortable with
finger spelling all of them. Once you've done that, move on to the next lesson, which we're going
to cover places.
9. Topic Lesson 2: Places: In the category of places, there are sign names
for most cities. For instance, with
the city Dallas, the majority of people would
know this is the sign name. But if you don't, then
somebody would have to fingerspell Dallas to
you and then show it. Also popular chain restaurants
do have sign names, but just be prepared to
finger spell if needed. Now, let's jump into our
finger spelling quiz.
10. Places Receptive Quiz: Restaurant Chains: For your receptive
quiz for places, we're going to be
focusing on food chains. Let's get started. Number one. Number two, number three. Number four. Number five. Number six. Number seven. Number eight. Number nine. Number ten. Okay. Now let's see how you did. Number one, KFC. Number two. Number three, Sonic number for
Panera. Number five. Number six, Starbucks.
Number seven, in and out. Number
eight, Applebee's. Number nine, Taco Bell. Number ten, Olive Garden. Now let's move on to
your expressive quiz.
11. Places Expressive Quiz: U.S. Cities: The category for your places expressive quiz is a US cities. Number one, Austin. Austin. Austin. Number to Boston. Boston. I'm from Boston. Number three, Chicago. Chicago. Chicago. Number for Amarillo. Amarillo. Amarillo. Number five, Orlando. Orlando. In Orlando. Number six, Phoenix. Phoenix. Phoenix. Number seven, Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Number eight, New York City. New York City. New York City. Number nine, Indianapolis. Indianapolis. Indianapolis. Number ten, Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Before we complete this lesson, I want you to pick your five favorite stores and practice finger
spelling them. Then once you're done, we're going to
move on to titles.
12. Topic Lesson 3: Titles: Here's a quick tip
before we jump into our finger spelling
quiz for titles. You can use this, which shows title or quotes before you finger spell
the word or phrase. That is a title of
a movie or a book. Here's an example. The book and the
movie, The Help. This is how you would sign it. Now, let's jump into our
finger spelling quiz.
13. 220311 4 2 Titles Receptive Quiz : For the titles receptive quiz, we are going to be
focusing on movies. For the sake of this
receptive quiz, I'm not going to use the
quotes for every single one. Just know that you will need to use them whenever you're
in a conversation. Number one, number two, number three. In number four. Number five. Number six. Number seven. Number eight. Number nine. Number ten. Professor. Okay, let's check your score. Number one. Number two, jaws. Number three, rocky. Remember for
Titanic, never Five, Star Wars. Number
six, Inception. Number seven, Forrest Gump. Number eight, The Godfather. Number nine, The Sound of Music. Number ten, Gone With the Wind. Now, let's move on to
your expressive quiz.
14. 220311 4 3 TItles Expressive Quiz : The category for this title is expressive quiz is book titles. So let's get started. Number one, Emma. Emma. Emma. Number two, Heidi. Heidi. Number three, Ben-Hur. Ben-hur. Ben-hur. Number for Harry Potter. Harry Potter. Harry Potter. Number five, the hobbit. Hobbit. Hobbit. Number six, black beauty. Beauty. Black beauty. Number seven, Charlotte's Web. Charlotte's Web. Charlotte's Web. Number eight, The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby. Number nine, The Kite Runner, brenner, The Kite Runner. Number ten, war and peace. Peace. Peace. Before you move on, Here's your homework assignment. I want you to pick your
five favorite books and fingerspell them
using the quote before. Once you're done, then we're
gonna move onto states.
15. Topic Lesson 4: States: Okay, Now we're on the
category of states. Most states have
an abbreviation of the old postal abbreviation of three to four letters or a
two-letter abbreviation. There are some states
that do have sign names. We're going to link
a full video of all of the states in
our About section. The states that do
have sign names are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana,
Oregon, Texas, and Washington. Alright, now let's move
on to our receptive quiz.
16. States Receptive Quiz : Okay, Now it's time for
your state receptive quiz. And the category is
states. Number one. Number two, number three, number four. Number five. Number six. Number seven. Number eight. Number nine. Number ten. Alright, now let's
check your answers. Number one, utah,
number to Iowa. Number three, Massachusetts. And were for Nebraska. Number five, Oklahoma. Number six, Vermont. Number seven, Rhode
Island, number eight, Mississippi, number
nine, Pennsylvania, and number ten, Kentucky. All right, Now let's move on to your state's expressive quiz.
17. States Expressive Quiz : Now it's time for your
states expressive quiz. Make sure your studied
up on your state's. Number one. New Jersey. New Jersey. New Jersey. Number to Florida. Florida. Florida. Number
Three, South Dakota. South Dakota. South Dakota. Number for your Carolina. North Carolina. North Carolina. Number five, Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. Number six, Idaho. Idaho. Idaho. Number seven, Louisiana. Louisiana. Louisiana. Number eight, Ohio. Ohio. Ohio. Number nine, Vermont. Vermont. Vermont. Number ten, main. Main. Main. Your homework assignment is to practice finger spelling, where you were born, where you grew up, and where you live now, include both city and state. Once you're done with that, we're gonna move on to months.
18. Topic Lesson 5: Months: Alright, in the
category of months, any of the months that
have five letters are less our finger spelled
in its entirety. The remaining months
are abbreviated to three to four letters and how you would abbreviate
them in writing. For instance, the month July is finger spelled
it its entirety. But the month November
is going to be abbreviated in OB because
it's more than five letters. Now on tier receptive quiz.
19. Months Receptive Quiz: Now it's time for your
months receptive quiz, focusing on month number one. Number two, number three, number four. Number five. Number six. Number seven. Number eight. Number nine. Number ten. Alright. Let's
check your answers. Number May 1, number to June. Number three, August
number for July. Number five, September. Number six, January,
number seven, November. Number eight,
December, Number nine, March, and number ten, February. Now, let's move on to your
expressive months quiz.
20. Months Expressive Quiz: All right, Now it's time for
your expressive month quiz. So make sure you're
studied up on your abbreviations for months. Number one, January. January. January. One. Number two, Mei Mei, Mei. Number three,
November, November. November. Number four. Number five, April, April, April. Number six, March, March. March. Number seven, October, October, October. Number eight, August, August. August. Number nine,
September, September. September. Number ten, July, July, July. Okay, Here's your
homework assignment with such a small category, I want you to practice
all 12 months. I know you can do it. Then once you're done,
we're going to move on to the category of foods.
21. Topic Lesson 6: Foods: In the category of foods, common foods do have a sign, but as you get more specific, finger spelling is
going to be needed. For instance, if
you're talking about the category of apples, but a specific type of Apple, he would have to finger
spell that specific type. But also there can be less
common foods that maybe don't have a sign or are just
easier to finger spell. As an example, if I was telling my husband that I
wanted gala apples, I would sign apple. And then fingerspell
the type gala. Now let's jump into
our receptive quiz.
22. Foods Receptive Quiz : Now let's move on to your
food receptive quiz. This category is going
to be herbs and ******. Number one, number two, number three. Number four. Number five. Number six. Number seven. Number eight. This is number nine. Number ten. Okay. Let's look and
see how you did. Number one. Number two. Number three, sage in
number for Coumadin, number five, basal number six. Number seven, ginger,
number eight, nutmeg, number nine, paprika, and number ten, tomb Rick. Now let's move onto your
food expressive quiz.
23. Foods Expressive Quiz : The category for this
food expressive quiz is fruits and
veggies. Number one. Number two, plum, plum, plum. Number three, kiwi, Kiwi. Kiwi. Remember for kale, kale, kale, oprah, okra. Number six, Celery. Celery. Celery. Number seven, Squash. Squash. Squash. Number eight, apricot. Apricot. Apricot. Number nine, cauliflower. Cauliflower. Cauliflower. Number ten, grapefruit. Grapefruit. Grapefruit. Before we move on to our next lesson, your homework
assignment is to pick a recipe and fingerspell
all of the ingredients. Once you're done, then you'll
move on to clarification.
24. Topic Lesson 7: Clarification: When you are giving
clarification on a topic, you must first sign
the category to give the general meaning and
then finger spell the word. For example, me. Fishing. Pull it out. Fish, bass. That way, you know, the kind of fish that you
pulled out of the lake. And as you could see, I did the word fish. So that way you knew what was coming after it was the
type of fish it was. Now, let's move on to
the receptive quiz.
25. Clarification Receptive Quiz : For your clarification,
receptive quiz, we are going to
focus on flowers. So let's get
started. Number one. Number two, number three. Number four. Number five. Number six. Number seven. Number eight. Number nine. Number ten. Okay. Let's look and
see how you did. Number one, rows. Number two, iris, Number three, tulip number for Lily. Number five, orchid. Number six, Daisy. Number seven, peony. Number eight, daffodil. Number nine, marigold. Number ten, hydrangea. Now let's move on to
your clarification. Expressive quiz.
26. Clarification Expressive Quiz : This clarification expressive
quiz is all about trees. So let's get
started. Number one. Number two. Number three. Number four, pine pine. Pine. Number five, cedar cedar. Theater. Number six, Holly holly. Holly. Number seven, Maple. Maple. Maple. Number eight, birch. Birch. Birch. Number nine, willow, willow. Willow. Number ten, chestnut, chestnut, chestnut. Your homework assignment is
to pick a broad category, such as trees or cars from that. Choose five words from that topic and finger spell
them when you're done. Then we're going to move
on to technical terms.
27. Topic Lesson 8: Technical: Here's a quick tip. Just like for clarification, it's important to
know the category before introducing
fingers spelled words. It's all about the context
of the conversation. Now let's move on to
your receptive quiz.
28. Technical Receptive Quiz : All right, your September
quiz on technical terms. It's computers. So let's get
started. Number one. Number two. Number three. Number four. Number five. Number six. Number seven. Number eight. Number nine. Number ten. Alright, let's
check your answers. Number one, Ram. Number two, virus number three,
Dr. number for backup. Number five, router number six, pixels. Number seven, memory. Number eight,
Ethernet, number nine, hardware and number
ten keyboard. Now, let's move on to technical terms for
your expressive quiz.
29. Technical Expressive Quiz : Alright, this technical
term, expressive quiz, it's all about car parts. Let's get going. Number one, axial axial axial. Number two, breaks. Breaks. Number three, piston piston. Piston. Number for radiator. Radiator. Radiator. Number five, clutch. Clutch. Clutch. Number six, muffler, muffler, muffler. Number seven, alternator. Alternator, alternator. Number eight, Transmission
Transmission. Transmission. Number nine, spark plug. Spark plug. Spark plug. Number ten, suspension. Suspension. Suspension. Here is your
homework assignment. Choose a topic that you are knowledgeable about
with technical terms, practice, finger
spelling those words. So that way the
next time you're in a conversation, you're prepared.
30. You Finished!: Great job. You just completed our entire course
on finger spelling, but your journey doesn't
have to end here. Here are some
additional resources to help you along your journey. Asl dot MS is a website that is focused purely on
receptive finger spelling. You will be able to
adjust the speed and how many letters a hand
will fingerspell to you. You will type it in on the
website and it will tell you if you've got it right
or if you've got it wrong, this way, you can practice
it as much as you want so you feel comfortable in receptive finger spelling. You can also check out
our YouTube channel. Learn how to sign. We're
doing finger spelling exercises and quizzes
on a regular basis. There are also additional
video resources at the bottom of this course. We know this course was a lot. So come back here often to freshen up on your
finger spelling skills. If you want to continue
your ASL journey, you can do so right
here on Skillshare, we have other courses
available right here. Go check them out. Thank you so much for
joining us on this course. And as always, keep
learning how to sign.
31. YouTube Resource: Learn the Alphabet in ASL: Hey signers, welcome to
learn how to assign. First off, thank you so much for joining us in
our journey so far. We're having so much fun making these videos and we
can't wait to make more. Today. We're going to learn how to
assign the alphabet in ASL. But before we get started, we need to practice
the correct arm holding whenever we're
assigning the alphabet, makes sure your arm is in a
relaxed position next to you. And do it along with me whenever
I'm teaching it to you. So that way you get
tons of practice. So what are we waiting for? Let's learn how to
sign the alphabet. The letter a, make sure that
your thumb is to the side, it in front. Use the letter a. Good job. B. The letter B, all four fingers are together and the
thumb is in front. Beat. You do beef. Who do we know that
starts with B. Brian. Brian, who's that? Daddy. See, it just looks like the shape
of a letter C. C. Can you do the literacy? Awesome. Diy. Your index finger is pointing
up and all other fingers are making a circle.
You do the litter deep. D. Very good. Now when you're
signing the letter E, makes sure all fingers are
relaxed on your thumb. Don't pull it out like this. And you do the letter e. Very good. Now whenever you're
signing this, your index finger and your
thumb are making a circle. Don't relax it like this, or it could look like
the number nine. If you do the letter F. Very good. Gee,
your index finger and your thumb are
pointed straight out. You do G. Good job. Your index finger and your middle finger are
pointed straight out. H. Can you do h? Very good. I your pinky finger
is pointed straight up. Can you do? I'm very good. Tj, you're making the
shape of a letter j. Also think of dipping your
pinky finger in a jar of jam. J. Can you do? Very good. Now? Pull your two fingers together, split them apart, and put your thumb in-between.
That's the letter K. Okay. Can you do k? K, whose name starts with K? L? You're making the shape
of the capital letter L. L. L. Whose name starts with l? My brothers. Whose name? Think of the cursive
letter M with three humps, three fingers. Can you do him? Very good. Who seemed starts with him? Yield. What's my name? Meredith. Think of the cursive letter in with two humps, two fingers. Can you do in? Very good. Oh, it just looks
like the letter O. O. Can you do? Oh, very good. To put. P. P is an upside down. Can you do peak? Very good. Q, Q is an upside down. Gi QT. Can you do q. A. G. Very good. Are your fingers
are twisted together? Are can you do art? Are very good. S, Make sure your
thumb is in front, not the side, like the letter a. Can you do S? Very good. Tea. Your thumb is in-between your index and your
middle finger. T. Can you do T? Very good. And if you shake it, you
have to go to the toilet. Thank you for your body. You your index finger and your middle finger are squeezed
together, pointing up. You can you do you? Very good. It looks
like the letter V, B. Can you do ve very good W. Now, a lot of people might confuse this with
the number three, but the number three in
sign language is this. W. Can you do w? W, very good. X, I like to think
of Captain Hook. And X marks the spot x. Can you do x? What does it look like? Captain, why your thumb and your pinky finger
are sticking out. Why can you do y? Y, very good. Make the shape of
the z and the air Z. Can you do a good
job? Great job. Now, it's important
to note that knowing the ASL alphabet is going
to help you so much. Knowing these letters
and putting them together is called
finger spelling. You're going to use
finger spelling when you want to sign
something specific, such as names,
places, or people. For instance, if I'm wanting
to sign a specific color, I would sign purple and
then fingerspell violet. That way I'm showing this specific color that
I'm wanting to talk about. Okay. Let's put this finger
spelling into practice. Meredith, e, e, d, t, mirrored it. Kate. Kate, brian be our Brian. Ln, L in length. Bennett be in the T. Bennett. Now side-note,
Bennett is our dog. But I wanted to bring up his name because he
has double letters. When you're signing
double letters, you're going to slide
the letters across. You don't want to bounce it
and you don't want to open it because it's been looks like you're making a different
kind of letter. So in, in, slightly across. Now that you've learned
how to sign the alphabet, it's so important to
keep on practicing. A great way to start
is to practice finger spelling your name in ASL. If you'd like. You can go back through
this video and practice signing each of those
letters to go even further, you can practice finger
spelling the names in your family or your
favorite restaurants. This way you can
keep on practicing. The more you practice finger
spelling, look better, you're going to get
repetition is the key. Whenever your fingers spelling, you don't even want to
have to think about it. You just wanted to
become second nature. Thanks for learning how to
sign the alphabet with us. Be sure to go to our website, learn how to assign.org, and don't forget to Like
subscribe and be notified. See you later. We interrupt this learning third
language today. Today that the boomers
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33. YouTube Resource: Fingerspelling Quiz: Countries: Hey signers, are you ready to put your ASL skills to the test? Great. This video is focusing on your receptive
finger spelling skills. If you don't know the alphabet
and ASL, no big deal. You can check out our
alphabet video right here. Now that you're comfortable
knowing all of your letters, Let's start learning how
to sign finger spelling. If you find the speed too fast, you can slow down
the video below. When you are reading
the word, do just that. Read the word, don't look
at each individual letter. It is the same practice
as reading a text. You are training your brain
to read finger spelling. Okay, Are you ready? Awesome. The category for these fingers spelled
words are countries. So let's get started. Let's see how you did. Number one, Cuba. Number two, Japan.
Remember three, beliefs? Number for Kenya? Number five, grease. Number six, Ukraine. Number seven, Norway. Number eight,
Uruguay, number nine, Iceland, and number
ten, South Korea. Now that you've tested yourself with reading finger spelling, take these words and practice
finger spelling them. Repetition will help improve your fluidity with
finger spelling skills. If you love this video
and what more like them, let us know down
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Meredith Rathbone, Learn How to Sign
