I am in ASL 1 at my college, and I have just a general question. My boyfriend is deaf, and I understand his signs with almost no problem(we have been together 5 years.) I can understand the instructor fine (because of course, she is going slow for the people who don't understand anything.) The problem I am having, and I don't know if it's me, or normal, or what! is that when someone else who is fluent signs to me, I don't get it about half the time. My boyfriend does NOT sign slower for me, so I know it isn't a speed issue. I am just wondering if it is normal, in the beginning, to have problems recognizing signs in conversations with people you are not familiar with? I really hope this made sense LOL 


