when do u start learning asl?

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hi everyone.. right now we're learning see sign and my daughter in school is too so i was wondering when do they switch to asl? cus i know is the official sign language. DO they do that all the time? start with see sign than go on with asl?
 
I love american sign lange. I think so good interest to about asl I think so good enjoy :)
 
*ROSIE said:
hi everyone.. right now we're learning see sign and my daughter in school is too so i was wondering when do they switch to asl? cus i know is the official sign language. DO they do that all the time? start with see sign than go on with asl?
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My experience has been they either teach SEE or ASL.
 
is there a big difference between the 2? i mean would a person that knows asl understand a person that knows see sign?
 
*ROSIE said:
is there a big difference between the 2? i mean would a person that knows asl understand a person that knows see sign?
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Probably not. Contexual meaning is different between the two. And there is a huge differnce between the two.
 
im thinking of taking classes of asl here at the deaf center where i live. im already taking see classes because thats what they're taching them at school. that' s just very interesting to me.
 
Learned to sign ASL/PSE -- ten years ago, on and off over the years, now fluent in it.
 
In the old days of middle of 1955 to 1966, I was not allowed to have sign language in the mainstream elementary school and high school. I was having a hard time struggling and feeling frustrated on what hearing teachers and students are saying. That is the reason why we need ASL and it is very important. For me, I took a course in Exact English Sign Language with a Deaf pastor from a Deaf Lutheran church after I graduate from high school. I was twenty years old at the time in 1966. The sign language open a door for me to understand what is going on. Lipreading is hard to grasp what hearing people say. Then later I learn ASL which is a little bit different than Exact English sign language. I love ASL. So now I am 63 years old and still signing my favorite ASL. Hope that answer your questions. :thumb:
 
jillio said:
Sorry. Pidgin Signed English.
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Correct. Linguists tell us that PSE is not truly a "language" as most pidgin dialects are, and prefer the term "contact sign". I'm not sure I can change at this point, though...
 
DeafDoc1 said:
Correct. Linguists tell us that PSE is not truly a "language" as most pidgin dialects are, and prefer the term "contact sign". I'm not sure I can change at this point, though...
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Ahhh, yes. Contact sign as it originates from contact between users of ASL and English.
 
I learn ASL when I was senior in high school, thank to my big deaf sibling.

As everybody look at me. I'm pretty much into PSE.
 
well im going to start taking asl classes they start around april. i would love to learn both. But for now we're using see. i've heard that they teach the kids see first so that way they can write the way english is spoken. im not sure.. to me i just want to communicate thats what i think is important.
 
*ROSIE said:
well im going to start taking asl classes they start around april. i would love to learn both. But for now we're using see. i've heard that they teach the kids see first so that way they can write the way english is spoken. im not sure.. to me i just want to communicate thats what i think is important.
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Unfortuantely, SEE has not been shown to be particularly effective in impoving writing skills of deaf children.
 
*ROSIE said:
well im going to start taking asl classes they start around april. i would love to learn both. But for now we're using see. i've heard that they teach the kids see first so that way they can write the way english is spoken. im not sure.. to me i just want to communicate thats what i think is important.
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That's a misconception and a dangerous one cuz these children arent establishing a strong first language which can impede their literacy skills later on.
 
It depends on the school.

My elementary school, junior high school, and high school never taught me ASL. All interpreters and deaf education teachers used MSS (more detailed than SEE). The students who used ASL learned it on their own time at home or at another school before coming to my schools.

I was never aware of there being different types of sign languages. So, I can't really say when I actually started signing a bit of ASL.

Is ASL the official sign language? Well, that depends on the individual. I'm deaf and my official sign language is not ASL. In fact, I don't really have an official sign language. I can do sign language, but it's a mix of ASL and SEE... PSE. So, if a deaf person asked me what my primary sign language was... I'd say it was PSE. If a hearing person asked me that same question, then I'd say ASL because they won't understand what SEE or PSE is. When they learn what that is, then I'll tell them that I use PSE.

If your daughter continues to use SEE while growing up, then it could become her primary language. If she starts mixing it up with ASL because of other people, then it could become PSE. :dunno:
 
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