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Hello! My name is Angel, AKA ASLBarbie. I am a nonspeaking girl and a high intermediate ASL speaker. ASL has recently become my primary language and I am considering becoming an ASL Twitch streamer, as well as relaunching my YouTube channel, once I cqn figure out how to do it without being able to speak. I am always down to practice or help anyone learn to sign. -
remember, ASL is a very visual language, so we communicate more with our body language and facial expression than actually with our hands. when in doubt, try to "act out" a word or provide an opposite, or associated word. Your facial expressions will communicate a large portion of what you are trying to say. If your face says nothing while you try to sign the word "yucky", it will be difficult to understand, even if the sign is correct, but if your face says "yucky", your conversation partner is
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looks like possibly a variation of "how"
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the simplest way to do that is to do what is implied by written word, but not practiced in spoken word, leaving a slight pause, or rest note between words. one of the most difficult parts of learning a new language is a problem referred to as segmentation. when we speak fluently there really are no natural breaks between words, so if one doesn't know the words well enough to understand where one word ends and the next begins, it can be difficult to figure out. with ASL, this is somewhat similar,
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