12 ASL Fingerspelling Essential Rules, Tips & Tricks | Free Lesson

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This is a snippet of our Fingerspelling Course on Skillshare. In this video you'll learn 10+ tips and tricks about Fingerspelling. Everything from how to sign special characters to common practices and mistakes. If you're new to ASL or are needing to improve on your fingerspelling this video is what you need.

The course is exclusively available on Skillshare.

NAVIGATION
0:00 - INTRO
1:21 - Tip 1 - Read the word not the letter
1:47 - Tip 2 - Double letters
2:33 - Tip 3 - Relaxed hands
3:04 - Tip 4 - What If i make a mistake
3:29 - Tip 5 - Apostrophe '
4:07 - Tip 6 - Multiple words
4:30 - Tip 7 - Hyphenated words
5:02 - Tip 8 - Period
5:27 - Tip 9 - Surnames
5:45 - Tip 10 - Don't make up signs
6:12 - Tip 11 - What is the sign for?
7:01 - Tip 12 - The best way to practice
7:21 - Encouragement

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[choiorge]

Hello. I am a store owner and I sometimes encounter deaf customers and wanted to ask if you have a video for basic grocery/customer service asl. I know the basics like Thank you but I wanted to learn more so that they will be more comfortable :)

[galetagudar]

Great video! I stretch out my E, so people don't confuse it with A or S. The part about not wiping away nor pushing away mistakes is useful and funny at the same time.

[lilrandom_gamer]

Thank you! This has helped me A LOT I get confused with finger spelling sometimes, and I do read the letters and not the word most of the time 😓

[chrisirwin]

Great segment, some of the most detailed info on finger spelling I have seen.

[degraham]

Thank you for putting
this is in my feed,
but my fingers are
seriously messed up
from a rare disease.
I'm blessed to be alive
to finish my mission.
I can certainly learn
to understand ASL, though.

[socer]

Your teaching is such a blessing. ❤. You and the channel Chris does has really grown my desire to practice and better myself

[johnrojas]

That’s a very great video you made. I agree with you that it will help your signers to practice with their fingerspelling. It will help the signers to fingerspelling a little bit more faster when they are having a conversation with the deaf people. Nice work Meredith! 😊😊

[minecraftgamer]

Thank you for this video. I always read the letters and not the word when I finger spell. So I will practice reading the word instead now.

[againtimeelapsed]

Hello! Really enjoying videos. I'm just getting started. For a future video, could you do signs that commonly get confused with one another for new learners?

[kindaloveegg]

Ouhhh!! Thank you for posting today/tonight! I’ve been having some problems with fingerspelling and this is really helpful. Thank you!

[blessingongaji]

Good ma am really learning from you am a student studing special education but i don't know how to sign at all, following ur channel makes me to learn and have intrest in signing thanks ma from Nigeria, God bless you

[DonnaPercentie]

Hi Thank you for sharing ASL because I know some your ASL but I am different ASL. i just learn practice some ASL first time . I live in the Bahamas before I move in America .why deaf people and hearing know easier sign language too fast I have no reason I have no idea .I don't understand some deaf people are different sign language I use different sign language . .I am enjoy you have a good sign language..

[mari]

Yoo I love your videos! Learning asl and gone down a deep rabbit hole of your channel. I really appreciate it!

[anamairazapata]

This video was so helpful. I know how to finger spell, but when I have to do it in front of my profesdorvor classmates I get nervous and all of the sudden Inforget how to do it

[semracimen]

Hi Meredith! I love your videos and I was wondering if you could make a video about zodiac signs in ASL! I would love to see it!💕❤️

[NicoyaThompson]

you are the best sign langguage teacher love your youtube mi mom about us so do show us

[raymondlin]

I practice fingerspelling a thru z everyday. Just to remind myself of all letters in the alphabet bc there are some letters you use more than others

[kryssysmith]

If I may make a suggestion, I can't afford Skillshare. I really love your content and the tips and tricks you give us to remember the signs just help me that much more. I thank you so much for your videos. With that being said, however, I'm on a fixed income, and every penny counts. I was wondering if it was possible that every once in a while, you do one of these classes on the channel?

[NotABushFan]

I see the first issue, spelling, was my worst subject and I rely 100% on spell check even here. This might be a real issue for me., but I will move forward with learning ASL.

[barbaraholland]

How do you fingerspell things when your fingers won't cooperate? For instance: My fingers can't form certain things like the number 3; I have to use the Water sign?