American Sign Language (ASL) Lesson 01 (narrative story)

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- Dr. Bill
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[sign-language]

Hello ASL Heroes!!!
Hey, I could really use your help.
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Thanks!
- Dr. Bill

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Take care and love to you all.
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[PhysicsCrate]

This teacher is amazing, makes learning so fun and interesting, Its unique.

[erenthebombjaeger]

Learning ASL in college and I accidentally missed 2 weeks of class so I had to binge videos like this and learned basic conversation, counting, and the abcs in two nights. Never again.

[SpiritWalkerAdventures]

I am an ASL college graduate, but I use your videos to refresh my memory on signing if I have not signed in a while.

[DasSpaceAce]

I'm having a blast with these - you're a character Dr. Bill, you make me laugh - but I'm also picking ASL up really quickly.

I don't know any deaf/HoH people at present, but I've always been fascinated by signing & have wanted to learn it - I did learn the alphabet when I was in grade school & it stuck with me, but of course they didn't teach us anything beyond that.

I talk with my hands a lot when I'm speaking, they wave around like crazy, so my thought process is a bit along the lines of "let's give them something useful to do while I'm talking", rather than just waving around, why not have them mirror the sounds with the proper signs? Overall though, it's just for fun & because I love learning new things

[stygian]

I've only really followed the first two lessons so far, and already I can hold coherent conversations (with some fingerspelling involved). More than just the engaging teaching method, the lesson plan is amazing, it's so well thought through

[thomasgonzalez]

What an INCREDIBLE resource Dr. Vicars has provided for anyone interested in American Sign Language! Truly exceptional. Thank you so much!

[msolyrodriguez]

You're a great inspiration. I'm not deaf (I hear everything perfectly) but I'm learning ASL since 7 months as I wanted a pair of years ago, and I'm really enjoying the progress I've got until now. I simply LOVE it.

[necihines]

Thank you for these videos! I'm a chef and I have customers i was not able to speak to before... I'm still learning.

[Ankhesanamun]

Thank you for these videos! Your way of teaching is wonderful, I really learn :)

[CarmenSanchez-skng]

Dr. Bill thank you, you're a great teacher, your videos are so helpful taking ASL

[TheNipSnipper]

This is fantastic so far. I never thought it would be so intuitive and simple for me to learn ASL. I'm annoyed as a hearing person i didn't try to learn sooner. At least I'm learning now though. Like so many others have said i really cant believe we didnt learn this in school. It must feel really isolating to people that rely on signing to communicate.

[annaethridge]

Bill, I've learned so much watching your videos. Your amazing. Thank you.

[mebich]

OMGGGG I CANT BELIEVE I GOT TO LEARN THIS . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING ITS REALLY HELPFUL

[roxg]

Wow algun dia quiero aprender ASL como usted maestro lo Felicito y me gustan mucho sus videos poco a poco estoy aprendiendo

[KevinMTV]

Bill, you are pretty funny and make learning fun. I hope you know you are very appreciated!

[RHB]

Hello, I'm from Brazil. I'm almost a Priest. I have fluency in LIBRAS. I want learn ASL, now! Your didatic is really good, excited me to learn!
My English is bad, sorry if I was wrong, but I need comment! Thank you! God bless you!

[GrahamLloyd-fe]

Excellent video. What a great lesson! Learn the words then put them all together in a short narrative! Wonderful!

[leoncendayishemeze]

Shaloom! I'm very proud to watch your vidéo in asl! I'm burundian

[humanwithfoodname]

So fun coming back to these videos after falling off with my studying. Starting from the beginning is tedious but rewarding since I'm now catching the intentional and unintentional jokes and comments Dr. Bill makes that I didn't catch before. When he mentioned to do his sign name on the side of the head and not the forehead its because the v shape on the forehead means stupid :D