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Signed songs may be the appetizer, but ASL poetry is the dessert
If Paul & Tina are your appetizer, learn ASL from Deaf people so you can enjoy ASL poetry for dessert!
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Paul & Tina’s Signalong: Haters gonna hate
I am not as offended or concerned about Paul & Tina’s Signalong as some people are. I think exposure to ASL can be a good thing, regardless of who’s signing. If Deaf signers want to be offended by Paul & Tina, and educate them about their language and culture, that is their job. It’s not ASL/English interpreters’ job to be offended for Deaf people.
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Taking ASL is like taking dance, language, communication, & anthropology
So much goes into learning ASL, and so much can come out of it! I hope that this diagram and these words will help give students a greater respect for the complexity in store for them as they embark upon learning ASL.
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Discovered blog by Deaf ASL teacher & interpreter trainer
Today, via DeafRead, I discovered the blog of a like-minded ASL linguist and educator. The blog is called “[My Opinion Here].” Check it out!
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Bimodal interpreters, not just sign language interpreters
Sign language interpreters are spoken language interpreters too To talk about our work, it helps to have efficient terms that accurately define it. Typically, we ASL/English interpreters call ourselves “sign language interpreters,” while we call (for example) Spanish/English interpreters “spoken language interpreters.” Yet signed language is only half our language pair; the other half is spoken language; therefore, […]
Daniel Greene 