Greeting and sorry if this is a bit tangential. I am however extremely interested to branch into learning Japanese sign language. I have briefly looked into yubimoji but have had little luck finding resources to help me learn anything additional. Has anyone else been looking into this before and found helpful resources?
Hey there Naples crowd. Looking for leads on any ASL or Japanese courses offered in or relatively around the area. Would be a gift for my 29yr old lady love. I would like to improve in Spanish myself, but I see some places out there for that. Thanks!
I'm doing a sports related American Sign Language presentation.
ASL doesn't have a sign for SUMO, it would be spelled.
My question; does anyone here know, or know someone who knows Japanese Sign Language and could tell me the sign for SUMO?
Please, not your best guess, I can do that, but the actual sign in JSL.
Domo arigato.
With our kids out of school we wanted to keep the language learning going. So we started teaching our young kids random words in as many languages as we could think of, and we would also do American Sign Language. Then we realized that despite out little one being just 3 years old at the time, she knew these words meant the same thing and Sign Language linked it all together.
We decided to make a book, with graphics, phonetics, animations and audio, to build on this discovery and we are now sharing it with the world.
Our goal is to foster an appreciate and an ear for multiple languages for our littles ones.
We know many of you are going through a hard time keeping your kids interested in learning and building an appreciation for the many different cultures and people in the world. We hope that this can maybe help in a small way.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/multi-kiddo/multi-kiddo
Thank you!!
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I understand three languages currently: English, Japanese, and American Sign Language (ASL). And, I am a huge fan of music, Kenjiro Tsuda, translating, and these three languages.
So! I got a crazy idea about a year ago to start signing/covering my favorite songs IN sign language!
Here's the playlist — as of currently, I've covered/interpreted four of Tsuda's songs and the experience and adrenaline I get each time I start learning signs for a song is just incredible *^^*
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHM4_UaC99aTXJQJ7ec8Ab-EEE35vx0fS
Please enjoy if you do check these videos out! ASL is quickly becoming another big language passion of mine, and these song projects help me better my ability in signing :)
Hello! I'm a Hispanic language and literature student (22NB) from Mexico (Northwest), and I'd like to practice japanese and LSM. I'm a bit too rusty, so please be patient ;;
I like to draw, to cook, skating, investigation, listening to stories/experiences of any kind, hearing people talk about what they are passionate about, animation, videogames, book edition, literature, tabletop/card games, visual arts and reading about technology. I'm no expert in any of these areas, but I still like all of those things.
Right now I play Genshin Impact and sometimes Splatoon 2, so if you'd like to play some day, let's team up some time.
You can contact me through discord, line, facebook* and/or whatsapp. I'm flexible about all these contacting methods but I'm a bit ashamed of my Facebook, so if you wanna talk through messenger I'm fine, but don't look at my timeline, lol.
I'm more interested in calls/video calls so I don't cheat using Google translate, but I'm fine with writing too.
Thanks for reading! And see you later :)
I assume this will be a rather niche question but how closely are ASL/BSL (American and British sign language) and JSL (Japanese sign language) related. I’ve noticed that as far as finger spelling goes both share a lot in common. “や” uses the same sign as “y”, all of the single vowel sounds are the same in both aside from “a” which differs only slightly, and a bunch of others. Is there a reason for this?
Good day.
Collected a selection of video tutorials for learning Japanese sign language.
Hope you like it.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/PSqxz-OmT-E
Part 2: https://youtu.be/KmZs2uloCEc
Part 3: https://youtu.be/9rByhoJylnc
Part 4: https://youtu.be/fbOGEwjObh4
Part 5: https://youtu.be/uvL9Jz5KlvM
ETA: Not asking for judgement on the personal medical decision MY family made for OUR daughter. She has not had an interest in an implant but if she does later on, the option is available. We wanted her to have the choice, but also to grow up in deaf culture. I am not going to defend this anymore to Internet randoms, but please consider researching deaf opinions on the matter. As a hearing person, I can only give a very limited perspective.
Hi all. I (30F) am hearing, married to a deaf man (32M) - I’m going to call him Walter - and we have a deaf daughter (6F) - I’ll call her Cora. Walter comes from a primarily deaf family but my family is all hearing. We have chosen to raise Cora with sign language and not go for an implant - this is simply for context, I am NOT seeking judgement on this!
Before Walter and I got married, my parents began to take classes to learn ASL, as did my brother and his family. My sister, Emily, took them for a bit but ended up not continuing due to “lack of interest.” She and her husband have not taken any lessons, nor have their 3 children. Walter tried introducing their daughter to baby sign when she and Cora were both very young but my brother in law asked him to stop, as he didn’t want to “confuse her.” Cora and her cousins play as best they can with the language barrier but it’s extremely frustrating for her to feel like she isn’t being understood. When my brother’s children (who visit only a few times a year) visit, they interpret for her, or Walter and I have to constantly be looking over their shoulders to help resolve their miscommunications, which is too helicopter parent for me.
When we learned Cora was deaf, Emily pestered me about getting her an implant and continues to send me shame-y Facebook posts about the benefits of the implant and those videos of babies hearing for the first time. She constantly says it’s “better than having to learn two languages.” She’s been very pushy about it, to the point she and Walter got in a heated argument over it. Since then, she has not pestered him about it, only me.
My last straw was this past weekend. Emily was with all her kids, teaching them a game. I noticed that Cora wasn’t joining, so I brought her over and Emily outright told me that Cora couldn’t play, because it’s a game “for people who can speak.” I was fuming and pulled her aside. I told her that my daughter can communicate, just not how Emily wants, and said that I won’t have my daughter excluded for something so
... keep reading on reddit ➡When I was 18 I was in an accident that caused TBI, resulting in me losing most of my hearing in both ears, making me deaf. I didn't qualify for cochlear implants, so being deaf was just my new reality.
Obviously this derailed my life for a while. University got pushed back, and I was depressed for a long time. Eventually I got back out there, discovered the deaf community, learned ASL (american sign language), and at 26 I now feel very content with my life.
My parents were devastated by my accident, and our relationship has never been the same. A few years ago I told them I have embraced being deaf, and I asked them if they would learn ASL, as that is now how I prefer to communicate. They said no at the time because they didn't have time to learn a new language. I have tried many times over the years to try to give them information on deafness and ASL, but they have shown no interest.
We communicate now mainly by using voice-to-text on our phones, which is far from perfect, and very chaotic when multiple people are talking. Trying to keep up with conversations is exhausting, and people are constantly getting frustrated with me for not following along. Often we watch movies, but they refuse to turn the captions on because it's "annoying", despite the fact that it means I can't understand the movie at all.
This past Christmas, I once again struggled with conversations, which once again resulted in me being either ignored or yelled at. Before I went home again, I sat my parents down and told them that if they did not begin to learn ASL, I would not be visiting again for a long time. I told them I don't expect them to ever be fluent, but I need them to show effort in learning. I told them that they have continuously dismissed my needs as a deaf person, and that if they want to continue to have a meaningful relationship with me, we need to have some kind of shared language.
This didn't go over well at all, as my parents accused me of wanting to cut them off, which isn't true. I just can't do any more visits where my presence feels like a burden. My brother and I have been texting since then, and he thinks I'm being hugely unfair.
So AITA?
EDIT I can't respond to everyone, but thank you everyone so much for your kind words and support. I have been spending the last few days wondering if I'm being unreasonable or dramatic, as even though my friends (most of whom are deaf) support me, I didn't know what the hearing would would think of this. I can n
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In the final chapter, when Shouko and Shouya see each other for the first time in the coming-of-age ceremony, they communicate with each other using the Japanese Sign Language while blushing and then Ueno (who has also been learning the JSL and has a decent grasp of it at that point) tells Shouko to stop flirting. Could someone please translate what they were telling each other using the JSL in those two panels? Based on the context, my guess would be Shouko telling Shouya that he looks good with Shouya responding that she looks great too but I would like a proper translation so that we can get a deeper insight into their relationship at the end of the manga.
Hello! This is my first time on this subreddit, so sorry for any mistakes. I'm trying to learn Japanese on my own, but I'm still very much a beginner. However, the real point of this is that I'm an artist, and I'm wanting to make an animation using Japanese Sign Language, something real simple. The problem here is that I barely know Japanese, and don't even know ASL. I don't know Japanese well enough to go on a forum for JSL, if there is one, to ask a native JSL speaker directly. I was wondering if anyone here knows JSL that would be willing to work with me, or knows someone, or even knows a place where I could ask a more specific JSL community.
I appreciate any help!
I'm a 21f game developer (at least I was before I was laid off due to covid), and I have many hobbies including art, writing, and cooking. I would love to make some new friends and help each other learn.
EDIT: I’ve gotten a lot of messages and have found plenty of language partners so I don’t need new ones. Thanks to everyone who messaged me and were interested :)
Hey everyone. I posted before and have gotten some responses but they never stick because people stop responding and our communications die off :(
I’m a 30F American and an English and Spanish teacher. I’ve lived in a few different countries teaching, translating, and studying languages. I’m offering English and Spanish for all levels and beginner French and Japanese (I’m not a native speaker so can only teach to a certain extent). I’m seeking French (above B1), Japanese (above N4), Arabic (MSA I studied a bit bit forgot almost everything :( ), Russian (beginners) and sign language. If you’re learning one of the languages I am interested in and want to chat and practice that’s fine too!
Ideally I want someone committed that is available to chat regularly so I can practice a lot. Especially since I have a lot of free time now lol. We can use Zoom, Skype, Discord, or whatever else that’s easy for you
I’m looking forward to chatting with you, my new future language partner and friend :)
EDIT: I’ve gotten a lot of messages and have found plenty of language partners so I don’t need new ones. Thanks to everyone who messaged me and were interested :)
I'll start off by saying that I don't want to spend a lot of time learning or being fluent in JSL. I am learning a bit if Japanese from my girlfriend, and I have a limited & specific japanese vocabulary from my job (teaching martial arts). But I have a very specific question to ask my girlfriend's dad (who is deaf) in a few months. Most of my communication when we meet in person will probably be translated by my girlfriend or by google translate, but when I ask her father for permission to marry her, I want it to be in JSL. Does anyone have any resources that might be able to help with that?
You never know when it might come in handy
I've noticed, especially over the internet, that it's perhaps one of the most commonly studied Asian languages in the entire world, next Arabic, Korean and Manadarin Chinese.
Seems like a simple fix to me. If you have to learn Spanish in the US so you can communicate with Spanish speakers, that still leaves out the entire rest of the world. So why not we all learn sign language to communicate with everyone?
Hey guys,
I'm a 30F American and an English and Spanish teacher. I can teach English, Spanish or French (I can only teach beginners French since I'm not a native speaker but am B1).
I'm hoping to improve my French and get to B2 by the end of the year. My Japanese also needs some improvement since I'm only N4. As for Russian and American Sign Language, I've studied both but only for a few weeks. I can read and write Russian without a problem but need to increase my vocabulary. With ASL I only know enough to introduce myself and ask simple questions
We started teaching our young kids random words in as many languages as we could think of, and we would also do American Sign Language. Then we realized that despite our little one being just 3 years old at the time, she knew these words meant the same thing and Sign Language linked it all together.
We decided to make a book, with graphics, phonetics, animations and audio, to build on this discovery and we are now sharing it with the world.
Our goal is to foster an appreciation and an ear for multiple languages for our littles ones. If you would like to support this, please consider sharing and backing the project, https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/multi-kiddo/multi-kiddo
Thank you!!
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