Learning American Sign Language

My fifth ASL Lesson was about 26-minutes in video length. After pausing to review each word, my total time of today’s sitting was 38:38. I used the video lesson that is linked directly to the Lesson 5 category of this first unit in ASL University; I believe there might be slower paced videos available on Instructor Bill’s YouTube Channel.  I started this lesson during the school day as I anticipated I would not have time after school. In contrast to my last lesson I completed during the school day, I tried to finish this video in one period compared to multiple periods. It was difficult to refocus on the video when changing classes and environments last school-sitting. I was able to complete this lesson in one sitting effectively in the library~  In this lesson Instructor Bill introduced a new student, Claudia! Similar to Katelyn, Claudia seemed to naturally know certain words that were just introduced to the viewers of the video. Unlike Katelyn, Claudia did not seem to compre...

I started this lesson originally on May 22nd and continued the lesson over the course of two different days. After finishing the lesson today, I reflected on my goals at the beginning of this project and realized how behind I was on my lessons (at least in comparison to where I wanted to be). My original goal for myself was to complete one video lesson a day and considering when I started this project (May 15th), I hoped to have completed 19 video lessons by now. My schedule and lack of motivation at the conclusion of the academic year has inhibited my discipline for this project. With my existing progress I believe I will pivot the format of my final presentation to be more of an overall reflection. More details to follow… Anyway, my fourth ASL Lesson was about 36-minutes in video length. After each review of vocabulary words, I tried to pause the video and imitate the motion of Instructor Bill. With each pause with Instructor Bill and Katelyn, my total time in this lesson was 49:32 (...