How I learned Sign?

Well, that’s a good question. Honestly, I’m just muddling through. I’m still very basic after about 3 years. My husband understands well. Well, let me add an ish, well-ish. Sometimes he will be translating for me and I’m realizing he doesn’t understand me at all. So, I understand when deaf say, that dead blank look means you don’t understand but you nod and say yeah yeah, LIES. My husband does that, and I was believing he knew what I was saying, NOPE just nod and smile. Not going to happen here. However, guilty myself, shhh.

Now to how I’ve learned. First, we bought flash cards. https://amzn.to/3AqOOY2

We did these every day. If we didn’t understand them, we would look up websites that would translate. We were so new I’m sure we were doing most of them wrong. But we learned hundreds of words. Then we switched to an all ASL religious meeting no talking just ASL. Now it was during the pandemic, so it was all on zoom. That had its challenges, but I think it helped I could focus directly on the person and no distractions. Now we go in person, and I prefer to sit up front but with the grand baby that doesn’t happen, distraction city.  They are great, no talking and lazy listening getting in the way. At first, I understood nothing mind you. 

Then I also took a few basic classes online. I feel I need more. I appreciate when people help me. I know there are many ways to sign something but if I’m wrong, I prefer to be corrected. If I sign it different, I’m happy to learn another way, but remember I’m still learning so not 15 other ways please.