Sign Language Second Meeting

October 21 was the second sign language club meeting. We reviewed what we learned last meeting which was the alphabet and common sayings. Surprisingly, I remember a lot of it. For the second meeting we learned how to sign animals and colors. Signing animals was easy because some of the signs were very obvious, and others had very cute signs which made it easy to sign and remember. The colors were very easy and fun to sign too. Also, we started to combine what we learned from the first meeting with the second meeting and we formed super simple sentences. Learning sign language takes time and a lot of practice.

Keeping up with Sign Language

After the first sign language meeting, its difficult to learn sign language by myself because I'm not surrounded by people who can help me. Also, its very hard to keep up with signs that I learned already if I don't practice everyday. Sign language is very difficult to learn because it is not with just your hand movements, but it's also with your body language and facial expressions. Since I'm trying to learn simple signs for certain words, I don't really use any other expression. I will try to practice more and more everyday even if its just learning a couple of signs everyday.

Sign Language First Meeting

September 16 was the first sign language meeting, and I learned a lot that day. I learned how to sign the alphabet and numbers. I thought it was difficult at first because they were going at a very fast pace. After a little more practice, I was able to sign the alphabet and numbers in one meeting. I also learned how to sign, what's your name.Since I was able to learn so much in a little amount of time, I am excited to learn more.

Research Time

For my 20% Time project I wanted to learn sign language. I'm interested in sign language because I think it is a very cool way of communicating. My first step for this project was to basically research about sign language.
I want to know :
-What method would be easy to learn sign language?
     It is easier to learn by category of things than by random.
-Would it be easy to learn sign language by yourself?
     No, learning with another person will be more efficient.
-Is sign language just with hand movements?
     No, it's a combination of hand movements, facial expression, and body language.

Once I did my research I got a better understanding of sign language, and I think it will actually be difficult to learn. However, I am excited to start learning sign language.