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Fingerspelling
0 Comments Published April 21st, 2009 in Language, ASL Class, school, information, Practice, Skills, Fluency, Fingerspelling, Deaf, American Sign Language, ASL, Deafness, Learning, Interpreting, Sign LanguageK, I admit it. I fingerspell when driving. Sometimes I’m so involved in fingerspelling that I don’t realize that my car is no longer driving completely straight in my lane. I always correct myself quickly, and no harm has ever come from this silly habit except for some mild embarrassment on my part. I used […]
I Did It!!!
0 Comments Published April 21st, 2009 in Starbucks, Deaf Events, Southern California, Shyness, Shy, Conversation, Deaf Night, Deaf Culture, Practice, ASL, American Sign Language, Learning, Language, Skills, information, Sign Language bit the bullet, and I went to Deaf Night at Starbucks at the local mall. Ironically, I didn’t meet any deaf people. I did meet plenty of ASL speakers though, and there were so many people there that I’m sure I just didn’t get around to meeting them as I chatted with others. I had an […]
Interpreting?
0 Comments Published April 8th, 2009 in Deaf Culture, Privacy, information, Interpreting, Deaf, ASL, American Sign Language
“The role of the interpreter is to facilitate the communication between those who do not share the same form of language. It is to help those who are participating in an exchange of communication, but not to become a participant in that process. Because communication is facilitated, the service is hightly valued. But because a […]
