By David Peach
A Video Podcast to Help You Learn to Sign
Indefinite pronouns are words you use every day even if you didn’t know they had such a fancy name. These are words such as all, each, every, and none. There are a bunch of them, but this lesson covers most...
Sitting at a roundabout in Mexico teaching sign language. How fun! Vocabulary learned in this lesson: Car Truck Bus Train Plane Boat Ship Taxi If you like the outdoor locations, let me know. I have a few more weeks in...
When I was thinking through a list of animals I came up with a huge list. I will probably have to do 3 different lessons on animals. This one is a list of farm animals. There could have been a...
To celebrate the release of my new ebook, Learning to Sign, I have put together a list of vocabulary that has to do with books. Learning to Sign is currently available at Amazon. I hope to have the Nook version...
While this episode is about cleaning your house, it is also about taking care of some information I need to tell you about an upcoming book. First the vocabulary. New words learned in this lesson: Clean /Nice / Wash Wash...
These are common colors in American Sign Language. Not all the colors known to man are included because not all the colors have a sign. But the basic ones do and you will learn them in this video. Colors learned...
Fruits, as well as food in general, can be one of those groups of signs which vary widely across the US. In this lesson I give you the signs for common fruits that seem to be somewhat consistent in the...
After I did the whole video calling these superlatives, I did my homework and found out they are called degrees of comparison. Superlatives and comparatives are the two degrees. The comparative compares one item to another, or a group of...
This lesson is about how to give directions. The concept of how to give directions seems to be difficult for many people. Don’t let it discourage you. Remember that the key to giving directions is to give them from your...
In the last lesson we talked about how to sign various prepositions. In this lesson we talk about how to use those signs properly. You can get the list of vocabulary from the other lesson. The main focus of this...
This is a list of common prepositions. There is a big difference in just knowing the signs for the words and using the right sign for the meaning when it comes to prepositions. This lesson focuses on the signs while...
In the last lesson we talked about different professions. In that we covered doctors and nurses. This follow-up lesson talks about the different things you need to know when visiting the doctor’s office. Obviously this doesn’t cover everything, but these...
A short list of jobs or professions. Many can be done with the sign for the verb a person does and then add the person ending to the sign. Vocabulary taught in this lesson: Job, Work Doctor Nurse President Boss...
I recently returned from a trip to Ethiopia. I was visiting deaf churches and deaf schools. I spent almost 3 weeks in the country visiting some old friends and making new ones. These photos are just a small selection of...
This is a list of adjectives. Vocabulary in this lesson: Silly Foolish Wise Smart Sharp (as in a knife) Hard Soft Slow Fast, Quick Ugly Pretty Beautiful Young Old Awake, Surprise, Amaze, Astonish Asleep Other words talked about: Play Run...
This is another list of feelings. You can see lesson 10 for the first list. Words taught in this lesson: Emotion Expression Upset Eager Jealous Lazy Tired Lonely Guilty Embarrassed Confused Other words discussed: King Lord Alone If you would...
This is a list of major holidays and their signs. As with non-everyday words, there is not a standard way to do most of these signs. Your deaf friends will know this version of these signs even if this is...
Handling verbs in past, present and future is much easier in sign language than in most spoken languages. Most of the time, context will dictate the tense of a verb. If the person is talking about his vacation to the...
Here is a list of foods you might need for your big Thanksgiving meal this week! Of course, one of the most effective ways to get the food you want is to point. But since your mother taught you not...
Along with the scattered verbs you have learned in previous lessons, here is a lesson with some of the more common verbs. As you will learn, many verbs can be guessed at by doing the action that accompanies the verb....
A simple lesson dealing with vocabulary from the home. Home House Door Window Chair Table Bed Shower Bathe Bathroom Light The chart to write out the 5 elements is downloadable as a PDF. The video above is captioned for those...
Personal pronouns are the ones that talk about me, you and them. They are handled in a systematic and simple way in sign language. You can still express as much with just a few gestures as you can in English,...
Join me in my back yard this time to learn some nature signs. My current office/video studio is a corner of my unfinished basement. Last week I started doing some work to build walls so that I don’t freeze to...
These are words that deal with basic church signs. These are not signs talking about different religious groups. I plan to do a separate lesson on that later. These are just basic signs that most churches would use in their...
There are 5 elements to most signs. They are: shape, location, movement, orientation and non-manual elements. When you are learning new signs, especially when you don’t have a book or video to refer to, you need to write down these...
These are signs dealing with feelings or emotions. Feelings Feel Happy Sad Mad Angry Like Don’t like Hate Awful Want Don’t want Love I love you Cry Touch Excited Afraid, Scared Sorry Good Bad The video above is captioned for...
These are words related to learning and education; therefore, I entitled the lesson School. However, it isn’t as much about the place as it is about the activities done in school while learning. Here is the main vocabulary covered in...
Learning about time. Time What time is it? Day Week Month Year Morning Noon Afternoon Night All day All night Now Today Tomorrow Yesterday Future Past/Before Please click the Closed Captioned [CC] button in the video player if you need...
This is a list of words which have common letter combinations. I pulled some words from a longer list of words you can use to practice your spelling with. Try to notice common letter combinations and use them to your...
Common questions words and phrases used in ASL. Ask/Pray Ask a question Who What Why What for When Where How How much How many Which Because Answer You can view the closed captions by clicking the Closed Caption [CC] logo...
In this lesson we learn about people in a family. Remember that the masculine signs are at the top of the head and the feminine signs are at the bottom. Vocabulary learned in this lesson: Family Mother Father Boy Girl...
Vocabulary Taught in This Lesson: Hello My name is… My sign name is… What’s your name? How are you? Fine Nice to meet you Where are you from? Please Thank you Excuse me/Pardon me Sorry Yes No Bye You can...
Numbers seem innocent enough, but be careful that you do them properly or you might end up saying 6 when you meant to say 3. Sign language numbers are fun in that you can count all the way up to...
Fingerspelling is an important part of Sign Language. Not only is it important, but it is something that many people struggle with doing well. This lesson contains some tips for fingerspelling properly which will also help you read fingerspelling better....
Learning the ASL alphabet is the beginning of learning to sign. Printable alphabet pages and other fingerspelling resources are available. You can view the closed captions if needed by clicking on the Closed Caption [CC] logo on the video player...
