Week 2.4 Sign Language

   Another week has come and gone, and more sign language was learned. This week Brooke and I focused on simple greetings and small talk. I learned how to say hello and goodbye. I already knew how to sign my own name but now I have the abilities to use this skill in context. I now know the phrase, "hello, my name is Maci." I know it doesn't look like a lot, but it is cool for me to be able to start putting some of what I have learned together. 

  After I learned my one little phrase, I moved on to small talk. I learned the signs for what's up and how are you. As I stated in my last blog, paying attention to every little movement is crucial in sign language. It is easy to get sloppy but that can make your signs illegible. For this week I opted to go with quality over quantity. I really focused on making my signs clear and understandable, rather than trying to learn a bunch of sloppy signs that I don't truly know. I feel pretty good about this week after learning some conversational signs. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCk3WqtVi4 This is the video I used to learn conversational signs.