Week 2.5 Sign Language

   This was a tough week for me when I tried learning sign language. I realized I could hardly remember any of the signs I had previously learned. I tried to talk with Brianna in sign language and became aware of the fact that she is considerably farther along than I am. I was also hit with the conclusion that there are different signs for the same word and different words for the same sign. I watched a couple of contrasting youtube videos. The videos used many different greetings when the greeting boiled down to the same thing. For example, I wanted to be able to sign,"what is your name?" One video showed how to sign those exact words in that sequence, another video showed how to sign the same words but with different signs, and yet another video showed the phrase with similar signs but in a different order. At this point I do not know what is right or wrong, which is a typical hindrance of the internet. I am just going to along as best I can and hope people are able to decipher what I am trying to say.
   Since I was unable to recall many of the signs which I had learned, I spent some time this afternoon reviewing. I went back over simple greetings and common phrases. Brianna and I compared our different methods of learning and signing and found some contrasting ideas therein. She told me she prefers to use a book and learn the individual signs that make up a sentence. I have had fairly good luck up until this point using youtube videos and trying to memorize phrases. It was interesting to dissect the different ways in which we learn. For now I hope to practice a little bit more and try to get better at memorizing signs. We'll see how I do next week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWwKwKH8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWCk3WqtVi4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Raa0vBXA8OQ

Here are some of the different videos I watched. Just be aware they may not all match each other exactly.