Put your hands together for… the final post! (and some ASL)
The semester is pretty much done, and so are the updates for my learning project! To be honest, when I read in the syllabus that I would be required to do a weekly learning project (and post publicly about it), I was less than thrilled. That being said, I can definitely notice a difference in…
ASL: There’s an App for That!
“There’s a mobile app for almost anything you may want too do, any situation you confront.” Jacqueline Leo In this latest installment of my ASL journey, I’ve decided to take a break from StackSkills (nothing against you Michael, I still cherish your excitement over the sign for ‘purse’). So where am I now? In case…
Who? You? Me? Us? Uh… CAT!
“I must say I’m not 100% fluent in Sign Language, but I am working on it!” Sandra Oakley Well, I am not anywhere close to the 100% (maybe 2%?) but I am working on it! This past week, I decided to tackle the pronouns: I, You, He/She/It, We, They, and You (all of you). This…
Zencastr, Sentences, Numbers (oh my!)
Hello everyone! This week’s blog post will be a little different, as I am reviewing a tech resource called Zencastr. I will include a bunch of screenshots below in a gallery for you to look through as well. So what is Zencastr? From the Zencastr blog, they wrote “Zencastr is a tool for quality, conscious…
Does a bump in the road ruin the journey?
“Our patience will achieve more than our force” Edmund Burke This blog post may wax a bit philosophical, and for that (and for readers who are not interested in that), I do apologize. However, I think it’s important to be aware that every learning journey, project, new language, or whatever, is never a linear progression…
“Now I know my ABCs”… but now what?
“The only normal way to begin speaking in a new language is to begin speaking badly” Greg Thomson After setting my intentions on learning some basic ASL for my learning project, I very quickly realized that it is much easier said than done. One of the biggest issues I faced right away was choosing what…
Talking without… talking?
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” Ludwig Wittgenstein I always looked at learning a language as some skill that seems really cool, but at the same time so daunting that I would not even get going. This hasn’t stopped me from trying, and the Duolingo app on my phone can…