Hey signers, do you have Deaf employees or a Deaf coworker or maybe you just want to be prepared
if someday you will work with somebody who is Deaf? In today's video, we are focusing on vocabulary
and how to communicate and give instruction to those who use sign language as their main form
of communication. So, let's learn how to sign profession signs working with those who are
Deaf and Hard of hearing. First, let's look at signs for formalities within the workplace. 'Hello, hello'
you've got your hand right up here at your forehead and it's coming out 'hello.' 'How are you, how
are you?' The sign how or how and pointing to you and make sure your eyebrows are down. 'How are you?'
'Good or well,' your dominant hand is coming from your chin down to your non-dominant 'good or well.'
'Goodbye, goodbye,' it's just like you're waving goodbye 'goodbye.' 'Ready,
ready,' you have 'R' shaped hands moving out together and if you're gonna ask somebody
if they're ready you're gonna go, ready? Are you ready? 'Ready'
'Question, question,' your index finger is making a question mark with the point at the end 'question.'
'Understand, understand,' it's like the light bulb is coming on 'understand.'
'Don't understand, don't understand,' you do the sign understand but shaking your head back and forth
'don't understand.' 'Write, write' you're using your dominant hand to write on your non-dominant
'write.' 'To look for or to search,' you have 'C' shaped hands that are looking for something or
searching 'to look for or search.' 'Please, please,' it's a flat hand making a circle on your chest
'please.' 'Thank you, thank you,' your hand is coming out from your chin
'thank you.' 'Sign, sign,' your hands are moving in towards yourself referencing like you're signing
'sign.' Now let's practice some specific requests and instructions within the workplace. 'Fast,
fast,' you have 'L' shaped hands on the side and you pull in your index finger 'fast.'
'Slow,
slow,' your non-dominant arm is out straight with your dominant right on top
and you move it slowly along your arm 'slow.'
'Maybe, maybe,' this is like you're weighing the options and your facial expression
goes with it maybe 'maybe.' 'Help, help,' this used to be the old sign for help like you were helping
somebody across the street and then it changed in to this. You can also do this directionally
helping you, helping me, or helping everybody, or helping somebody else, 'help.'
'Follow, follow,' this is the person in front and another person behind following 'follow.'
'Who or who,' I like to think of an owl going who,
'who or who.' 'Where, where,' your index finger is searching like a compass where's north 'where.'
'Area, area,' your '5' hand is circling around referencing to the area that you're talking about
'area.' 'Floor, floor,' you're doing flat 'B' shaped hands putting them down where the floor would be
and making the floor itself 'floor.' 'Table, table,' you have flat arms coming right on top of each other
to make a table or a desk 'table.' 'Do or activity,' you have 'C' shaped hands that are moving like you're
doing or an action of something 'do or activity.' 'Explain, explain,' you have 'F' hands that are on their
side and they move back and forth you can explain to somebody over here or explain to this person
'explain.' 'Clean, clean,' think of dusting something off 'clean.'
'Sanitize, sanitize,' now for this instance the sign deep and clean
but if you really wanted to sanitize germs you could also just fingerspell S-A-N-I-T-I-Z-E
'sanitize.' 'Sweep, sweep,' your non-dominant hand is the floor and your dominant hand is the broom sweeping
'sweep.' 'Mop, mop,' it's like you're holding the mop and you're mopping the floor
'mop.' 'Dishes, dishes,' you're just showing the shape of the dishes and in the context of
maybe cleaning them or something 'dishes.' 'Put away, put away,' you have flat 'O' shaped hands
and this is you putting away something and you can do it in different directions 'put away.'
'To chop or to cut,' this is showing you're chopping the food or you're cutting or slicing it 'to cut
or to chop or slice.' 'Cook, cook,' it's just like you're flipping something when you're cooking it
'cook.' 'Temperature, temperature,' your non-dominant hand is the thermometer
and your dominant hand is moving up and down to show the temperature 'temperature.' 'Hot,
hot,' your hand is twisting out from your mouth like it's something that's touched your mouth and it's
too hot 'hot.' 'Cold, cold,' it's just like you're shivering outside because it's so cold 'cold.'
'Order, order,' for the sign order you put your index finger at your chin like you're saying something
and then coming down to what you've said and then you can put the number along with it, like order
three, order number three, 'order.' 'Customer, customer,' this is 'C' shaped hands going down
along the body. This is also the sign for client 'customer.' Now let's put some of these signs into
sentences. How do you sign and then insert the sign that you want to know. 'Sign C-U-P cup what?'
Do you mind writing it down? 'Do you mind write?'
First clean the tables, then sweep. 'First tables clean, second sweep.'
Good job, keep it up. 'Good job, keep going.'
Can you go and help Bob? 'Help Bob?'
Remember the best practice is to use these signs every day. Be sure to communicate and
ask your Deaf coworker what the sign is for something. They will be the best source
because it is their language. We love to hear from you on signs you use in your profession
to add more to our videos on our profession series. We have several, so go and check them out also
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