So you're looking for the best ASL dictionary. Well,
in this video I'm reviewing the top two best options and also the one to avoid
police believes. Avoid coming up.
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The first dictionary you're going to go, Rochelle, what is wrong with you?
Because I'm saying to get this one,
the Elliot at Children's book of American sign language, but hey, wait,
I know you're not a child who maybe were a child. Hey,
but if you're an adult or a teenager going, I don't need a children's dictionary.
Let me tell you. Let me count the ways. Okay?
First of all, you get a hologram covered. Enough said.
I don't even have to continue this video. Hello Graham.
Cover people are real stuff. Okay. First off,
there are pictures I know you can read.
I know you can read. There are pictures. Let me just go through this format here.
There's a word, there's synonyms, there's a picture,
there's the sentence, the word used in a sentence.
This is fantastic stuff and there's a drawing of the person signing. Oh,
let's go through why all of these things are awesome. First off,
when you are learning a language,
it is important to associate your new sign. In our case sign language,
your new sign with a meaning over a word.
So this picture is going to help you go, oh,
that's the meaning of it.
You're going to help you with ssociate your sign with that meaning because in
sign language,
and this goes into when we talk about grammar in later videos and other videos,
it's so important that you're translating or interpreting the meaning of the
message rather than the word. Okay?
That's important. And I tell my students all the time, you know,
draw a picture,
find a picture that you can associate with that sign so you can get the the
meaning of it rather than the words that you're not dependent on that word,
but just spending, because this is the sign for depend. Second,
all it lists out the synonyms. Oh, this is fantastic.
Another thing that I always tell my students right out, the other synonyms.
So if you find a sign, you go, oh my gosh, that's also the sign, blah, blah, blah.
Or write that down.
It's gonna add to your signing amazingness because you're going to have so many
words to draw on, especially if you're trying to interpret,
even if you're not becoming a professional interpreter,
if you are signing in in the deaf community,
you are going to be called upon to interpret randomly. You know,
say you're out with your friend and so they're trying to communicate, hey,
what if they're in an emergency? This is a whole nother video.
I'm not going to get into it. Rochelle synonyms,
super, super important, super amazing features, super amazing feature. Love it.
Number three, the pictures of the drawings.
These drawings of these kids signing this was made for children.
What does that mean for you?
It means that they go work extra hard to make it clear.
The pictures are bigger, there are clear,
I know exactly the movement that they're doing and they break it down at the
beginning of the dictionary. If you see this Arrow, this is what it means.
If you see this kind of an Arrow, this is what it means. It is incredibly clear.
I give this to my children and go pick 10 new words, sign them to me,
learn them, sign them to me, and they get them spot on. They've got it perfect.
If you need extra help, there is a DVD in the back.
I don't use it.
Obviously I don't need it because I've been signing for over 20 years,
but I don't even use it with my kids. Pull it because I am a living dictionary,
so I guess that's not fair. Sorry. So I use the DVD.
If you really want some extra clarity,
it's totally not necessary because the pictures are just spot on. Hey,
I want them to sign, I want them to draw pictures from my dictionary. Okay.
And the most important factor is it's accuracy.
This is completely accurate. I think maybe there was like one or two signs going,
I will sign it like that. But remember signs or regional,
just like accents are regional and some signs have multiple ways of signing
them. If you've seen any of my videos, especially my newer ones, um, I say,
oh, here's how you signed silver.
We were just talking about this in the practice group the other day.
There were three different ways. The Science,
Silver Swan you see more often than the others and I'm not going to get into
that right now, but it's totally common. So there might be a sign you go, well,
I haven't seen it like that. There could just be multiple ways to sign it.
So really 99% accuracy.
I'm just going to go ahead and give it a hundred because I have yet to see a
sign that is inaccurate. And I've had this for a year and a half now. Um,
Ben tastic dictionary accuracies the most important because there's so many
Hazel dictionaries that are not accurate.
I'm going to punch them right in the throat.
And the second dictionary you want to talk about is this guy's older brother,
sister, whatever, older, older sibling.
I don't have that dictionary with me because I used to own it,
but when I let somebody borrow it and they never give it back,
I'm real happy about it. There are those same line drawings,
black and white drawings. The pictures are smaller,
they have the same synonyms and they're accurate. The pictures are smaller,
so it's a little bit harder to make out. Um,
sometimes it's clear. Sometimes you're like, hmm. And really you,
it's best if you already know the sign,
you'll get those kinds of pictures and be like, oh, I know that sign,
which isn't the point of a dictionary. But no, the pictures aren't that unclear.
There's just some that they're just not as clear as the children's dictionary.
I'm just going to be honest. Um,
the other con is some of the signs are more outdated.
That dictionary was released before this dictionary.
And so some of them are a little bit outdated. That's natural for all languages,
for all language dictionaries. This,
this one is the least outdated of all the American sign language dictionaries
that I have seen. Um, and I've looked at quite a few. Just like I said,
some of them are just regional, right? Um, so I would definitely look into this.
Do this one first. Seriously, do this one first.
Even if you're like 85 or 65 or 54 or 17 and you're like,
I'm not carrying this at school. People will,
but I dunno, but popsicle sticks in my locker. I don't know.
Do this one first, then go up to the adult version. And if you,
it's not an adult material kind of a dictionary.
Sorry, maybe. I'm sorry. Not really. Sorry.
The dictionary to not buy. I'm telling you right now.
Don't buy it. Signing made easy. Let me tell you,
this is the old cover. Okay.
My mom bought this for me years ago. Like,
yeah,
this was made in [inaudible] 89 which was another red flag.
This was made an 89 when they made children learned,
see signing and not American sign language.
Then let me count the ways of wide.
This dictionary should never pass between your hands.
It teaches c if you don't know what see is that is signed exact English.
I am not dogging on seat.
I'm dogging on the creators of c on a dog and I'll see if I see a deaf and hard
of hearing person that I've interpreted for and they use see are not mad at them.
I'm not going to go, hey, what are you going to see for,
you know I'm not going to do that.
If I see a hearing person that's saying I want to learn sign language and they
start learning seat, I'm going to give you the look.
Don't do it. Let me give you an example.
In the beginning of the book they show you the different ways,
the prefixes and suffixes to add to your words like you want a science slow,
you go slowly or slow Lee or was were our am is I am.
No, no, no.
That is not American sign language, which, which is what this channel is about.
That is not American sign language. Number two, I really like,
um, the, the thought to the intention of this.
I don't like the execution. Now obviously this is a teaching see,
but people look at it like it's teaching American sign language and if you're
new, you don't know there's a difference. So that makes me
irritable. They give you sentences, which has great,
it's in C it's in signed English word order. It's not an ASL word order.
So if you pick up this book on, Oh and improve my grammar. Yeah, this is awesome.
Which I think it is pretty cool.
You're going to be disappointed or you're going to naively and innocently follow
it and be like, oh my gosh, I'm doing awesome. And then find out, oh my gosh,
I just wasted a buttload of time. How much does a buttload
I don't want to think about it. Number three, you will become a dictionary signer.
If you have been around any of my videos and courses for awhile,
you know that I say you do not want to be a dictionary signer for instance.
It says, do is signed like this,
do this is not do this is do, do, and it's like, oh,
ways is not how you sign that. Sure. That's the basic movements.
It's like always, okay,
no, it's no, just don't do it.
Just put this down. I urge you,
if you have purchased this or if someone has purchased it for you,
please say thank you and put it in a recycling bin or a fire pit near you.
Don't start a forest fire because we don't want to.
Somebody to go to the goodwill and be like, yeah,
oh my gosh, look, finally
and then somebody else has been duped. Recycle it.
Turn it into something else. Something better. Sorry.
Is this slander? I hope not. Just don't do it. Okay.
I think it falls under a freedom of speech. Right.
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