So you want to know how to finger spell double letters in sign language.
Well in this video I'm going to go over the rules for double letters and I'm
going to also show you several examples on how to use them coming up.
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Now I have gifted you with a free finger spelling double letters practice sheet.
So at any point during this video,
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Now this question comes from Shannon in the ASL club,
which you can find out more here.
There used to be one right way to sign double letters.
Now there are three right ways to sign double letter,
so it's a lot more flexible. Let's go over the three first, their slide next,
there's tap and last. There's what I call arch.
First let's talk about slide sliding is when you take one letter and you slide
your hand over to show a second letter. Now, it's not this huge slide,
it's just a slide. Now if you're right handed,
you're going to slide your hand out to the right. If you're left handed,
you're going to slide your hand out to the left. Now,
if you can't remember which direction, just remember it's a way from your body.
It's a big difference. You don't go sliding in,
sliding in. You slide out.
The next way is tapping.
This is when you tap the via letter,
tap it twice instead of going t and then t,
you
tap it. Tap Arc
is when you draw a mini arc with your hand EI,
Ei, and it's in the same direction as your slide.
It's not this huge Mcdonald's art, it just
arch arch art.
Now you're probably asking, does it matter which one I use?
And the answer is yes and no.
Let me show you what I mean.
Now let's talk about what are the best letters to slide,
and I'll go through them one by one a
for tapping.
The good rule of thumb is if the fingers aren't touching, you can't tap it.
There's nothing,
am I going to go lol and you're not going to go l l you don't pulse it.
So the good rule of thumb is if there is contact with another finger as in d,
k p t.
Now the best letters to tap are
why are those the best letters to two because they make contact with another
finger, but it's also a clear, when you tap it,
it's very clear and easy to see. K, k,
P P and n. M m, t. T.
Technically you can tap the letter e. However,
the problem I see with this and that you may see yourself as if you open it up,
somebody might think that you are signing a c so I do not tap my eas art.
Who are the best letters for marketing?
You might've noticed there are two letters that I did not show the double letter
for j and z. Now, Jay,
you would just sign it twice. Jay, Jay and when you do,
you're going to go Jay and then you're going to move over. Just a tiny but Jay,
so it's like a slide but not the same. You're not going Jay slide.
They're going to Jay Jay a little bit to the right. Jay,
Jay or Jay Jay to the left instead of going zee,
Zee, you go Z, Super Fun.
So make the letter v bended slightly and drop a z with both fingers.
Now when your finger spelling a complicated word or are unique or special word
or just a word that you really want to make sure that they know,
you can combine methods to ensure that they see the double letters.
This could be a tap and sly like a,
this could be a tap in Art, a Ei or pee pee.
Now this draws their eye to the double letters and make sure that they see it
clearly because no matter what method you use,
your main goal is can the other person tell.
But I'm just finger spelling a double letter. If they can,
then you're doing it correctly and that's the basic rule to live by.
Before I get to the examples, let me tell you one last important tip.
When you do double letters, say if it's a longer word,
there's a double letter in the middle of the word.
You are going to do the double letter. Let's do l for example.
You're gonna do the double l.
You're not going to bring your hand back for the next letter,
which in this case could be e. You would slide it out and you leave it there
and then you do the next letter.
So if you're doing one with a bunch of double letters,
your hands going to be a little bit further away from your body like balloon
facey. I'm going to go B, a, l. L, I'm keeping it here. Oh,
oh in.
Just like that. Don't bring your hand back in the middle of a word.
It's going to be too confusing.
Now let's get into some examples. Remember down below in the description box,
there is a link for you to be able to grab your free finger spelling double
letters, practice sheet so that you can practice on your own after this video.
All right, here are the examples.
Rochelle, R, O, c h, e. L. L, e,
jazz
zoo.
Class.
Jennifer
carrot,
little
raccoon.
Be Your
Aardvark.
Todd Nikki
eggs
hippie
offer.
Question of the day.
What is your favorite method of showing double letters of the three or four of
the five and which letter is your favorite doing doubles?
Leave a comment down below.
Let me know what is your favorite method of finger spelling? Double Letters.
And which letter is your favorite? Mine is t because it's super cool.
Now remember the best conversations happen down below in the comments and Asl
Rochelle community.
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