American Sign Language (ASL) - Practice Social

Trying something new this time around.

There's another group that plans to meet at Chandler Mall this Fri from 5-8pm in the food court (open to ASL students of all levels, hard of hearing, deaf, friends of the community, interpreters, teachers, etc). For this month's ASL event, I'm thinking I will check them out for part of the time, and I'll extend an invite for anyone else who'd like to join Jess and I in it.

They will likely want to make it more strict ASL, so try not to talk during it (voice off), and try to practice using your ASL, gestures, and face expressions to get your point across. It may be challenging, but, a good way to learn and help cement it in your brain (immersion and practice, rather than relying on verbal cues).

We can start by meeting at ~5:30pm at Round 1, there are a bunch of tables by the bowling alley, and shouldn't have any issue finding seating there. We can quickly refresh on the basics, alphabet, how to get ppl's attention, and other etiquette, how to ask "how do you say....", or "what does that mean?", or "again/repeat, slow, please", "nice to meet you", "hi, my name ..." etc.

From about 6pm onward, we can go to meet the other group at the food court, And linger there till ~7:15p. If ppl would like a recap session afterward, to chat, see how things went, we can can regroup on the side, and discuss or answer any questions on how ppl's experience went.

This will probably be, or feel, more challenging than a usual session. The other's groups pamphlet says they accept all levels. Jess mentions she visited this particular group once before, and they felt like they were patient. I've had experiences with other groups in the past which sometimes felt rushed or too fast. So, it may vary. I hear this group does games, and have prizes! But, I guess we'll see how it goes.

Who's this for?
anyone interested in learning sign, learning new languages, or getting a more pure ASL experience then what we usually do.

It would probably help if you can at least do the abc's,
but, I will bring a stack of the abc's in ASL printed out, so feel free to use that as a reference sheet if desired. As long as you're open to learning, and trying, being patient with yourself, then it can be a fine and good learning experience. I encourage y'all to come by, as it'll be easier this time with Jess and I and potential peers around, so if needed, just pull us aside as needed

hope to see ya there!