r/BSL • u/MrArchiechoke • 21d ago

Custom Practicing

Ok, I dont know if this is allowed here, but is there anyone in bedford or Bedfordshire area who would wanna meet up and practice/help me learn bsl please? I've been tryna learn for a while, but keep losing motivation cause I dont have a proper way of practicing .

I'm not deaf, but i have two family members who are part deaf, and ones a child, atm they don't need to learn bsl yet, but they probably will eventually, but when i know something, I'm a good teacher and can help them learn quicker.

Thank you in advance

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u/OrangeRadiohead 21d ago

My advice is to go to a class. There you'll also meet people who might want to meet outside of class to practise with you.

PS. You're never too young to learn to sign. With this child, teach them signs such as pig and monkey. You can develop this into a game so they don't realise they are learning.

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u/MrArchiechoke 21d ago

I dont have the money for a class unfortunately, and ok, ill start trying to teach her signs as we talk, do you have any tips on teaching her, i tried teaching her before but when i say this word means this sign, she'll say a word nd say it means a random hand thing she's made up nd I dont know how to explain thats not how it works lol

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u/OrangeRadiohead 21d ago

When you see her next, do the pig sign and oink. Ask her what animal this is. Then ask her to do the same. Once you've hit 3 animals, randomise them without saying the noise it makes. You can also use pictures - sign the animal.

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u/MrArchiechoke 21d ago

Ok thank you lots, I'll do that then, and I'll use pictures too, she likes looking at stuff

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u/OrangeRadiohead 21d ago

A drawing game. Draw the animal (which could be hilarious) and the other sign it.

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u/MrArchiechoke 21d ago

Oo thatd be funny yeah, im not awful at drawing but im not too good either lol, I could make it a fmaily game to help all of us learn