Comments on Love, Daddy: The Bilingual Advantage

Yeah, I agree with the anonymous commenter above.....

2011-06-14T10:25:15.431-04:00

Yeah, I agree with the anonymous commenter above...the best way to brush up your ASL skills is to interact with members of the Deaf community. There are PLENTY of Deaf events happening in NYC on a weekly basis. However, as an ASL professor, I do get a few CODAs in my courses. They vary in signing skills but even the most advanced one benefited from taking ASL V and ASL VI with me (those levels focused on storytelling techniques). Even Deaf students benefited from taking ASL with me. See what's available in your community. There are also specific courses such as courses on using classifiers or even interpreting workshops that just focus on certain topics like classifiers, medical signs, etc. Check out the New York Metro RID chapter for workshops:

http://www.nycmetrorid.org/
(check out the 'links' page...wealth of info)

Events/workshop:

http://www.deafnyc.com/

Good luck! =)

It's amazing how quickly it returns, isn't...

2011-06-01T22:55:27.169-04:00

It's amazing how quickly it returns, isn't it? Thanks for the suggestions!

As a CODA who fell out of the deaf community and i...

2011-06-01T19:18:45.088-04:00

As a CODA who fell out of the deaf community and is now completely back in, my skills came back very fast just by everyday conversation. It took some time but I would think myself to be very fluent now. I believe if you took an ASL 1 class, you would get bored quickly. Or maybe a more advanced class so you could avoid that? Also maybe finding some DVDs to watch to get more exposed. Best option to me would be finding some deafies to hang out with in your area. Just my suggestions, best of luck!