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laura needs to practice!!
caffinatedloz:
--- Quote from: Joseph41 on July 15, 2019, 01:46:09 pm ---Not sure if this is a silly question, but what's the most difficult part about learning this?
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Not a silly question at all. I think that the biggest thing is trying to do it in a way that is respectful of Deaf culture. Auslan is its own language with its own grammar and there are certain things that are and aren't considered appropriate when signing. Some people in the Deaf community find song covers frustrating as they are often done by hearing people who have very little understanding of Deaf history or culture. I want to do it in a way that honours Auslan and doesn't make the Deaf community feel disrespected. (I also made sure that I had a basic level of Auslan proficiency and awareness of Deaf culture before I started filming and posting things.)
I'm not really sure if this makes sense. Sorry if it's a bit of a ramble.
Joseph41:
--- Quote from: laura_ on July 15, 2019, 04:44:00 pm ---Not a silly question at all. I think that the biggest thing is trying to do it in a way that is respectful of Deaf culture. Auslan is its own language with its own grammar and there are certain things that are and aren't considered appropriate when signing. Some people in the Deaf community find song covers frustrating as they are often done by hearing people who have very little understanding of Deaf history or culture. I want to do it in a way that honours Auslan and doesn't make the Deaf community feel disrespected. (I also made sure that I had a basic level of Auslan proficiency and awareness of Deaf culture before I started filming and posting things.)
I'm not really sure if this makes sense. Sorry if it's a bit of a ramble.
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Brilliant. Yeah that absolutely makes sense. How do you go about learning grammar etc. (apologies if covered already)?
caffinatedloz:
--- Quote from: Joseph41 on July 15, 2019, 05:03:37 pm ---Brilliant. Yeah that absolutely makes sense. How do you go about learning grammar etc. (apologies if covered already)?
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I learnt Auslan through community classes, and so as soon as we were learning signs, we were learning the proper way to construct sentences. Some of the major grammatical differences in Auslan are the way that many joining words aren't used (is, a, the, an ect.), the word order (today shop go instead of I'm going to the shops today), and the lack of tenses (danced/dance/will dance is all the same word).
I still don't really understand the grammar rules, but generally, while I'm signing I do what feels right and follow the sentence construction of whoever I'm talking to.
Joseph41:
--- Quote from: laura_ on July 15, 2019, 05:13:44 pm ---I learnt Auslan through community classes, and so as soon as we were learning signs, we were learning the proper way to construct sentences. Some of the major grammatical differences in Auslan are the way that many joining words aren't used (is, a, the, an ect.), the word order (today shop go instead of I'm going to the shops today), and the lack of tenses (danced/dance/will dance is all the same word).
I still don't really understand the grammar rules, but generally, while I'm signing I do what feels right and follow the sentence construction of whoever I'm talking to.
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It really is a fascinating language (as are all languages!). Thanks so much for sharing this thread. Always enjoy it!
EDIT: Touched on Auslan slightly through my Linguistics degree, found it interesting then, too.
Owlbird83:
What made you decide to start learning Auslan? I was taught Auslan from grade prep to 2, but then my primary school stopped it, I only remember the alphabet and a few random signs.
It's such a unique skill! Do you have others around who you practice with? Well done on your progress so far!! ;D
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