Auslan Basics - Lesson #1 (Australian Sign Language)

A brief lesson in the basics of Auslan; numbers and alphabet. Visit www.auslan.org.au for further info and videos. I'm not a professional, just trying to spread the knowledge that I know, and am open to comments, suggestions, and corrections.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Auslan
• Basics
• Lesson
• Australia
• Sign
• Language
• Alphabet
• Numbers

[r0siemei]

Please continue and make other videos!

[jeb1844]

Could you please subtitle it? I'm deaf, from USA, and am interested in learning Auslan. Thanks! And I enjoyed your numbers lesson. :-)

[kyoko0661]

@pouncephotography

Okay, thanks for telling me.

My friend who taught, told and showed me to use my left hand, learnt off her sister. My friend, her sister, and me are all right handed, so that's what confused me a little bit.

My friend was eight years of age when she showed me and I was seven. So we were actually quite young, and we may of learnt it wrong. I couldn't exactly look it up since I didn't have access to the internet at the time.

Anyway, Thanks for telling me :)

[luem92]

thank you

[pouncephotography]

@kyoko0661 always use you dominant hand for your vowels and numbers and if you are using the alphabet to talk then you use the left Im unsure why but... thats how i got taught

[whyeumadbro]

Try search Auslan Sign Bank in Google. It is a really good website where you can look up signs and it will give you a video clip with it for Australian Sign Language and plus you know you can trust the site.

Happy Learning! :)

[TheLeofier]

great video thanks for the lesson

[madonmagic]

You are great thanks so much deffinately a thumbs up

[kyoko0661]

My friend taught me how to do that, except it was my left hand stationary. So basically, my right hand were making the "C" instead of my left, and the vowels were on my Left not my right hand.

Can some one explain this to me?

[katzeyes80]

I really appreciate the close up view of hands. My 4 year old is required to learn this for preschool, but I found it very hard to work out let alone teach her as all they sent home was a a photocopy of thumb nail size pictures. This has been the only Auslan video I could find that was close to suitable for us to learn off. It really would be great to get a preschool version which is like this but fun and kinda repeat / try with me, including the toilet signal etc.

[becknblake]

wheresthe next lesson