Personally, the experience of watching the episode in ASL was not so different from watching other episodes in languages that I do not speak, with the use of subtitles. Coming from a country that has more than 150 languages, watching movies in languages that I do not understand is not uncommon. However, watching it in ASL was more exciting and kept my attention throughout the episode. While watching a show in ASL, the viewer needs to pay much more attention to the sign, the expression, and the context of usage. ASL is such an expressive language, that if you do not watch the expressions while watching people sign, you cannot follow the storyline. On the other hand, when watching a show in voice or in a language the viewer understands, they do not have to watch the language, they can just hear it and comprehend the content.
The episode we watched in class was not the first time I had watched it. I watch Switched at Birth as one of my regular T.V shows. I love watching this show because it is a blend of English and ASL. The first time I watched it, I watch this episode with subtitles, trying to grasp and learn a few signs, and I understood 95% of the show. The second time I watched it, I watch it with no subtitles and …show more content…
The idea of using face expressions and hands to communicate to someone who is hearing impaired, just makes me really happy. Throughout the episode, we see the students express angry, happiness, and frustration through facial movements. I love that a person’s facial expressions can make a sign mean totally different things. The only thing I do not like about communicating in this language is that, if I miss a sign or an expression, while watching a regularly speeded show in ASL, then I have to rewind it and try and get that, before I move continue to finish it. I can do this when watching a show, but not when I am talking to someone in
The episode we watched in class was not the first time I had watched it. I watch Switched at Birth as one of my regular T.V shows. I love watching this show because it is a blend of English and ASL. The first time I watched it, I watch this episode with subtitles, trying to grasp and learn a few signs, and I understood 95% of the show. The second time I watched it, I watch it with no subtitles and …show more content…
The idea of using face expressions and hands to communicate to someone who is hearing impaired, just makes me really happy. Throughout the episode, we see the students express angry, happiness, and frustration through facial movements. I love that a person’s facial expressions can make a sign mean totally different things. The only thing I do not like about communicating in this language is that, if I miss a sign or an expression, while watching a regularly speeded show in ASL, then I have to rewind it and try and get that, before I move continue to finish it. I can do this when watching a show, but not when I am talking to someone in