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As I explore how to translate music into ASL, I have been really interested in how ASL is utilized in media. Is it? Is there representation? Here is what I found!
There are definitely some ASL music translations, but not nearly as many as there could be! For my beginner’s learning, I have been watching simple, kids songs in ASL – like this one here:
There are also some Kids TV shows available in ASL that I found on CBC’s website. You can look through them here. As great as it is to see there are shows exclusively produced for ASL, there are not as many translations as I expected! This is definitely an area for growth.
There are a lot of ASL learning opportunities that use media as a mode of teaching! In my search for more content I stumbled upon a really great tool: an ASL dictionary! Click this link to see the ASL Dictionary.
I will definitely be using this to complete my goal for the end of the semester of translating a piece of music I like!
Helena, this is great stuff! I love seeing that you are utilizing children’s songs as a beginner – this is definitely a great tactic with second language learning! Children’s shows and books are awesome resources too. I’m excited to see how the song learning progress goes!