Commanding Hands
Learn British Sign Language (BSL) with Commanding Hands.
A comprehensive vocabulary video of family member signs in British Sign Language (BSL). In this video, Dan demonstrates signs for various different family members as well as some example sentences.
Some of the signs have the same, or similar, hand movements therefore your lip pattern is important; mouth the relevant word.
Test your receptive skills and see if you can understand the sentence at the end of the video. Leave your answers in the comments below.
Do you want to learn British Sign Language (BSL)? Start here! In this video, Dan demonstrates how to sign the alphabet in BSL for both right-handers and left-handers. Fingerspelling is an important tool and is perhaps the first thing you should learn in BSL.
You can also watch this video on YouTube at this link: https://youtu.be/_3-hGEb-5MY
Other aspects of fingerspelling are also covered including: which hand to use, swapping hands, where to hold your hands and what your lip pattern should be when fingerspelling.
Put your fingerspelling receptive skills to the test with a quiz at the end of the video. Ten words are spelled; five are with lip patterns and five without making it more difficult. Good luck!
Learn some simple and useful phrases to help with everyday conversations in British Sign Language (BSL). In this video, Dan demonstrates 40 easy-to-learn signs that you can use as a beginner to develop your conversational skills.
Learn how to sign words with positive meaning in British Sign Language (BSL).
👉 Use your dominant hand for one-handed signs and the main action in two-handed signs. Try not to switch hands as it can be confusion for the person you are signing to. Dan (in this video) is right-handed.
👉 Some signs have the same English word when translated. Try to focus on the visual aspect of the BSL sign. Learning variations is useful to expand your vocabulary.
👉 While some variations are included in this video, there are other acceptable forms of some of these signs. For example, the sign for 'pretty' or 'handsome' can also be produced with an extended thumb instead of an extended index finger as shown in this video.
25/04/2024
Remembering Melanie Morris (1969-2019).
On this day, 5 years ago, the world lost one of the kindest and most loving souls.
Melanie was a passionate advocate of British Sign Language (BSL) and a prominent figure in the Leicester Deaf community. Melanie featured in many of our early videos and she will be forever remembered.
Sending love to her family and friends on this difficult day.
23/04/2024
👉 Are you passionate about providing free content to help others learn BSL? Why not volunteer with Commanding Hands and help us to promote BSL.
📧 Contacting us via email is best (email address in the image) or use our online contact form: https://commandinghands.co.uk/contact/
12/03/2024
Learn how to sign the vowels in British Sign Language.
06/03/2024
Learn how to sign the alphabet in British Sign Language (BSL) with our guides for right and left-handers.
Learn 100 signs in British Sign Language (BSL) in 10 minutes! 🤟
31/12/2023
Happy New Year! 🥳
Sorry we've been active recently. We are working on new content for 2024 including new videos and other learning resources.
Best wishes to you all 🥂
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