• Instructions
  • 0.0. Instructions
• Unit 1
  • 1.1. Definition of a Deaf Person
  • 1.2. Are all Deaf People Alike?
  • 1.3. What is the Deaf Community?
  • 1.4. Communication Guidelines
  • 1.5. Self-evaluation
  • 1.6. More resources
• Unit 2
  • 2.1. What is Sign Language?
  • 2.2. The Concept of Signs
  • 2.3. Signs from Within: parameters of sign forming
  • 2.4. Sign Language Articulators
  • 2.5. Hand Alphabet
  • 2.6. Self-evaluation
  • 2.7. More resources
• Unit 3
  • 3.1. Greetings and Showing Appreciation
  • 3.2. Introducing Ourselves
  • 3.3. Affirmations and Negations
  • 3.4. Colours
  • 3.5. Self-evaluation
  • 3.6. More resources
• Unit 4
  • 4.1. The Expression of Time
  • 4.2. Cardinal Numbers
  • 4.3. The Family
  • 4.4. Self-evaluation
  • 4.5. More resources
• Unit 5
  • 5.1. LSC Verbs
  • 5.2. Basic Sentence Structure in LSC
  • 5.3. Affirmative Phrases in LSC
  • 5.4. Negative Phrases in LSC
  • 5.5. Interrogative Phrases in LSC
  • 5.6. Self-evaluation
  • 5.7. More resources
• Unit 6
  • 6.1. Students
  • 6.2. Services and administration workers (PAS)
  • 6.3. Professors
  • 6.4. External services workers
  • 6.5. Self-evaluation
  • 6.6. More resources

3. Basic communication in Catalan sign language (1)

In this unit we will learn the first basic LSC signs needed to greet and introduce ourselves and express appreciation, etc. in a simple manner. We will also learn the signs for colours. With these new signs we will begin to train our hands for when we are ready to form phrases.

3.1. Greetings and Showing Appreciation

Now is time to practice greetings and signs of appreciation. Look at the videos and pay special attention to the correct articulation of the sign. Then practice them several times.

• HI
• GOOD BYE
• SEE YOU
• GOOD MORNING
• GOOD AFTERNOON
• GOOD EVENING
• THANK YOU
• NOT AT ALL
• PLEASE
• I'M SORRY (apologise)
• I'M SORRY (feeling)