I decided to teach someone how to tell someone their name using ASL. Signing your name is fairly easy and it is always one of the first things you are asked whenever you meet someone new. Even if you don't know any other signs, at least you can tell someone your name. All you need to do is point to your self, use your first two fingers on each hand and touch them on top of each other (the sign for "name"), and then spell out your name in letters.
I asked my friend Noraya if could teach her and she willingly obliged. I think it went pretty well. She was able to sign the sentence, "My name is Noraya" without my help at all after watching and practicing with me only twice. Of course, if she signed this to a deaf person and they responded with their name, she would not know what they were spelling, unless their name somehow only had the same letters as hers. However, I think for the intended activity, it went very well.
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