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Kouhei Sugihara 「杉原航平」 ([personal profile] sunnyspot) wrote in [community profile] retrospec2018-04-09 10:15 pm

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I'm Kouhei Sugihara, and I'm a tutor and student at Recollé U. I mostly offer tutoring for basic subjects, but lately, a few of my friends have been asking me to teach them sign language. I don't use it much in my daily life, but since I've had hearing problems since I was young, I'm fluent in Japanese sign language and pretty comfortable with American sign language. I don't mind teaching it, since it's something I know a lot about, and everyone keeps telling me that other people might be interested too. So...

Just in case, if I offered sign language tutoring, would anyone be interested? I don't really have a way to get the word out aside from Retrospec, and I'd feel more comfortable offering it to a smaller number of people first. I've been thinking of going for my ASL teaching certification anyway, so... If you want to learn anything, whether it's fingerspelling (letters) or basic signs or something else, I can help you.

Sorry if this isn't the right place for this or something. Thanks.

[personal profile] compendiem 2018-04-10 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
How much per lesson?

[personal profile] compendiem 2018-04-10 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
There is, but I will take advantage of free lessons. The finger spelling ones.

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espansivo: (15 illuminate these feelings)

[personal profile] espansivo 2018-04-10 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
oh, that sounds fun~. can people who don't go to uni join up?
espansivo: (20 i gently whisper)

[personal profile] espansivo 2018-04-10 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
then count me in ♪
it might be useful to learn it so i can sing that way too. i've seen some videos with interpreters in them and i really like the look of it, so if there's a way i can connect to people who are hard of hearing or can't at all then that'd be cool

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livens: (UPBEAT ♪ sunshowers)

[personal profile] livens 2018-04-10 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
i like to learn new things and move my hands!!! so count me in~
livens: (LICK ♪ the lips thoughtful)

[personal profile] livens 2018-04-10 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
i can pay you in cupcakes!!!!

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commandertoolbelt: (tell me more)

[personal profile] commandertoolbelt 2018-04-10 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
sounds cool!
does it matter if i'm still in high school?
commandertoolbelt: (smile)

[personal profile] commandertoolbelt 2018-04-11 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
cool! count me in then
i’m pretty good with languages anyway
won’t hurt to add one more, right?

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floret: (but i'll push myself up through the dirt)

[personal profile] floret 2018-04-11 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! That sounds really interesting! ... Which is to say, um, I'm interested. Would they be group sessions, or one on one?

This is probably going to sound stupid, but it didn't even occur to me until now that there would be a Japanese sign language, even though obviously there would be...
What is it like? I mean, does it sort of follow the spoken/written language, or is it totally its own thing?
floret: (i was thinking about the easy courage)

[personal profile] floret 2018-04-15 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
Is it ever strange, to mouth it while signing?
I mean, it's sort of like having subtitles of one language under audio of another. They can convey more or less the same meaning, but it's almost never a one-to-one correlation. And the thing that's actually being expressed was originally in only one of the languages. So... when you sign and mouth something at the same time, which one is the original, and which is the translation?
Or
Am I overthinking it? Or is it just not like that?

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courageofheart: (That's it!)

[personal profile] courageofheart 2018-04-15 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Id like to learn!! It would be nice to kno it for my deff customers and coworkers. And I told myself Id try to learn something this year!
courageofheart: (That's it!)

[personal profile] courageofheart 2018-04-17 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I work at the farmers market so I definitly should learn the basics for selling produce!

When and where should we meet?

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sketchythief: (pic#3576326)

[personal profile] sketchythief 2018-04-16 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
if its okay id like to try learning too! a little at a time is fine if youre busy :D
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[personal profile] sketchythief 2018-04-17 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
probably on my own... im not good at studying so i might have to go at my own pace

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littlestbaskerville: YAN YAN YAN (✿ i will pull your tangles out.)

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That's so neat! You can really speak sign language?
littlestbaskerville: and i want sweets leT'S GET SOME SWEETS (✿ you will dance with me‚ yeah!)

[personal profile] littlestbaskerville 2018-04-23 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
In a video once never in person!

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