The Alphabet and Fingerspelling in British Sign Language (BSL)

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.

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!

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Video Timestamps:
00:32 Right-handed alphabet
02:07 Left-handed alphabet
03:38 Which hand to use?
04:00 Swapping hands
04:33 Where to hold your hands
04:54 Lip patterns
05:21 Receptive quiz
07:40 Quiz answers
07:53 Thanks for watching

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