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Billy Seago and the Bravo family introduce breakfast and dining signs. The Cultural Notes explore how considering the deaf as a handicapped group changes perspective, interaction, and attitude. The Grammatical Notes explains how ASL uses adjectives. Seago provides tools to remember the new signs. Concludes with practice sessions, review, and a story. Partially captioned and narrated. #2 of Bravo series.
Beginning ASL Videocourse #16: The People Behind the Bravo Family
Viewer Comments
Jill G.(Pataskala, OH)
September 25th, 2023 at 03:08 PM
Thank you for providing this interesting ASL learning tool.
Antuanette G.(Miami, FL)
April 3rd, 2023 at 06:47 PM
Enjoy it! Fun to learn with the Bravo Family.
Susan H.(Lihue, HI)
February 1st, 2023 at 03:24 AM
My students love this video series and look forward to watching it in segments during class.
JILL G.(NEWARK, OH)
October 10th, 2022 at 12:18 AM
I think the students will be surprised that they can understand the practice story after just two lessons. Very cute!
Milagros G.(Hialeah, FL)
September 17th, 2022 at 11:12 PM
good ways to support beginners in sing language.
JILL G.(NEWARK, OH)
November 17th, 2021 at 02:42 PM
So grateful for this logical approach to teaching ASL to my Hearing students!
Mary K.(Tucson, AZ)
March 9th, 2021 at 10:29 PM
This is very helpful in learning some food signs as well as diner table signs. Billy Seabo's teaches the vocabulary in a way that easy to understand. He clearly demonstrates the signs making it easy to sign.
Belinda V.(Dubuque, IA)
February 3rd, 2021 at 04:42 PM
I will continue to review each of the Bravo Family videos as refreshers, and work my way through the videos I haven't gotten to yet. Thank you for offering this! It's so helpful! For anyone reading this review, if you have never learned sign, these videos are very organized, presented in small, useful chunks and easy to absorb. Also, a great feature that is offered with the videos is that you can slow the video to .5, .75, regular speed, or even speed it up. You can pause the video, rewind and I LOVE the 10 second rewind feature! Great videos! If you can take this as a class with Sherin, she is fantastic!
Hannah N.(Jacksonville, FL)
October 26th, 2020 at 09:39 AM
AMAZING - can't find videos anywhere else!
Hannah N.(Jacksonville, FL)
October 26th, 2020 at 09:37 AM
Helpful and super fantastic learning tool!
Jenifer C.(Seattle, WA)
October 21st, 2020 at 12:00 AM
Having the vocabulary presented in a variety of way is super-useful! The cultural notes in this episode about Deaf culture -pointing out that deaf families laugh and have fun together- is an awesome point to make and relevant to non-speaking autistics I think. Learning the origins of some signs helps me remember them. I absolutely LOVE these videos! Thank you so very much for making them available!
Heily R.(Miami, FL)
October 8th, 2020 at 10:57 AM
A great way to learn by observing! Practice along with the video and you will not forget these signs.
Margaret E.(Blacksburg, VA)
October 7th, 2020 at 06:59 AM
This video is great for learning basic sign language and modeling family interactions.
Carriebeth M.(Waco, TX)
February 11th, 2020 at 11:35 PM
As stated before...Having Closed Caption is wonderful for deaf students to be able to watch and do our assignment. Yes, most is signed, but the Culture and Grammar sections aren't, that's where the CC comes in handy. I'm happy I found these videos!!
MARIAN C.(BRISTOL, VT)
November 27th, 2019 at 07:02 AM
Excellent
Thank you for this videocourse
MARIAN C.(BRISTOL, VT)
November 20th, 2019 at 08:14 AM
very good
MARIAN C.(BRISTOL, VT)
November 13th, 2019 at 07:07 AM
Watched this many times and always learning things. Thank you
Marian Connor
MARIAN C.(BRISTOL, VT)
November 6th, 2019 at 06:30 AM
excellent will watch again and again
Marian Connor
Jason B.(Robbinsdale, MN)
October 31st, 2019 at 11:34 AM
Thank you! This is exactly what my son and I needed. Because he isn't deaf, we have limited access to ASL immersed environments for him. At his school, he is given a communication device that he isn't really working with, very well. We've learned lots of signs, through books, Signing Time, and some community-based classes, but haven't been in an immersive environment to learn the conversational structure. I love that this is focused on family life. So valuable! We're already practicing some phrases from just the first 5 videos. I look forward to our journey through the others. Many thanks to all of your sponsors that are making this resource available for families like ours. It's giving my son greater confidence to practice the signs that he knows.
MARIAN C.(BRISTOL, VT)
October 30th, 2019 at 08:15 AM
excellent curriculum
MARIAN C.(BRISTOL, VT)
October 30th, 2019 at 08:14 AM
this is an excellent learning opportunity
Vicky B.(Asheville, NC)
March 27th, 2019 at 08:24 AM
This is a great/fantastic introduction series to American Sign Language and deaf culture. My students really really liked it and have requested to view more videos in the series.
Dessa L.(Green Bay, WI)
January 31st, 2019 at 11:23 PM
Breakfast With The Bravo Family is delightful!
Mark P.(Racine, WI)
November 27th, 2018 at 09:02 PM
Awesome resource that is very useful in teaching me ASL.
Mark P.(Racine, WI)
November 27th, 2018 at 09:00 PM
The video was very helpful and explained a lot. My students are very impressed when I show them what I have learned from these videos.
Caitlin M.(Providence, RI)
April 18th, 2018 at 12:12 PM
Great series full of humor and effective for learning.
JILL G.(NEWARK, OH)
April 12th, 2018 at 08:39 AM
The ASL Bravo videos are a great introduction to sign language.
Laura H.(North Little Rock, AR)
February 28th, 2018 at 11:50 AM
This is proving to be an excellent tool in learning ASL.
Michael K.
December 8th, 2015 at 11:35 PM
Good video for beginning ASL students.
Anonymous(Springfield, VA)
June 29th, 2015 at 08:18 AM
I found it useful for learning sign language to help communicate with my son
Emily S.(New York, NY)
March 1st, 2015 at 02:59 PM
Great information, a great resource for teachers.
Nancy P.(Mays Landing, NJ)
October 16th, 2013 at 06:24 AM
Great way for my homeschool daughter to learn ASL
Rose A.(TUCSON, AZ)
May 8th, 2013 at 08:40 AM
This is a wonderful series; invaluable for families to develop their ASL skills in order to communicate with their signing child.
I had requested it to be sent to the wrong address. I plan to reserve it again with the correct address and view date
Thank you for providing this interesting ASL learning tool.
Enjoy it! Fun to learn with the Bravo Family.
My students love this video series and look forward to watching it in segments during class.
I think the students will be surprised that they can understand the practice story after just two lessons. Very cute!
good ways to support beginners in sing language.
So grateful for this logical approach to teaching ASL to my Hearing students!
This is very helpful in learning some food signs as well as diner table signs. Billy Seabo's teaches the vocabulary in a way that easy to understand. He clearly demonstrates the signs making it easy to sign.
I will continue to review each of the Bravo Family videos as refreshers, and work my way through the videos I haven't gotten to yet. Thank you for offering this! It's so helpful! For anyone reading this review, if you have never learned sign, these videos are very organized, presented in small, useful chunks and easy to absorb. Also, a great feature that is offered with the videos is that you can slow the video to .5, .75, regular speed, or even speed it up. You can pause the video, rewind and I LOVE the 10 second rewind feature! Great videos! If you can take this as a class with Sherin, she is fantastic!
AMAZING - can't find videos anywhere else!
Helpful and super fantastic learning tool!
Having the vocabulary presented in a variety of way is super-useful! The cultural notes in this episode about Deaf culture -pointing out that deaf families laugh and have fun together- is an awesome point to make and relevant to non-speaking autistics I think. Learning the origins of some signs helps me remember them. I absolutely LOVE these videos! Thank you so very much for making them available!
A great way to learn by observing! Practice along with the video and you will not forget these signs.
This video is great for learning basic sign language and modeling family interactions.
As stated before...Having Closed Caption is wonderful for deaf students to be able to watch and do our assignment. Yes, most is signed, but the Culture and Grammar sections aren't, that's where the CC comes in handy. I'm happy I found these videos!!
Excellent Thank you for this videocourse
very good
Watched this many times and always learning things. Thank you Marian Connor
excellent will watch again and again Marian Connor
Thank you! This is exactly what my son and I needed. Because he isn't deaf, we have limited access to ASL immersed environments for him. At his school, he is given a communication device that he isn't really working with, very well. We've learned lots of signs, through books, Signing Time, and some community-based classes, but haven't been in an immersive environment to learn the conversational structure. I love that this is focused on family life. So valuable! We're already practicing some phrases from just the first 5 videos. I look forward to our journey through the others. Many thanks to all of your sponsors that are making this resource available for families like ours. It's giving my son greater confidence to practice the signs that he knows.
excellent curriculum
this is an excellent learning opportunity
This is a great/fantastic introduction series to American Sign Language and deaf culture. My students really really liked it and have requested to view more videos in the series.
Breakfast With The Bravo Family is delightful!
Awesome resource that is very useful in teaching me ASL.
The video was very helpful and explained a lot. My students are very impressed when I show them what I have learned from these videos.
Great series full of humor and effective for learning.
The ASL Bravo videos are a great introduction to sign language.
This is proving to be an excellent tool in learning ASL.
Good video for beginning ASL students.
I found it useful for learning sign language to help communicate with my son
Great information, a great resource for teachers.
Great way for my homeschool daughter to learn ASL
This is a wonderful series; invaluable for families to develop their ASL skills in order to communicate with their signing child. I had requested it to be sent to the wrong address. I plan to reserve it again with the correct address and view date