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Summary: Tell me about her height. Is she tall or short? Learn how to do sign language related to describing people in this free education video.
Rachel Berman is a deaf graduate student at Gallaudet University studying audiology. Besides audiology, she is very interested in researching different ways people develop language...read more
"Now I'll teach you some signs for height. There are a few different signs for height. Tall. If someone says, "How tall are you?" You might say I'm five-six. Five-eight. So you use the numbers that we practiced earlier. You don't have to say five foot nine inches, you would just give the two numbers and someone would understand. Short, medium height, tall. Or even the same size. If someone's very tall, you'll show that on your face. Let's review. Height, or height. Five-six, five-nine. Six-one. Short, medium height, same height as me. Tall. Practice those signs. Good job."
eHow Article: Sign Language: Height