Deaf American Student Learns Spoken Icelandic!

[@TheMartikaa]

IT GAVE ME A LOT OF MOTIVATION TO CONTINUE TO LEARN WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR AND WE CAN LEARN MUCH EASILY!It is fascinating!Thank you!

[@SpeakingFluently]

Lisa, Kris lip reads, yes. Just me and Kris here, so no ASL interpreting. After meeting Kris, I would really LOVE to learn some ASL, so I can communicate with him in it next time we meet. He's a great guy. :)

[@DutchwithTomasito]

Thanks for sharing this story! Richard as well, you seem to be a guy with a lot of empathy and patience towards others, it's great to see

[@christianlee123]

This video has put a big smile on my face today. I definitely have no excuses as far as my language learning anymore. Both you and Kris are very inspirational!

[@FloweyG]

What a boss! This is awesome, thanks Richard :)

[@Khelang-62]

This is excellent Richard. Kris is an inspiration and gives me even more motivation to learn languages- now then, where's my languages books?

[@EJK677]

Very Inspirational, bravo to kris!

[@RanJUMPING]

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing your stories.

[@etvdzs]

Very inspiring :-) It might have been interesting to know what motivated Kris to learn Icelandic in the first place, or whether he has learned other language(s) in this way before.

[@TheNicaPinolero]

Grandioso, muy inspirador, realmente no hay que tener escusas para el aprendizaje de otro idioma, Gracias Richard.

[@ThePigmanStudios]

Þetta gerir mig að vilja að læra fleiri íslensku! Þið erið svo andríkir! Ég er að læra íslensku og færeysku, og bæði eru erfitt. Haf gaman! - frá Mátthíasi í Ameríku.

[@daylightmontes]

Gracias por compartir este video :) Realmente inspira bastante el ver que cuando alguien quiere hacer algo, no importa las limitaciones que tenga a su alrededor siempre la pasion y el esfuerzo lo llevaran a conquistar sus objetivos, y a olvidar aquellos muros que a veces no nos dejan ver claramente que de somos capaces. Ambos son geniales... :) Ahora me dieron ganas de aprender lenguaje de señas. Creo que iniciare con LSM y despues con ASL

[@xlexiuniQ]

すごいですよ

[@zweiosterei]

Muy buen video. Se nota que el tipo no deja que su impedimento lo limite. Fantastico.

[@MrUkandUSA]

My god. Kris is amazing :O

[@lorenzovonmatta8278]

Day 38: Amazing. Inspirational. I loved this video =)

[@DwarvenHydra]

That was amazing! Especially the English =- ISL =- ASL bit!

[@Gummi1708]

Gangi þér vel að læra, Matt :)

[@MrSeamantismichael]

Richard Simcott is a boss!

[@gugamoro]

He deserves our respect! Nice one! :D

[@lisali5835]

Thanks for this inspirational video. I'm fascinated by languages & have just completed my first year in a BSL degree. Did Kris lip read or were your words interpreted into ASL during this video?

[@GiuliaSci88]

So Richard do you speak any sign languages?I am really into the BSL right now, studying on my own and try to go to social events to practice and get the most of this experience and of course of the language.I find BSL fascinating as much as other languages and this is probably because we Italians very much like to move our hands and communicate with facial and body expressions.I believe Kris is a real good inspiration and actually this make me feel like I really have to study more BSL!

[@YDoIT95]

Inspiring to say the least!

[@Fredisthegoat6969]

i am icelandic that is so cool!

[@brenocastro427]

Hey, Kris and I became friends online a few years ago, we talked a lot. I switched social networks and ended up losing contact with him. Today I remembered him and when trying to search I found your video. Do you know if he is still on Instagram or Facebook? I couldn't find it. :(

[@theveganalien7091]

AMAZING!!! IM LEARNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND ICELANDIC (SOMETIMES IT GETS HARD LETS GO ASL AND ICELANDIC!!!

[@jackson2009ify]

Yes

[@fuckiran3354]

Why are you learning Icelandic? Not being rude, just genuinely curious. I know English, some ASL, Spanish, and German... what are all the languages you know?

[@SpeakingFluently]

Joe, believe it or not I paid for this course after a year and a bit of getting money from Google ads. I put the money to one side and funded it that way. :)

[@haseo700]

Wow, Kris has an entourage :)

[@ThePigmanStudios]

Takk. :Ð

[@Pakanahymni]

How was Icelandic? I imagine it'd be something like cramming Swedish vocab into German grammar. I take it isn't a very difficult language for someone who knows both?

[@AmorSapientiae]

はい

[@RobertHeslop]

If this doesn't prove that anybody can learn a language ... then what does?