To do the sign for "world" (if you are right handed)
hold your right "W" hand on top of your left "W" hand. Move both hands
simultaneously. The movement is a circular motion: forward, down, back,
up. While the right hand is moving forward, the left hand is moving
backward. When the right hand is moving upward, the left hand is moving
downward.
WORLD:
There are many variations for how to sign "WORLD" depending on the context you are using.
THE WHOLE WORLD / WORLD:
GLOBAL / ALL OVER THE WORLD:
INTERNATIONAL / GLOBE / WORLD:
There are 3 variations for "AROUND THE WORLD."
AROUND THE WORLD (version 1):
AROUND THE WORLD (version 2):
AROUND THE WORLD (version 3):
If you want to discuss Earth, there are a few common signs:
EARTH / PLANET (version 1):
EARTH / PLANET (version 2):
EARTH (ball version):
Continents:
AFRICA:
AFRICA (beautiful / reclaimed version):
ANTARCTICA - video coming soon
ASIA:
AUSTRALIA (hat version / legacy version / ANTHROPOLOGY / CUBA):
AUSTRALIA (8-5 hands version):
EUROPE:
EUROPE (indigenous version):
NORTH AMERICA (NORTH + AMERICA version):
NORTH AMERICA (depictive version):
SOUTH AMERICA (SOUTH + AMERICA version):
SOUTH AMERICA (depictive version):
Sample sentence: If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Notes:
See: CONTINENT
See: COUNTRIES
See: EARTH
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