level 1 chapters 1 & 2. this class is full. i can’t add any more students. due to insurance...
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THIS CLASS IS FULL.I CAN’T ADD ANY MORE STUDENTS.
DUE TO INSURANCE POLICIES, THE ONLY PEOPLE ALLOWED
IN THE CLASSROOM ARE:
1. PEOPLE WHO ARE REGISTERED FOR THIS CLASS
OR2. PEOPLE ON THE WAIT LIST FOR THIS CLASS
FOR EVERYONE ELSE, I'M VERY SORRY. PLEASE TRY ANOTHER SECTION
OR COME BACK NEXT SEMESTER.
SPECIAL NOTEYOU NEED MY ASL BOOK FOR PRACTICE
AT EVERY CLASS SESSION.
YOU MUST BRING THIS BOOK TO EVERY CLASS.
IF YOU DON’T BRING YOUR BOOK,YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE CLASS
AND GET THE BOOK, EVEN IF IT IS 20 MILES AWAY.
YOU’LL PROBABLY BE MARKED AS ABSENTIF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT BACK IN TIME,
WHY DO DEAF PEOPLE USE THAT SIGNTO REPRESENT HEARING PEOPLE?
WHEN DEAF PEOPLE LOOK AT HEARING PEOPLEHERE IS WHAT THEY SEE…
HERE’S PART OF A FIRST-TIME CONVERSATION
WITH A DEAF PERSON
1. GREETING THE PERSON
2. EXPRESSING FRIENDSHIP
WHEN DEAF AND HEARING PEOPLEMEET FOR THE FIRST TIME
HERE’S WHAT THEY SAY
1. GREETING
2. CLARIFYING CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS
3. EXCHANGING NAMES
4. EXPRESSING FRIENDSHIP
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GREET DEAF PEOPLE?
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CLARIFY BACKGROUNDS?
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO EXCHANGE NAMES?
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS FRIENDSHIP?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GREET DEAF PEOPLE? YES!!
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CLARIFY BACKGROUNDS? YES!!
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO EXCHANGE NAMES? NO.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS FRIENDSHIP? YES!!
DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO EXCHANGE NAMES?
YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO FINGERSPELL , FIRST!
A, B, C, D, E, and FFINGERSPELL THESE WORDS
bed deafcad deedcab fadefed cafédab beadace cededad face
G, H, I, J, K, and LFINGERSPELL THESE WORDS
gig kickkeg laidjab jadebig highhad lackjig diedled like
M, N, O, P, Q, R and SFINGERSPELL THESE WORDS
nag nonepig rainsob propfan minemen poemran spinnod sass
T, U, V, W, X, Y and ZFINGERSPELL THESE WORDS
vat uglywig hiz
zit yellyum togatug vaintax sexywoe zany
SOME FUN WORDS TO FINGERSPELL!!
MISSISSIPPIMONSOON
WOOLLY MAMMOTHMESOPOTAMIA
SASSAFRASSONOMA? NO MA!E-I-E-I-O E-I-E-I-OFEEDING FRENZY
LET’S PRACTICE FINGERSPELLINGTHREE LETTER WORDS
ACE HAD RANBED JAB SOBBIG JUG TAXCAB KEG TUGCAD LED
VATDAD MEN WIGFAN NAG WOEFED NOD YUMGIG PIG ZIT
LET’S PRACTICE FINGERSPELLINGFOUR LETTER WORDS
BEAD CAFE CEDEDEAF DEED DIEDFACE HIGH JADEKICK LACK LAIDLIKE MINE NONEPOEM PROP RAINSASS SPIN SEXYUGLY VAIN WILTWHIZ YELL ZANY
LET’S PRACTICE FINGERSPELLINGFUN WORDS
MISSISSIPPIMONSOON
WOOLLY MAMMOTHMESOPOTAMIA
SASSAFRASSONOMA? NO MA!E-I-E-I-O E-I-E-I-OFEEDING FRENZY
FINGERSPELLING OLYMPICS
OFFICIAL RULES
1. FOUR OR FIVE TEAMS IN ROWS
2. PLAYER AT HEAD OF EACH ROW IS GIVEN A SYLLABLE OR WORD
3. THIS SYLLABLE OR WORD IS TRANSMITTED FROM PLAYER TO PLAYER DOWN THE ROW TO THE LAST PLAYER
4. THE TEAM THAT FINISHES FIRST WINS THE GAME.
HOMEWORK1. Write responses to My ASL Book, Chapter 1,
Pages 1 – 23: Getting Ready to Learn ASL. Due by third Session.
2. Practice and prepare for Fingerspelling Olympics, using the syllable chart in Chapter 2, Page 36.
3. Read and respond to My ASL Book, Chapter 2, Pages 25-34: “Introduction”, “The Classroom” and “Fingerspelling Finesse”
4. View and respond to My ASL Tube, Chapter 2,videos 2-1 to 2-10
(end of session 1)
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HOW TO TRAIN TO BECOMEOLYMPIC FINGERSPELLING CHAMPIONS:
1. TRAINING IN PAIRS:
1. Student A chooses a random syllable and fingerspells it to Student B
2. Student B repeats the syllable back to student A
3. Student A confirms that B is right or wrong
4. Then Students A and B switch roles
TRAINING TIPS FORFINGERSPELLING CHAMPS!!
1. SPELL IN SYLLABLES, NOT LETTERS
2. WATCH OUT FOR LETTERS THAT CAN BE CONFUSED
“A” and “S”
“D” and “F”
“E” and “O”
“G” and “H”
“I” and “Y”
“P” and “Q”
HOW TO TRAIN TO BECOMEOLYMPIC FINGERSPELLING CHAMPIONS:
2.TRAINING AS A TEAM
1. All team members look away from Student A.
2. Student A picks a random syllable, and fingerspells it to Student B.
3. Student B fingerspells syllable to Student C, C to D, D to E, etc around the circle.
4. The last student fingerspells the syllable back to
Student A who confirms it is right or wrong.
5. Student B starts the next round
WARNING:
PRACTICE IS SERIOUS
BUSINESS!!
IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE AND
YOUR TEAM LOSES, THEY’LL BE MAD!
I CAN'T GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY!!!
FINGERSPELLING OLYMPICS
OFFICIAL RULES
1. FOUR OR FIVE TEAMS IN ROWS
2. PLAYER AT HEAD OF EACH ROW IS GIVEN A SYLLABLE OR WORD
3. THIS SYLLABLE OR WORD IS TRANSMITTED FROM PLAYER TO PLAYER DOWN THE ROW TO THE LAST PLAYER
4. THE TEAM THAT FINISHES FIRST WINS THE GAME.
THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN MEETING A DEAF PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME
1. What is the right conversational distance?a. For speaking personsb. For signing persons
2. How do you show you’re asking a Yes/No question?
3. How do you show you're asking a "WH" question?
(WHO, WHAT, WHERE, etc.)
4. What if you don’t understand the other person?
5. What if you do understand the other person?
WHAT DO YOU DOWHEN YOU MEETA DEAF PERSON?
A DIALOGUE:
1. GREETING
2. CLARIFYING CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS
3. EXCHANGING NAMES
4. EXPRESSING FRIENDSHIP
THE GAME OF “SOCIAL CLIMBER”
1. Students circulateand do the dialogue for a first meeting.
2. Students try to to remember as many names as possible
3. The student who remembers the most names wins the game
HOMEWORK
1. Finish responses to My ASL Book, Chapter 1, Pages 1-23, Getting Ready to Learn ASL, Bring your answers to class for your instructor to look at.
2. Read and respond to My ASL Book, Chapter 2, Pages 35-43: Fingerspelling Olympics” and “The ASL Club”
3. View and respond to My ASL Tube: Chapter 2, videos 2-11 to 2-19
(end of session 2)
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET
1000 DEAF PEOPLE?
WE’RE GOING TO MEET THEM IN A VIDEO,
“THE L.A.C.D. STORY”
QUESTIONS ABOUT “L.A.C.D STORY “
1. What signs that you learned did you recognize?
2. What new signs did you learn?3. What points in the video surprised you?4. What points in the video didn’t surprise
you?5. What were the functions of a Deaf club?6. What social institutions have taken its
place?7. Deaf clubs were vital communication
centers for Deaf people. How do Deaf people
handle their communication needs in the present
?
QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ASL CLASS
1. How has the class worked for you?
2. What do you like about the class?
3. What would you like to change?
4. Any other ideas or comments?
SEVEN REASONS FOR TAKING ASL
1. Satisfying foreign language requirement
2. Deaf friends or family members3. Deaf children4. Hearing babies5. Serving Deaf clients/patients6. Performing and foreign travel7. Fun
TEN STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING ASL
1. Review motivating reasons often2. Attend all classes3. Support a Deaf/ASL-friendly
classroom4. Work with signing “buddies”5. Maximize exposure to ASL
TEN STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING ASL
6. Be an active learner7. Link signs to concepts, not English
words8. Learn to relax!9. Communicate with instructor about
problems10. Get tutoring help, if necessary
IN A DEAF-FRIENDLY OR ASL-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT:
1. STUDENTS PLACE THEMSELVES IN LOCATIONSTHAT SUPPORT VISUAL COMMUNICATION
2. STUDENTS KEEP DISTRACTIONS TO A MINIMUM
3. STUDENTS KEEP IMPROVING THEIR ASL SKILLS
4. STUDENTS USE VISUAL COMMUNICATION ANDAVOID USING SPOKEN COMMUNICATION
HOMEWORK
1. Practice signing the reasons for learning ASL from My ASL Book,Chapter 1: Getting Ready to Learn ASL
2. Write a 1 ½ page reaction paper to “The LACD Story”
3. View and respond to My ASL Tube, Chapter 2, videos 2-20 and 2-21
(end of session 3)
ART THERAPY!1. Students work in pairs2.They collect 4-5 strips of each
color3. Student A tells Student B to pick
up a specific number of strips and place them in the “artwork”
4. Be sure to use the “H” handshapeto show where the strips go
5.When the artwork is finished, switch roles
HOW DO YOUIDENTIFY A PERSON YOU WANT TO MEET?
1. Gender
2. Hair color
3. Special feature such as glasses, earrings, facial hair, etc
4. Articles of clothing
HOW DO YOUIDENTIFY A PERSON YOU WANT TO MEET?
2. Hair color2. Hair color2. Hair color2. Hair color2. Hair color2. Hair color
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Person A: You see man/woman/boy/girl (description)?? (Y/N
Question)
Person B: (Point) He/she?? (Y/N Ques.)
Person A: Yes. Who (Point)? (WH Ques.)
Person B: (Point) name. . .
HOMEWORK
1. Read and respond to My ASL Book, Chapter 2, Pages 44-52: “The Classroom”
2. View and respond to My ASL Tube,
videos 2-22 to 2-29(end of session 4)
IT’S TIME TO PLAY THE GAME OF “BIRTHDAY PARTY”.
1. Twenty pictures of people on the walls
2. Students mingle as if they’re at a party
3. They ask each other for the names of the people in the pictures
4. They write down the names on paper
5. The student with the longest list of names wins
Suppose you asked a friend for the name of a person
you wanted to meet.
The friend gave you the person’s name.
Now you are going to meet the person.
But, first, you need to make sure
that the name is spelled correctly.
CONFIRMING SOMEONE'S NAME
A: ask for confirmation of B’s name
B: Tell A if the name is spelled correctly.
If not, politely wave “No” andgive the correct spelling
A: Double-check the nameB: Tell A if is spelled correctlyA: Nice to meet you.B: Nice to meet you (too)
MY SECRETARY TYPED UP A LIST OF YOUR NAMES.
THE SECRETARY IS RATHER DITZY.
I HOPE YOUR NAMES WERE SPELLED CORRECTLY!
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE JOKE
1. How did the first hearing man try to communicate with the Deaf woman?
2. How did they solve the communication breakdown?
3.What happened when the second hearing man joined the conversation?
4. At the end of the joke, why did the Deaf woman laugh at the two hearing men?
5. Do you think this could happen in real life?
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS AN ASL JOKE OR STORY, THAT PERSON PLAYS TWO ROLES:
1. THE NARRATOR OF THE STORY2. A CHARACTER IN THE STORY
I WILL SHOW THE JOKE AGAIN. PLEASE WATCH AND TELL ME
WHICH ROLE THE STORYTELLER IS PLAYING: THE NARRATOR OR THE CHARACTER
CAN YOU FIND THE “RULE”FOR NARRATORS AND CHARACTERS?
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS AN ASL JOKE OR STORY,
THAT PERSON PLAYS TWO ROLES:
1. THE NARRATOR OF THE STORY:
A. LOOKS AT THE AUDIENCE
B. ASSUMES A NEUTRAL EMOTION
2. A CHARACTER IN THE STORY:
A. LOOKS TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AND TURNS BODY TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT
THIS IS CALLED A “ROLE-SHIFT”
B. ASSUMES PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND EMOTIONS OF THE CHARACTER
NOW, YOU TELL THE JOKE TO A PARTNER.
BE SURE TO SHOW WHETHER YOU’RE THE NARRATOR OR A CHARACTER.
YOUR PARTNER CAN GIVE YOU FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE YOUR STORYTELLING.
WORK WITH YOUR PARTNER UNTIL YOUR STORYTELLING IS FANTASTIC AND FUNNY.
THEN YOU AND YOUR PARTNER SWITCH ROLES
HOMEWORK
1. Students will be required to participate in a storytelling competition.
2. Read and respond to My ASL Book, Chapter 2, Pages 52 – 57, Deaf Coffee Night and Whoops!
3. View and respond to My ASL Tube, videos 2-30 to 2-33
(end of session 5)
ASL classifiers are special signs that show spatial properties, activities and
movementsof people, animals, large and small objects,
etc
One kind of classifier is the HANDLE classifier.
Using this classifier, the signer’s handsmanipulate or depict an imaginary object
Watch the joke again. Try to identify the HANDLE classifiers.
Are they the same thing as mime? How are classifiers and mime different?
ASL STORYTELLING COMPETITION
1. Four groups
2. Each student in a group tells the coffee shop joke
3. Each group selects the best storyteller based on:
A. CLEAREST AND SMOOTHEST SIGNINGB. CLEAREST NARRATIONC. BEST ROLE SHIFTS FOR CHARACTERSD. BEST CHARACTER DEPICTION
4. A finalist from each group performs for the class
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I WILL PRODUCE TWO SIGNS.
TELL ME HOW THEY ARE DIFFERENT
1. Handshape2. Orientation3. Location4. Movement
5. Non-Manual Markers (NMMs)(Facial Expressions or Head
Movements)
WORK WITH A PARTNER
A: Produce two signs or gestures that have only one different parameter
(You can create a nonsense sign if you like)
B: Tell A which parameter is different
1. Handshape2. Orientation3. Location4. Movement5. Non-Manual Marker (NMM)
YOU CAN USEFACIAL EXPRESSIONS OR HEAD MOVEMENTS
TO CHANGE THE MEANINGOF SENTENCES IN ASL.
THESE EXPRESSIONS AND MOVEMENTS ARE CALLED NON-MANUAL MARKERS
(NMM’s)
I WILL USE A NMM IN A SENTENCE.
TELL ME WHICH SENTENCE I SIGNED
1. YOU’RE DEAF
2. YOU’RE NOT DEAF
3. ARE YOU DEAF?
4. YOU’RE DEAF, HUH? (I DOUBT IT)
5. YOU’RE DEAF! (WOW!)
YOU CAN USE NON-MANUAL MARKERS (NMM’S) TO:
1. MAKE A POSITIVE STATEMENT
2. MAKE A NEGATIVE STATEMENT
3. ASK A QUESTION (YES/NO)
4. EXPRESS DOUBT
5. EXPRESS SURPRISE
THE GAME OF“RUBBER FACE OLYMPICS”
1. The class breaks into teams of five players
2.Each player gets a NMM card and a sentence card
3.Each player must combine the NMM and the sentence
4. Other players must guess which NMM was used
5.To earn a point, ALL PLAYERS must guess the right NMM. If any player guesses wrong,no point is earned.
HERE ARE SOME SENTENCES WE WILL USE IN
“RUBBER FACE OLYMPICS”
I/you/he/she is Deaf I/you/he/she is hearing
I/you/he/she is a student I/you/he/she is a teacher
I/you/he/she is learning signs I/you/he/she is teaching signs
I/you/he/she is nice I/you/he/she understand signs
I/you/he/she forgot my name I/you/he/she remembered my name
I/you/he/she knows the man/woman
I/you/he/she knows me/you/him/her
HERE ARE SOME SENTENCES WE WILL USE IN
“RUBBER FACE OLYMPICS”
I/you/he/she is a boy I/you/he/she is a girl
I/you/he/she has purple glasses I/you/he/she has a white shirt
I/you/he/she has a yellow tie I/you/he/she has a red dress
I/you/he/she has black pants I/you/he/she has a blue hat
I/you/he/she has green shoes I/you/he/she stirs coffee
I/you/he/she drinks coffee I/you/he/she writes
WHEN DO YOU USE THE NMM?AT THE END OR
THROUGHOUT THE SENTENCE?
SENTENCE NMM AT END OR THROUGHOUT?
1. POSITIVE STATEMENT
2. NEGATIVE STATEMENT
3. QUESTION (YES/NO)
4. EXPRESS DOUBT
5. EXPRESS SURPRISE
VERY IMPORTANT!
THIS IS NOT A GAME TO SHOW WHO IS RIGHT OR WRONG
IT IS A GAME TO SHOW
WHICH TEAM COMMUNICATES
BESTUSING NMMs
HOMEWORK1.Students must practice their NMMs to
prepare for the Rubber-Face Olympics
2.Read and respond to My ASL Book, Chapter 2, Pages 57-70, Classifier Corner, Deaf Mythbusters, Linguistic Illuminations, Ask Miss ASLey, and Deaf Culture Corner
3. View and respond to My ASL Tube, videos 2-34 to 2-40, and 2-42 to 2-44
(end of session 6)
DEAF CULTURE CORNER
THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT LED TO THE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST PERMANENT SCHOOL
FOR DEAF CHILDREN.
DEAF CULTURE CORNER
ALICE COGSWELLMASON COGSWELL
THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDETTHE BRAIDWOODS
ABBE SICARDDLAURENT CLERCJEAN MASSIEU
DEAF CULTURE CORNER
GALLAUDET MEETS ALICEGALLAUDET GOES TO ENGLAND
HE LEARNS FROM FRENCH TEACHERSCLERC AND GALLAUDET COME TO AMERICA
CLERC AND GALLAUDET TRAVEL AND LECTURE THE FIRST DEAF SCHOOL
ASL IS CREATED
DEAF CULTURE CORNER
WHEN?1814-1817
WHERE? HARTFORD, CONN
LONDON, ENGLANDPARIS, FRANCE
DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE U.S.
HOMEWORK
1.Review all of Chapter 1 and 2 of My ASL Book, in preparation for a Chapter Test
2. Review all of My ASL Tube, videos 1-1 to 2-44 in preparation for a Chapter Test
3. The Chapter Test will consist of forty skills questions and ten content questions
(end of session 7)
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 1SEVEN REASONS FOR TAKING ASL
1. Satisfying foreign language requirement
2. Deaf friends or family members3. Deaf children4. Hearing babies5. Serving Deaf clients/patients6. Performing and foreign travel7. Fun
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 1 TEN STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING ASL
1. Review motivating reasons often2. Attend all classes3. Support a Deaf/ASL-friendly
classroom4. Work with signing “buddies”5. Maximize exposure to ASL
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 1 TEN STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING ASL
6. Be an active learner7. Link signs to concepts, not English
words8. Learn to relax!9. Communicate with instructor about
problems10. Get tutoring help, if necessary
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 21. Meet and introduce yourself to a new Deaf
friend
2. Produce and read fingerspelled words and names of people
3. Solve conversational issues when chatting with a Deaf friend
4. Describe the role of Deaf clubs and how they supported Deaf communities
5.Describe people you want to meet to a Deaf friend and ask for their names
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 26. Ask new Deaf friends to confirm how to
spell their names
7. Use storytelling techniques to tell a popular joke about two hearing men who interact with a Deaf woman in a coffee shop
8. Identify and produce some examples of HANDLE classifiers
9. Debunk the myths and clarify the truths about Deaf people’s attitudes toward music.
10. Identify parameters of individual signs
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 211. Use or identify index fingers as pronouns
or as sentence enders
12. Use “thinking peoples” signs to communicate ideas and concepts
13. Use Non-Manual Markers (NMMs - facial expressions and head movementss) to convey meaning
14.Tell the story of the “Father of American Sign Language”
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 2DEAF MYTHBUSTERS
CAN DEAF PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE MUSICAL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS
DANCING, SIGNING SONGS, AND LISTENING TO OR PLAYING MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS?
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 2ASK MS. ASLEY
IF YOU’RE AT A DEAF COFFEE NIGHT AND
YOU DON’T KNOW MUCH ASL, WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 2 DEAF CULTURE CORNER
THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT LED TO THE FOUNDING OF THE FIRST PERMANENT SCHOOL
FOR DEAF CHILDREN.
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 2 DEAF CULTURE CORNER
ALICE COGSWELLMASON COGSWELL
THOMAS HOPKINS GALLAUDETTHE BRAIDWOODS
ABBE SICARDDLAURENT CLERCJEAN MASSIEU
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 2 DEAF CULTURE CORNER
GALLAUDET MEETS ALICEGALLAUDET GOES TO ENGLAND
HE LEARNS FROM FRENCH TEACHERSCLERC AND GALLAUDET COME TO AMERICA
CLERC AND GALLAUDET TRAVEL AND LECTURE THE FIRST DEAF SCHOOL
ASL IS CREATED
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 2 DEAF CULTURE CORNER
WHEN?1814-1817
WHERE? HARTFORD, CONN
LONDON, ENGLANDPARIS, FRANCE
DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE U.S.