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Beginning A merican S ign L anguage

Beginning A merican S ign L anguage. Dr. Rachel Brown. 337-255-8111 www.southernsigning.weebly.com cajunsigner@yahoo.com. QUOTES. “Deaf people can do everything hearing people can do, except hear” -- I. King Jordan , first Deaf President of Gallaudet University

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Beginning A merican S ign L anguage

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  1. Beginning American Sign Language

  2. Dr. Rachel Brown 337-255-8111 www.southernsigning.weebly.com cajunsigner@yahoo.com

  3. QUOTES • “Deaf people can do everything hearing people can do, except hear” --I. King Jordan, first Deaf President of Gallaudet University • “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched…they must be felt with the heart.” -- Helen Keller • “Every one of us is different in some way but for those of us who are more ‘different’, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing as they can…just differently.” --Marlee Matlin

  4. INTERNET RESOURCES • YouTube: • MUSIC • Keith Wann • ewitteborg • Sean Berdy • Sean Forbes • Rosa Lee Timm • DPAN videos • Allyballybabe • Signing Time (kids) • www.lifeprint.com • Dr. Vicars; ASLU • ASL resources, fingerspelling practice, and downloads • DEAF CULTURE: • www.DPAN.com (Deaf Performing Arts Network) • www.deafjam.org • Through Deaf Eyes – PBS • www.aslinfo.com • www.gallaudet.edu • www.signingtime.com • ASL COMEDY • CODA Brothers • Keith Wann

  5. What is ASL? • ASL is a language based on the American Deaf culture. • It has its own grammatical rules, structure, and tendencies that are separate from English. • American Sign Language (ASL), Signed Exact English (SEE), Pidgin Signed English(PSE) • ASL is the 3rd most used language in the USA & Canada, the 4th most enrolled foreign language in colleges. • ASL IS NOT UNIVERSAL.

  6. English ASL • ASL Features: • Signs • Fingerspelling • Classifiers • Syntax • Space • Facial expressions • Role shifting (constructed action/dialogue) • Fluency (speed and flow) • cohesion “Big picture” details details “Big picture” English: details-subject-verb-object ASL: object-subject-verb-details

  7. Deaf Culture • We will be learning about the culture of Deaf Americans as well, because there is no ASL without the culture on which it is based. Terminology: -Deaf vs. hearing impaired -Deaf vs. deaf -hearing PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS ARE EITHER DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

  8. Fingerspelling Fingerspelling is the basic unit of sign language. It can be used when you don’t know a sign. In ASL, fingerspelling is used for: People’s names Brand names Book/movie titles Specific store names Cities, countries, and other specific locations Other proper nouns When fingerspelling, do not bounce!

  9. Lesson #1 • Signing space/hand dominance • Fingerspell the alphabet • Basic introductions: Hello, me name___________ Nice to meet you. You deaf? No, me hearing. You sign language student? You go to school where? Me sign language student UL. Me know ASL little bit.

  10. Vocabulary #1 Me man yes You woman no Who boy not What girl sign language When deaf my Where hearing I Why teach person How learn thing I don’t know school -er person marker I know little bit

  11. Grammar Notes Facial expression: important in ASL Eyebrows scrunched for WH- question Eyebrows raised for Y/N question Question words go at the end of an ASL sentence You go school where?

  12. Lesson #2 • Numbers 1-29 • How to ask and tell age • Express want and need • Places • ASL structure: O-S-V (Object-subject-verb) How old you? Drink, me want. Go where? Church, me want go. School you go when? Now? Later? You live where? You know sign language? A little.

  13. Vocabulary #2 #1-29 bathroom fine Want office right Need drink machine wrong Please college good Thank you food bad School drink near Home buy far Church go now Library come later Restaurant finish live

  14. Grammar Notes Finish- past tense You go library finish? Age numbers structure Me age 31.

  15. Lesson #3 • Cities in LA and other popular cities • Transportation • Tell how you get places Me live Lafayette. Me arrive school how? Motorcycle.

  16. Vocabulary #3 Arrive Opelousas car Here Church Point bus There Houston train Lafayette Chicago airplane Baton Rouge Boston motorcycle Shreveport New York bicycle New Orleans California walk Lake Charles Texas subway Breaux Bridge keys apt/house Youngsville grow up ride-in Carencro move Crowley from

  17. Grammar Notes Explain what personal keys are for: Ask someone what housing unit they live in you live what? Apt. Ask someone where they are from You from where?

  18. Lesson #4 • Colors • Sizes • Numbers 30-100 • Describe someone before giving info about them That girl, tall, thin…she ASL student. Woman, smart, beautiful…she my teacher. • Describe what something looks like House look like what? • feelings/preferences

  19. Vocabulary Like (same-as) black big nice Color grey small mean Red white average smart Orange tan tall dumb Yellow gold short silly Green silver fat sweet Blue pink thin funny Purple light pretty boring Brown dark ugly cute

  20. Grammar Notes • Like– “same as”/ “too” • When telling about something, adjectives come after the noun. Your car color what? My car white. • Differences in describing people and objects Me big. My car big. My drink size large. • ASL does not use English helping verbs. • Describing people includes facial expression and body movement. Deaf culture is blunt! No offense.

  21. SPECTRUM OF PERSONAL PREFERENCE FEELINGS LOVE like Ok/so-so Don’t like detest

  22. Prefer Favorite Favor Your favorite color what? Me prefer Coke. Favor please?

  23. PRODUCTION AND RECEPTION CHECK Using verbs, nouns, and adjectives learned up to this point, try to have a 2 minute conversation in full ASL without voicing. Examples: • Introduce self and express pleasure in meeting someone • Ask/answer where someone lives • Ask/answer how someone arrived at class • Ask/answer about transportation preferences • Ask/answer why taking sign language class • Ask/answer about personal keys or items

  24. Lesson #5 • Family members • Possessive pronouns • Negative responses • Contrastive structure

  25. Vocabulary Man husband nephew alone Woman wife niece single Boy children cousin relationship Girl kid friend divorce Father family roommate separate Mother baby boyfriend YOUR Son grandmother girlfriend MY Daughter grandfather sweetheart HIS/HER Brother uncle step/half OUR Sister aunt pregnant US TWO

  26. Grammar Notes • Negative statements are accompanied by headshake and/or facial expression No, Not (don’t) , None • When discussing more than one person in a situation, ASL uses body shifting to show difference

  27. NO, NOT, NONE • Are you two students married? (no, not) • Do you have three brothers and 5 sisters? (no, not) • Do you live in New Orleans? (no, not) • Are you pregnant? (no, not) • How many brothers/sisters you have? (none) • How many children you have? (none) Don’t forget to accompany with headshake and facial expression to negate or emphasize.

  28. Culture Lesson: Interpreting Interpreter: translates a language orally or manually Translator: translates written text Interpreter Lydia Callis Educational interpreter Interpreter Jack Jason

  29. Lesson #6 • Time concepts (now, future…) • Days of week • activities • Dual personal pronouns (us-two) • Phrasing: listing activities

  30. Time Vocabulary Now/today late/later Tomorrow early Yesterday week do/activity/errands Day this week have plans Night next week must Morning last week can’t Afternoon month recently/just Future year Past calendar M-F leave

  31. Activity Vocabulary Study eat golf practice Work sleep volleyball cheer Play party swimming win Take care of class tennis lose Chat meeting bowling champion Clean church wrestling coach Cook dentist basketball Shop doctor football sport/compete/athlete Read hospital baseball friend’s house movies soccer travel stay home visit play cards art exercise game tournament

  32. More Vocabulary Reason breakdown become lost Excuse can’t find absent Sorry look for Can’t parking enjoy Excuse me traffic hate/awful Late appointment pity/aww… Sick babysitter Oversleep forgot phone

  33. Grammar Notes Time Concepts: to indicate tense (past, present, future) in ASL, use a time sign AT THE BEGINNING of the sentence. Last Monday me eat restaurant. Or Tomorrow me late. Give Reasons Why: time + explanation + reason Last Thursday me not come to class. Me SICK! Tomorrow me not come to class. Me must go doctor appt. Excuse me! Must go bathroom now!

  34. Grammar Notes Activity Discussions: use sign DO in question form Time + person + do do Last week, Rachel do do? Or Next Friday night, you do do? Listing Activities: time + person + activity + activity Yesterday me cooking, cleaning, shopping. Giving Opinions About Activities: activity + opinion Cleaning, me vomit. Or cooking me enjoy.

  35. Tell your partner about someone in the scene. Include: • Personal description • How they feel about being at the party • Why they need to leave soon • REMEMBER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS!

  36. Culture Notes: Getting Attention (p. 108-109 Signing Naturally Teacher’s Manual, Cumulative Review section of videotape) • Touching another’s arm or shoulder • Waving in peripheral vision • Asking a third person to get other’s attention

  37. Culture Notes: Asking for Repetition (p. 112-113 Signing Naturally Teacher’s Manual, Cumulative Review section of videotape) • Wait wave, again • Puzzled look, shake head, don’t understand • Fingerspell again please • Sign slower please • How sign (fingerspell word)

  38. Culture Notes: Negotiating a Signing Environment (p. 110-111 Signing Naturally Teacher’s Manual, Cumulative Review section of videotape) • Going between people conversing in signs • Going around people conversing in signs • Asking people to move aside • Moving yourself to be clearly seen • Asking signer to move into a better view

  39. Deaf-Blindness/Usher Syndrome Most deaf-blind are not born fully deaf and blind. Usher Syndrome is a progressive, genetic disorder in deaf people who’s vision denigrates over time.

  40. Sentence test: can you sign these sentences smoothly? • Hi, my name is _________. Nice to meet you. I am a sign language student at UL, my teacher’s name is Rachel Brown. • I don’t live far. I grew up in New Orleans but moved here for school in 1999. I now live close to UL. • Next Sunday I have church and a family meeting. Want to come? • I have a car that is white and big. I love it. • Did you go to the gym yet? Want us two to go together this afternoon? I have water. • I have 4 children. I boy, 3 girls. The boy is 10, the girls are 8, 6, and 4. They are so cute. • I don’t understand. Can you sign slower? Ah. Got it. Thanks!

  41. Receptive test: NAME THAT ABBREVIATION FBI APT BLVD FYI MIN DEPT CSI SEC BBQ DMV HS OT DVD ID REF AA LBS LOL SUV CO TY SSI OZ NASA AC AVE ULL • Practice spelling the entire word once you figure out the abbreviation

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