Master ASL Unit 4 Family & Friends Student Booklet Name: _________________________

Unit 4 Objectives To recognize and use gender distinction in ASL To understand and use contrastive structure To gain exposure to Deaf art To sign about family, friends, and relationships To use pronoun signs appropriately

Family Size

Family Members

How many people in your family How many people in your family? Get the attention of someone across the room from you and ask them how many members there are in their family.

FYI Don’t sign who in sentences like “I have a brother who is Deaf.”

Related Signs

Did you know? CODA Read pg 129 and be ready to discuss

CODA Child of Deaf Adults ~ Approximately 90% of Deaf people have hearing children. ~ CODAs are hearing, but are an important part of the Deaf Community ~ Often, CODAs first language is ASL ~ CODAs have the best of both worlds (hearing and Deaf)

ASL UP CLOSE Using Shoulder Shifting – Grammar Structure DVD pg 131 ~ Used to distinguish several pieces of information in a signed sentence ~ Slightly move your head and shoulders in a different direction for each detail

Shoulder Shifting Used For: Contrasting: multiple topics or pieces of information in the same sentence Comparing: What more than one person says or does Separating: More than one idea or concept in the same sentence

Don’t switch your dominant and non- dominant hands when using the Shoulder Shift. Simply orient your shoulders in a different direction and continue signing Accent Steps DVD pg 131

Compound Signs Many ASL words are compound signs - two separate signs combined to make an additional meaning Sign each portion quickly and smoothly in one motion Parents: Mother + Father Breakfast: Eat + Morning Daughter: girl + baby Others? Compound Signs

Household Pets

What’s your family like?

Deaf Family Dynamics Deaf Culture Note Read pg 134 Be ready to discuss what you learn Deaf Culture Note

Deaf Family Dynamics Why are you interested in Learning ASL? ~ This is a sincere and deeply rooted question (you might know someone in common/maybe you have a Deaf family member/etc) ~ Often families of Deaf children do not sign (you are learning their language – this is of interest, why?) ~ Historically, very few people learned sign language (why do you?) ~ The more people that learn to sign, the better the communication with Deaf people

Signing somebody’s age follows a general pattern of touching a number sign at an area of the chin known as the Age-Spot This is an important part of making conversation. NOTE: The WH-face accompanies the phrase “how old are you?” Signing Age

There are four things to know about signing age: 1) Ages 1 -9 always follow the Rule of 9 format

2) Ages 10 – 100+ except for 13, 14, 15 follow either variation, depending on the style preferred in your area

3) Generally, age numbers follow this format

4) Ages 13, 14, 15 are ALWAYS signed like this

Get the attention of someone near you, but not directly beside you and ask them how old they are. Switch partners and ask how old their brothers and sisters are.

Age-Related Signs

The Listing & Ordering Technique – Grammar Structure Making a visual list of information: Names Ages Things The non-dominant hand forms the list with the information being signed by the dominant hand

Focus: The Deaf Experience and the Arts Read pg 140 Deaf Arts are extensive. What you have just read about is only a snippet of the contribution to the Deaf World. Does this surprise you? This brings us back to the question: Is there anything that Deaf people can’t do?

Life Events

Should & Need share the same Sign (5 Parameters) Should & Need share the same Sign (5 Parameters). Context and eyebrows are often the only thing differentiating them.

Deaf Culture Minute All languages develop and change over time, including Sign Languages. Think of the sign Kris just used in the description of her family: telephone. It has changed from the old sign, to the sign for phone, to the sign for cell. Many international signs have changed over time to become more social appropriate and acceptable: Africa China Can you think of any others?

Friendship

More Friendship Signs

Accent Steps The sign since also means “for” but only when signing about a period of time: “I’ve known him for five years” uses since, but not “Tell her for me.” Since is considered a when sign, meaning that depending on the context, it may need to be used with topic-comment structure.

FYI The sign to have indicates the literal possession of something, so you don’t need to include have when signing “How long have you…”

Conjugating Verbs (everyone’s favourite): To Go The basic form of the verb to go is modified when used in the plural form.

Singular Plural

Deaf Culture Note Read pg 146: Friendship Patterns in the Deaf Community Answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. How does this differ from your own experiences? What benefits do you think the Deaf Community gains from being close-knit? Would there be any drawbacks to this type of community connection?

Relationships

More on Relationships…

Expression Corner

Accent Steps

and remember… Love: romantic emotions Love-it: sentimental or emotional attachment to person or things and remember…

How Do I Fix Mistakes? Pg. 50 Note: Use wave-no to correct information “No, I’m not from Alberta. I’m from BC.” “No, I don’t want that.”

Pronouns and Numbers Use the ASL pronoun that shows the particular number of people being talked about: The two of us, three of us, four of us, five of us… The two of you, three of you…

Physical Qualities

more physical qualities…

and still more…

and……. more…..

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Expression Corner Dive-In

Expression Corner Deaf World

SIGN FOR BEING FLUENT IN ASL

Expressive Practice What qualities would the ideal friend have and not have? Using contrastive structure and the Listing and Ordering Technique, describe in detail the qualities of these two individuals. Prepare to sign your presentation to the class. You should have a min of 8 complete ASL sentences.

Journal Activity ~ Pg 161 ~ Respond to question #3 ~ Respond with an in depth, quality response to show your thorough understanding of the perspectives on educating Deaf children and using ASL.