Student Booklet Name: ____________________ Master Asl unit three Student Booklet Name: ____________________

Getting to know you to expand ASL skills and topics of conversation to understand topic-comment structure to incorporate numbers into conversation to understand how ASL name signs are made to use possessive signs and deixis appropriately to talk about favourites

Expression corner Oh I See…. This is an ASL expression that conveys comprehension, sympathy, and concern similar to sounds in hearing culture like huh, hmm, oh, aha, and I see. You will see it used often in conversations.

Where do you live? As you socialize with Deaf people, you will be asked questions about your background, especially if you are hearing and new to most people. Deaf individuals will want to know where you are from, why you are leaning ASL, and whether you have other Deaf friends or family. Your company will be more valued if you make the effort to ask questions in ASL as well as responding to those asked of you.

Let’s learn some geographical signs Canada signs and more… These will be on the test

Where are you from

And more…

Where do you live?

Interests

That way is related to deixis That way is related to deixis. It is used to provide the general direction of an object or location. Emphasize distance by opening your eyes wide while pointing or using the sign far. Accent steps

Distances

Wave your hands in the air instead of clapping them. Did you know

Read page 84 and be prepared to answer the following questions: What is a name sign? Why are they important to the Deaf Community? What might it mean if you are given a name sign? What is the difference between a descriptive name sign and an arbitrary name sign? Should you give yourself a name sign? Deaf culture note Name Signs

Most Deaf adults live in larger cities across the United States and Canada. Jobs, social opportunities, Deaf-interest agencies, schools for the Deaf, and interpreters are more plentiful in metropolitan areas than in isolated rural areas. The metro region of Rochester in New York state features the world’s highest per capita population of Deaf people. Are there many Deaf people in your area? Why or why not? Deaf culture minute

Focus: is sign language universal? Read page 86/87 and be prepared to answer the following questions: Is there a universal sign language? Compare ASL to British and French sign language. What is Gestuno? Look at the three different signs for walk: Chinese, French and ASL. Focus: is sign language universal? What is Gestuno?

ASL Grammatical structures Topic-Comment Subject-Verb-Object

#1 Topic & comment

topic & comment Topic-comment is one of the grammatical structures that ASL uses. Use topic-comment structure when signing with WH-signs Present the information then make the information either a statement or question by adding a comment. This is very different than English and may be hard to get used to. Using ASL signs in English word order will not make sense.

ASL up close Read page 88 and be prepared to sign a complete sentence using the ASL Topic-Comment grammatical structure.

#2 Subject-verb-object This is the second basic structure of ASL. Use the S-V-O structure when WH-signs are not needed. This format is more familiar to English users. Use ‘why’ as a bridge or connector between S-V- O phrases

Subject-verb-object

Use the sign ‘why’ to connect sentences rather than the English word ‘because’. This is called a rhetorical question and is used often in ASL. Bridges

Accent steps Raise your eyebrows to make the Question- Maker face when using ‘why’ to connect two parts of a sentence.

Possessive signs Signs for mine, yours, his, hers, theirs, and ours are called POSSESSIVES Possessive signs follow the same rules as deixis to point towards people and things, including eye gaze.

Possessive signs

More possessive signs

Let’s review colours! See also your ASL dictionary Orange Black Pink Blue Purple Brown Red Gray White Green Yellow

Accent steps To emphasize the depth or brightness of a colour, swing the hand forming the colour away from you.

Expression corner Use love-it when signing about a non-romantic ‘love’ for things or people. Love-it is often used instead of ‘like a lot’ or similar phrases.

favourites

More favourites

I want to know… How do I sign ‘and’ and ‘or’? Or Since the word ‘or’ implies a choice, ASL uses which to show options. And The word ‘and’ is used differently in ASL than English. Generally, ASL does not use a specific sign because ‘and’ is implied by a slight pause, head nod, and change in eye gaze. I want to know… How do I sign ‘and’ and ‘or’?

Did you know? Vinton Cerf Internet Pioneer and hard of hearing Vincent Cerf is a prominent figure in the internet world. He serves on: ~ the board of ICANN (regulating body of the internet) ~ Board of Trustees at Gallaudet University His work has impacted people around the world Why might Vincent Cerf be well respected by the Deaf World? Did you know?

Let’s talk tech

More tech talk

Accent steps ~ To sign web page, do not sign www + page, just sign www ~ Don’t sign the http:// portion of an address Accent steps

Accent steps Don’t confuse the signs to live and address. They are easily mistaken because they look very similar, but the movement of each sign is different.

Numbers 1-5 always face you except when signing addresses and telephone numbers. FYI: Pause briefly between the first and last sets of a telephone number. Pause rather than making a dash. Eyes on asl #7

What is a videophone? Read page 101 Be prepared to describe the videophone and TTY What is a videophone?

And still more tech signs…

Month of the year: the months of the year are fingerspelled using their abbreviation or the full word for the month The months using abbreviations are: January – Jan February – Feb August – Aug September – Sept October – Oct November – Nov December - Dec The months that are fingerspelled are: March April May June July

When is your birthday?

Seasons and holidays

Major holidays Fingerspell Labour Day Note: Variation for Halloween Memorial Day = Remembrance Day Major holidays

Note: Variation for Thanksgiving

The weather basics Note: Variation for weather x3

Today’s weather

Rotating Chairs Conversations /5 Spend 5 mins creating a minimum of 5 ASL sentences based on Unit 3 Themes and Vocabulary Practice signing each question When ready sit in Rotating Chairs format You will choose a question from your list to ask your partner Answers must be in complete ASL sentences (be creative!) Continue asking your questions, switching roles until the teacher tells you to rotate

Journal Activity Respond to Journal Activity #2 pg 112 Respond in paragraph form with an in depth and well thought out answer. Journal Activity