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 Your eyes are like your ears, breaking eye contact signals you: ◦ Aren’t paying attention ◦ Don’t wish to participate  It is considered very rude to break eye contact. ◦ Practice this during class!

 Area in which most signs are made in normal conversation  Try not to sign outside of your signing space

 Dominant hand ◦ The hand you use most often (usually the hand you use for writing) ◦ You will use this hand for fingerspelling ◦ This hand will move more & be used more often  Non-dominate hand ◦ Your other hand ◦ Does not move as much as the dominate hand ◦ Not to be used for fingerspelling  Pick a hand to be your dominate hand and stay that way! Do not go back and forth between your right and left hand.

 Shows auditory information: ◦ Tone of voice ◦ Emotion ◦ Intent ◦ Questions  Facial Expressions must match the sign. ◦ Ex: Happy, sad, excited

 Sloppy signing is like mumbling and can cause the sign to have a different meaning.

 ASL does not match English word order… ◦ English: I’m going to the store. (Subject, Verb, Object) ◦ ASL: store, me, to-go (Object, Subject, Verb)

 Is not a substitute for signs ◦ If you don’t know a sign, do not fingerspell it ◦ Try to work around the sign…  Ex: If you don’t know the sign for “FARM”, sign “ANIMALS LIVE THERE” and the Deaf person will help you figure out the sign for “FARM”  Used for a specific purpose ◦ Proper nouns  Titles of movies, books, restaurants  Names

1. Hand shape – letters, numbers, classifiers 2. Palm orientation – in, out, up, down 3. Location – head, torso, front of body 4. Movement – back & forth, up & down, circular, wavy 5. Non-Manuals Signals (NMS) – signals, with meaning, not made with your hands ◦ Ex: facial expressions Summer to be Ugly Dry

1. TRUE / FALSE: EYE CONTACT IS NOT IMPORTANT. 2. TRUE / FALSE: DEAF PEOPLE KNOW YOU ARE PAYING ATTENTION EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT MAINTAINING EYE CONTACT. 3. TRUE / FALSE: MOST SIGNS ARE MADE INSIDE YOUR SIGNING SPACE. 4. TRUE / FALSE: IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN YOUR DOMINATE AND NON-DOMINATE HANDS.

5. WHICH HAND IS USED FOR FINGERSPELLING? A.RIGHT B.LEFT C.DOMINATE D.NON-DOMINATE 6. WHICH HAND IS USED MOST OFTEN? A.RIGHT B.LEFT C.DOMINATE D.NON-DOMINATE

7. TRUE / FALSE: FACIAL EXPRESSION IS NOT IMPORTANT IN ASL. 8. TRUE / FALSE: YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS MUST MATCH THE SIGN (EX: SMILE WHEN SIGNING TO-BE- HAPPY). 9. TRUE / FALSE: PRECISION IS NOT IMPORTANT IN ASL. DEAF PEOPLE WILL “GET THE MEANING” IF YOUR SIGNS ARE GOOD ENOUGH. 10. TRUE / FALSE: ASL AND ENGLISH WORD ORDER ARE DIFFERENT.

11. FINGERSPELLING IS USED FOR… A.TITLES OF BOOKS/MOVIES B.NAMES OF RESTAURANTS/STORES C.NAMES OF PEOPLE 12. IF YOU DON’T KNOW A SIGN, IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO… A.ACT OUT THE WORD B.WORK AROUND THE WORD WITH SIGNS YOU DO KNOW C.FINGERSPELL THE UNKNOWN WORD

13. WHAT ARE THE 5 PARAMETERS? A. B. C. D. E. 14. WHAT HAPPENS IF EVEN 1 PARAMETER IS DIFFERENT? A. 15. GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SIGN THAT IS CHANGED WITH A PARAMETER DIFFERENCE. A.