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2.  Questions that ask for information like WHO/WHAT/WHERE/WHY?  Are signed with the eyebrows down/squeezed together  with the head tilted forward.  Maintain your eye contact with the person you are communicating with  Questions that ask Yes/No  are signed with the eyebrows raised  the head should be tilted forward  Maintain eye contact  When replying to yes/no questions  Yes should be accompanied by head nodding  No should be accompanied by head shaking.

3.  Culture notes  When introducing yourself you should use your first and last name  When asking a Deaf person where they are from you are typically asking which school for the Deaf you attended. (where do you live refers to the exact location of their home)  Deaf can be used to refer to the social and cultural identification of a person. (I am DEAF/I am Hearing)  Translations cannot be done on a “one word for one sign” Sometimes English words require a number of signs

4. **** Your fluency will depend on the number of class hours and the AMOUNT OF INTERACTION WITH USES OF THIS LANGUAGE that you have during your time of study.  Important to know:  Singular signs ~ single, no movement (I, you, your, she, him, etc)  Plural signs ~ has movement to represent more than one (you-all, they, we, etc)  Possessions ~ open palm signs ( hers, his, its, theirs, yours, ours, etc)

5.  TTC  Time-Topic-Comment  The game last week on Wednesday was fun. ___________________Time_________________________ ____Topic___ __Comment__  LAST WEEK WEDNESDAY GAME FUN try two examples of events  Professional linguists have studied many sign languages and found them to have every linguistic component required to be classed as true languages.linguists

6.  When glossing……  Must use CAPITALIZED ENGLISH words.  “tree” is written “TREE” happy= HAPPY  It is important to remember that signs have multiple meanings or need a two-word label.  When 1 sign represents two words NOT-YET  FS J-0-H-N  The word "is" is not signed because state-of- being verbs are not necessary in ASL  Write three ENGLISH sentence about your weekend AND do a GLOSS for each.

7.  5 Parameters of Sign  Handshape  Orientation  Location  Movement  Non-manual Markers/Facial Expressions (NMS) head tilting, shoulder raising, mouthing, and similar signals that we add to our hand signs to create meaning  HW:

8. DeafHearingNice To meet youStudent YesNoWhere learn TeacherCaliforniaLiveSD IYouHe/She/itWe TheyYou-pluralMyYours His/hers/it’sOurTheirsYours-plural WhoStudentManWoman GirlBoyMotherFather SisterBrotherTeachNew York Don’t/NotMurrietaHOHHello NameLive(2)BlackOrange BrownBlueGrayGreen TanRedWhitePlease Thank YouAlphabet1-21Pledge GrandmaGrandpaWhereWhat

9.  Handshape assignment  DRAW your hand  Come up with TWO signs that has ALL FIVE parameters of a word.  EX: WOMAN  H: ‘5’ handshape  O: hand up facing toward side/face  L: thumb on chin  M: no movement  E: no expression needed at this time