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1 American Sign Language: A Beginner’s Tutorial Welcome! This tutorial is a fast and easy way to learn some basic American Sign Language (ASL) communication skills. After completing this tutorial, you will be able to: Understand and sign basic sentences in ASL. Convey emotion using various vocabulary words in ASL. To start learning ASL, click on Lessons! Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

2 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons Lesson 1: Emotions Lesson 2: Emotions in a Sentence Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

3 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Sentences Now that you have mastered some vocabulary words, it’s time to put them into sentences. ASL is different from most spoken languages because there is no verb “to be”; instead, it is simply implied. Therefore, in order to say, “I am sad,” you only have to sign “I” and “sad.” Therefore, for this lesson, we will learn the basic pronouns. To see animated video of how to sign pronouns, click on the desired pronoun on the left. I You (Singular) He/She We You (Plural) They Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

4 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Sentences (Animated Video of Pronoun Here) Pronoun: I Point to yourself. You (Singular) Start Lesson Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home I You (Singular) He/She We You (Plural) They

5 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Sentences (Animated Video of Pronoun Here) Pronoun: You (Singular) Point to the person you are conversing with. He/She I Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home I You (Singular) He/She We You (Plural) They

6 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Sentences (Animated Video of Pronoun Here) Pronoun: He/She Point to the person you are referring to. If the person is not present, point to the left or right. Should you mention this person later in conversation, continue to point in that same direction. That way, the person you are conversing with understands who you are referring to because you are using the same direction. WeYou (Singular) Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home I You (Singular) He/She We You (Plural) They

7 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Sentences (Animated Video of Pronoun Here) Pronoun: We Move your index finger from one shoulder to another. You (Plural) He/She Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home I You (Singular) He/She We You (Plural) They

8 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Sentences (Animated Video of Pronoun Here) Pronoun: You (Plural) Point like you would with the singular you. Except this time, point several times in the direction of the group you are addressing. (This signifies that you are addressing more than one person.) They We Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home I You (Singular) He/She We You (Plural) They

9 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Sentences (Animated Video of Pronoun Here) Pronoun: They Point like you would with the he/she. Except this time, point several times in the direction of the group you are referring to. (This signifies that you are addressing more than one person.) Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home I You (Singular) He/She We You (Plural) They Review GameYou (Plural)

10 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions To see animated video of how to sign words for emotion, click on the desired word on the left. Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

11 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Angry (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Bored Start Lesson Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

12 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Bored (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Dumbfounded Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

13 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Dumbfounded (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Eager Bored Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

14 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Eager (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Happy Dumbfounded Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

15 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Happy (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Hungry Eager Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

16 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Hungry (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Sad Happy Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

17 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Sad (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Thirsty Hungry Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

18 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Thirsty (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Weak Sad Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

19 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Lessons > Emotions Weak (Animated Video of Emotion Here) Start Review Game… Thirsty Angry Bored Dumbfounded Eager Happy Hungry Sad Thirsty Weak Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

20 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Game Welcome to the ASL review game! Now that you have learned vocabulary words, let’s put this new skill to work! With each video shown, drag the correct emotion and noun words to the “noun” and “adjective” boxes. Sentence workshop! Watch the signed sentence and piece it together! Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

21 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Quiz Now that you have learned how to sign different types of emotions and how to put them into a sentence, it’s time to put these skills to practice! Are you ready? Start the quiz…. Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

22 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Quiz Choose the correct animated sign for each word or phrase. Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home (Animated Video A)(Animated Video B)(Animated Video C) Happy O Choice A O Choice BO Choice C Submit Note: This is only a sample question. The student will be asked five randomly selected questions that either give a word or phrase learned earlier in the tutorial.

23 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Quiz Incorrect. The answer is B. The video you selected was a sign for “weak.” Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home (Animated Video B) O Choice B Next Q Note: This is only a sample question. The student will be asked five randomly selected questions that either give a word or phrase learned earlier in the tutorial.

24 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Quiz Choose the correct animated sign for each word or phrase. Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home (Animated Video A)(Animated Video B)(Animated Video C) I am sad. O Choice A O Choice BO Choice C Submit Note: This is only a sample question. The student will be asked five randomly selected questions that either give a word or phrase learned earlier in the tutorial.

25 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Quiz Correct! Great job! Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home Next Q

26 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Quiz Congrats! You passed! You received a X/5 on the quiz. Now that you’ve successfully completed this tutorial, please look at the additional resources provided!additional resources Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

27 ASL: A Beginner’s Tutorial > Resources Want to learn more about ASL? Check out these other resources: ASL BrowserASL Browser: An online ASL dictionary that provides animated video for each sign. Gallaudet UniversityGallaudet University: The oldest and leading university for the Deaf community. Lessons Games Quiz Resources Home

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