1. Using American Sign Language in WL Classrooms
Ruihua Liu & Yunfang Liu
San Antonio, Texas
July 2017

2. Why American Sign Language (ASL)?
We have struggles to come up with gestures.
Gestures have cultural differences.
Our students are American.
ASL is the third most-spoken language in the US.

4. Concerns Do we need only ASL for gestures?
Does it replace the gestures you are currently using?

5. LOVE to EAT WORMS and LOVE to EAT RICE.
Little Chickens
Little CHICKENS, little CHICKENS,
CHIRP, CHIRP, CHIRP,
LOVE to EAT WORMS and LOVE to EAT RICE.
Getting FULL, then PLAY games,
RUNning around happily.

6. ASL Dictionaries Signing Savvy: www.signingsavvy.com
ASL University:
星空手语词典
StarryNight Chinese Sign Language Dictionary：
Choose the sign that make the most sense to you;
If you cannot find the sign for Chinese cultural words, please refer to Chinese sign language dictionaries

7. xiǎo jī
little CHICKENS

8. jī jī jī
CHIRP, CHIRP, CHIRP

9. ài chī chóng
LOVE to EAT WORMS

10. ài chī mǐ
LOVE to EAT RICE

11. chī bǎo le
Getting FULL

12. zuò yóu xì
PLAY games

13. pǎo lái pǎo qù
RUNning around

14. zhēn huān xǐ
Really HAPPY

15. ài chī chóng lái, ài chī mǐ. Chī bǎo le, zuò yóu xì,
Xiǎojī xiǎojī
Xiǎo jī xiǎo jī, jī jī jī,
ài chī chóng lái, ài chī mǐ.
Chī bǎo le, zuò yóu xì,
pǎo lái pǎo qù, zhēn huān xǐ.

16. 小鸡 小鸡 小鸡 小鸡，叽叽叽， 爱吃 虫来 爱吃 米。 吃饱了，做游戏， 跑来跑去 真欢喜。
小鸡 小鸡
小鸡 小鸡，叽叽叽，
爱吃 虫来 爱吃 米。
吃饱了，做游戏，
跑来跑去 真欢喜。
Say a phrase, pause, then sign in order for students to sign only.