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H OME S CHOOL ASL 101 Lesson 1- Introduction Lesson 1- Introduction
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L ESSON 1 Hello!
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L ESSON 1 My name is
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L ESSON 1 My name is T-A-M-A-R-A
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L ESSON 1 My name is T-A-M-A-R-A K-O-E-H-L-E-R
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L ESSON 1 This is my name sign
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L ESSON 1 I am your Sign Language teacher.
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L ESSON 1 I am your Sign Language teacher. Yes, I am deaf.
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L ESSON 1 DON’T PANIC!!!
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L ESSON 1 I will teach you how to use your hands, body, and facial expressions to communicate.
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L ESSON 1 Take a DEEP breath.
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L ESSON 1 Smile!
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L ESSON 1 If you have any questions, please write it on a paper and raise your hand. I will read your questions.
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L ESSON 1 Erin & I will do our best to answer your questions.
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L ESSON 1 When you relax, you will understand us better.
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L ESSON 1 We can work together to understand each other better.
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L ESSON 1 This is Mrs. Erin O’Donnell.
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L ESSON 1 E-R-I-N
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L ESSON 1 This is her name sign
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L ESSON 1 She will help us with ASL.
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L ESSON 1 Mrs. Erin is Hard of Hearing, this means that she can hear LITTLE.
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L ESSON 1 She can talk and will do her best to understand you.
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L ESSON 1 Questions?
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L ESSON 1 ASL
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L ESSON 1 ASL What’s that?
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L ESSON 1 American Sign Language- ASL
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L ESSON 1 American Sign Language- ASL It is what most of the North American Deaf use to communicate.
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L ESSON 1 Deaf people who cannot hear or have very little hearing.
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L ESSON 1 The Deaf use their hands, face, and body expressions to talk.
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L ESSON 1 Leave your English home language outside. You can get it back when class is finished.
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L ESSON 1 ASL is NOT English. ASL will be less confusing if you try not think in English.
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L ESSON 1 ASL is NOT English. ASL will be less confusing if you try not think in English. (I do that a lot.)
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L ESSON 1 ASL is NOT English. ASL will be less confusing if you try not think in English. (I do that a lot.)
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L ESSON 1 Questions?
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for?
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Words with no signs, IE:
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Words with no signs, IE: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Words with no signs, IE: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious You don’t know the sign
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Words with no signs, IE: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious You don’t know the sign If you don’t understand, you can spell (clarification)
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Words with no signs, IE: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious You don’t know the sign If you don’t understand, you can spell (clarification) Emphasis
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Abbreviations/acronyms
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Abbreviations/acronyms IE: F-L-A, Florida Mrs. Dr.
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Abbreviations/acronyms Emphasis the word
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Abbreviations/acronyms Emphasize the word IE: W-H-A-T?!?!?!
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling, what is it for? Abbreviations/acronyms Emphasize the word IE: W-H-A-T?!?!?! or N-O!
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules:
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position:
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Keep your hands forward to the reader.
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Keep your hands forward to the reader. Don’t bounce your hand
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Keep your hands forward to the reader. Don’t bounce your hand Don’t change hands for one word
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Keep your hands forward to the reader. Don’t bounce your hand Don’t change hands for one word Comfortable position; hand is not stiff
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Held approximately between the chin & the shoulder level
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Held approximately between the chin & the shoulder level Don’t spell in front of your face (blocking the lip-readers)
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Use your “dominant” hand
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Use your “dominant” hand (the hand that you use the most)
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position: Use your “dominant” hand (the hand that you use the most) I am right-handed, so I use my right hand a lot.
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Speed or Clarity?
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Clarity! Be sure that your fingerspelling is CLEAR and understandable!
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Clarity! Be sure that your fingerspelling is CLEAR and understandable! Speed is not important (not always)
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Mouthing:
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Mouthing: Mouth the WHOLE word, not individual letters
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Mouthing: Mouth the WHOLE word, not individual letters
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Where to look?
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Where to look? Look at the signer’s face, around the chin level.
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Where to look? Look at the signer’s face, around the chin level. Never look at the signer’s hands
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Double letters:
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Double letters: Vary depending on the position in the word
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Double letters: Vary depending on the position in the word IE: Pizza Jazz
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Double letters: Typically double letters repeat at the beginning (Aaron) and in the middle of the word (Miller) move laterally at the end of the word (Bill)
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Two words:
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Two words: Pause between words
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Two words: Pause between words Move your hands over Watch
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Two words: If you don’t pause, it will be like one long word. It will look like this: didyoueatmychickennuggets?
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Two words: I always hated it when my boys were 5 years old. They spelled EVERYTHING without a pause with few misspelled words!!
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L ESSON 1 Fingerspelling Rules: Two words: I always hated it when my boys were 5 years old. They spelled EVERYTHING without a pause with few misspelled words!! AAAHHHH!!
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L ESSON 1 How can I practice my fingerspelling?
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L ESSON 1 While you are traveling, you can spell the street names, signs, store names, listening to the radio, or with someone.
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L ESSON 1 There are fingerspelling games on my blog: silentheartministries.wordpress.com Under “Sign Language Education” “Current Class Offerings” “Home School ASL Lessons”
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L ESSON 1 HAVE FUN FINGERSPELLING!
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L ESSON 1 I will put a word on the board and you fingerspell.
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L ESSON 1 Let’s practice!
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L ESSON 1 Let’s practice! Ready?
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L ESSON 1
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Cat
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L ESSON 1 Baby
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L ESSON 1 Friday
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L ESSON 1 Bubbles
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L ESSON 1 Mommy
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L ESSON 1 Finger
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L ESSON 1 Purple
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L ESSON 1 Mississippi
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L ESSON 1 Kalamazoo, MI
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L ESSON 1 Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So- La-Ti
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L ESSON 1 “That will bring us back to Do (oh oh oh)!”
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L ESSON 1 I am sorry.
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L ESSON 1 Thank you.
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L ESSON 1 See you next week.
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L ESSON 1 See you next week. Wow! That was hard?!?
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L ESSON 1 Now, find a partner.
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L ESSON 1 Practice your fingerspelling with each other.
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L ESSON 1 Questions?
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L ESSON 1 Deaf History with Mrs. Erin
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L ESSON 1 Thomas Gallaudet
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L ESSON 1 Deaf Etiquette Time
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L ESSON 1 ALWAYS look into their eyes while you sign.
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L ESSON 1 We want to be heard and understood and taken seriously. Most of us will consider it rude if you don’t look into our eyes and listen. If you look at other things when we are signing, it is like you are not interested in what we want to say.
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L ESSON 1 Most of the Deaf will consider it rude. It is just the same as you putting your hands on your ears.
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L ESSON 1 Questions?
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L ESSON 1 PRACTICE!
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L ESSON 1 PRACTICE! Practice your fingerspelling.
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L ESSON 1 Mrs. Erin and I will know if you didn’t practice.
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L ESSON 1
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L ESSON 1 We will play fingerspelling game next week, so be ready.
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L ESSON 1 See you next week!
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