Welcome to Unit Five!
Unit Five has quite a few topics, but most of them are explained rather briefly and there is a lot of overlap to previous topics. Therefore, the syllabus will look as though we have a lot to learn in this unit, but it is not necessarily so.
In this unit we will see our first TEST, in addition to our vocabulary quiz. The TEST will be in two parts. The first part will be a written test over the material we have learned to this point. The second is an expressive video, meaning you will need to video yourself signing a short story to me. Many times ASL I students focus on introductory things in the first expressive test, things like "Hi. My name is _________. I am ____ years old. blah blah blah." Your video will need to be long enough to show me that you: a) have learned a fair amount of vocabulary, and b) that you are learning ASL sentence structure, and NOT signing in English word order. If you would like some examples, feel free to search YouTube for "ASL I video" and see some videos that other students have submitted to their instructors. Be wary though, some the videos may contain inappropriate material and/or may be signed badly! :) You can look for ideas; I wouldn't suggest modeling your own video after anyone else's.
I have posted closed-captioned ASL videos at the bottom of this webpage, explaining the concepts of:
* telling where one lives,
* giving basic directions,
...in addition to the usual vocabulary videos. I hope that these videos will make the material easier to understand. ASL is a very rich language, and I don't want to teach an ASL class that is nothing but signed vocabulary. ASL is much more than that! I see people "signing" all the time, but I put the quotes around "signing" to mean that it is ALL that they are doing. These are people signing in an English-based sign language system. You would never see ASL like that. There are a lot of body motions and facial expressions that accompany ASL signs to regulate the language.
Many hearing people feel awkward when asked to incorporate these elements of ASL, as they are unnatural to what hearing people have been taught about "polite discourse," but you CANNOT sign appropriate ASL without it. You will see what I mean as we go along.
Assignments for this unit:
* Study the vocabulary words below via the embedded video (captioned).
* Continue to study the alphabet and numbers as we will begin using fingerspelling more and more. The lesson plan shows a stronger focus on numbers 31-99.
* When you have completed the assignments above and feel pretty good about what you have learned, you can view the embedded YouTube video (39:28) discussion between Dr. Bill and one of his students. It is very clear. Even if you don't understand something he is saying, focus on the text on the screen behind him, and it will make sense.
* Download and study the "Unit Five Handout" and the classifier worksheet "CL-4" from below.
Let me know if you have any questions. You can email me at [email protected].
Vocabulary:
CAN/ABLE
CAR
CHURCH
COMPUTER
DOCTOR
NURSE
EMAIL
GIVE
HOME
INTERNET
IN
OUT
MOVIE
PLAY
PUT/MOVE
SIT
STAND
STAY
STORE
WALK
WATCH (verb)
WITH
VIDEO (verb)
VIDEO (noun)
Practice sheet: 5.A
01. YOU UNDERSTAND S/HE?
02. YOU COME HERE HOW?
03. MOVIE, YOUR FAVORITE WHAT?
04. YOUR MOM what-DO?
05. WRISTWATCH, WHO GIVE-you?
Practice Sheet 5.B
06. INTERNET S-I-T-E YOUR FAVORITE WHAT?
07. YOU WALK SCHOOL YOU?
08. _____ SIT WHERE? (Spell name of student.)
09. YOU WANT GO WHERE?
10. YOU LIKE SIGN WITH WHO?
Practice Sheet 5.C
11. CAN YOU DRIVE YOU?
12. YOU DRIVE HERE FROM HOME?
13. YOUR COMPUTER HAVE WEB-CAM?
14. YOU NEED GO DOCTOR?
15. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, WHAT?
Practice Sheet 5.D
16. YOUR HOME, WHERE?
17. PLAY, YOU LIKE what-DO?
18. YOU how-FEEL?
19. YOUR FAVORITE STORE, WHAT?
20. SIGN WITH FRIEND, YOU LIKE?
unit_five_handout.docx
Download File
cl-4.docx
Download File
Unit Five has quite a few topics, but most of them are explained rather briefly and there is a lot of overlap to previous topics. Therefore, the syllabus will look as though we have a lot to learn in this unit, but it is not necessarily so.
In this unit we will see our first TEST, in addition to our vocabulary quiz. The TEST will be in two parts. The first part will be a written test over the material we have learned to this point. The second is an expressive video, meaning you will need to video yourself signing a short story to me. Many times ASL I students focus on introductory things in the first expressive test, things like "Hi. My name is _________. I am ____ years old. blah blah blah." Your video will need to be long enough to show me that you: a) have learned a fair amount of vocabulary, and b) that you are learning ASL sentence structure, and NOT signing in English word order. If you would like some examples, feel free to search YouTube for "ASL I video" and see some videos that other students have submitted to their instructors. Be wary though, some the videos may contain inappropriate material and/or may be signed badly! :) You can look for ideas; I wouldn't suggest modeling your own video after anyone else's.
I have posted closed-captioned ASL videos at the bottom of this webpage, explaining the concepts of:
* telling where one lives,
* giving basic directions,
...in addition to the usual vocabulary videos. I hope that these videos will make the material easier to understand. ASL is a very rich language, and I don't want to teach an ASL class that is nothing but signed vocabulary. ASL is much more than that! I see people "signing" all the time, but I put the quotes around "signing" to mean that it is ALL that they are doing. These are people signing in an English-based sign language system. You would never see ASL like that. There are a lot of body motions and facial expressions that accompany ASL signs to regulate the language.
Many hearing people feel awkward when asked to incorporate these elements of ASL, as they are unnatural to what hearing people have been taught about "polite discourse," but you CANNOT sign appropriate ASL without it. You will see what I mean as we go along.
Assignments for this unit:
* Study the vocabulary words below via the embedded video (captioned).
* Continue to study the alphabet and numbers as we will begin using fingerspelling more and more. The lesson plan shows a stronger focus on numbers 31-99.
* When you have completed the assignments above and feel pretty good about what you have learned, you can view the embedded YouTube video (39:28) discussion between Dr. Bill and one of his students. It is very clear. Even if you don't understand something he is saying, focus on the text on the screen behind him, and it will make sense.
* Download and study the "Unit Five Handout" and the classifier worksheet "CL-4" from below.
Let me know if you have any questions. You can email me at [email protected].
Vocabulary:
CAN/ABLE
CAR
CHURCH
COMPUTER
DOCTOR
NURSE
GIVE
HOME
INTERNET
IN
OUT
MOVIE
PLAY
PUT/MOVE
SIT
STAND
STAY
STORE
WALK
WATCH (verb)
WITH
VIDEO (verb)
VIDEO (noun)
Practice sheet: 5.A
01. YOU UNDERSTAND S/HE?
02. YOU COME HERE HOW?
03. MOVIE, YOUR FAVORITE WHAT?
04. YOUR MOM what-DO?
05. WRISTWATCH, WHO GIVE-you?
Practice Sheet 5.B
06. INTERNET S-I-T-E YOUR FAVORITE WHAT?
07. YOU WALK SCHOOL YOU?
08. _____ SIT WHERE? (Spell name of student.)
09. YOU WANT GO WHERE?
10. YOU LIKE SIGN WITH WHO?
Practice Sheet 5.C
11. CAN YOU DRIVE YOU?
12. YOU DRIVE HERE FROM HOME?
13. YOUR COMPUTER HAVE WEB-CAM?
14. YOU NEED GO DOCTOR?
15. YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, WHAT?
Practice Sheet 5.D
16. YOUR HOME, WHERE?
17. PLAY, YOU LIKE what-DO?
18. YOU how-FEEL?
19. YOUR FAVORITE STORE, WHAT?
20. SIGN WITH FRIEND, YOU LIKE?
unit_five_handout.docx
Download File
cl-4.docx
Download File
Couple of "heads up"s for this video. Dr. Bill teaches in California, so there are a couple of variances he uses in this video.
He shows multiple signs for COMPUTER. Both of the signs I showed in my video are present, but he uses a third sign for COMPUTER, signed at the temple, that he says is his preferred sign for that area. You will not see that sign used in Arkansas (or other areas of the South that I have seen).
He shows multiple signs for MOVIE. My preferred sign for MOVIE is one of them, but he doesn't show the other sign I show in my video, and that is the sign that many Arkansans use. Just FYI.
His sign for INTERNET has a slightly different movement, but I've seen both used, and the one I show in my video is the sign you will see in Arkansas (and other area in the South).
Below is another Lesson 5 video (just released). Much of the material is the same, but seeing Dr. Bill's interaction with students always gives new insights.
He shows multiple signs for COMPUTER. Both of the signs I showed in my video are present, but he uses a third sign for COMPUTER, signed at the temple, that he says is his preferred sign for that area. You will not see that sign used in Arkansas (or other areas of the South that I have seen).
He shows multiple signs for MOVIE. My preferred sign for MOVIE is one of them, but he doesn't show the other sign I show in my video, and that is the sign that many Arkansans use. Just FYI.
His sign for INTERNET has a slightly different movement, but I've seen both used, and the one I show in my video is the sign you will see in Arkansas (and other area in the South).
Below is another Lesson 5 video (just released). Much of the material is the same, but seeing Dr. Bill's interaction with students always gives new insights.
Or follow this link to view it from your browser.
This video will show the numbers from 1 to 30.
Numbers beyond that are simply the 'tens' number and the 'ones' number. For example:
30 is 3 and 0.
31 is 3 and 1.
32 is 3 and 2.
33 is 3 (that faces down a little and bounces from the middle to slightly right--the same for numbers 44, 55, etc.)
Numbers beyond that are simply the 'tens' number and the 'ones' number. For example:
30 is 3 and 0.
31 is 3 and 1.
32 is 3 and 2.
33 is 3 (that faces down a little and bounces from the middle to slightly right--the same for numbers 44, 55, etc.)