ASL 101 REVISED TEXT 2023/2024

Strategies for learning sign language- there are 5 -ANSWERS 1. Build a language community 2. Minimize English in classroom and while you sign 3. Focus on the overall meaning 4. Focus on the signer's face, not in the hands. 5. Show you understand the signer Sign numbers 1-15 -ANSWERS sign them and check book Sign the alphabet A-Z -ANSWERS check book for correct hand position Andrew Foster: -What university did he attend ( correct spelling ) - How many schools did he establish? -ANSWERS He attended Gallaudet University and established 31 deaf schools. Wh-Word Questions: Sign the following 1. Who 2. What 3. When 4. Where 5. Why 6. How -ANSWERS sign and check the book Ways of communication with others (IN ORDER!!) There are 5 -ANSWERS 1. signing 2. gestures 3. writing or typing 4. third person 5. lipreading and speech How to identify a person: ( 4 steps) -ANSWERS 1. Gender 2. Brief description 3. Point out the person and glance at the person at the same time 4. Affirm Sign the following items: -shirt -pants -dress -jacket -shoes -boots -hat -glasses -hair -mustache -beard -outfit -man -women -ANSWERS check book for correct signs Sign the following colors: -Black -White -Red -Blue -Green -Yellow -Brown -Orange -Purple -Pink -Grey -ANSWERS check book for correct signs Sign the following: -Stand -Sit -Dance -Spin -Read -Write -Draw -Same -Different -ANSWERS check book Sign the following: -chair -Door open/closed -Window open closed -Lights on/off -ANSWERS check book Sign the following questions: 1. ask the person's name 2. point to two students, ask if they have the same name 3. spell a name and ask who it is 4. name an object, ask where is it 5. perform an action, ask what you did 6. describe two things, ask if they are the same 7. name members of a category, ask what the category is 8. point to an object, ask what it is 9. point to an item or name an object, ask what color it is -ANSWERS refer to book for proper signs Sign the following: -nice to meet you -book -paper -chair -ANSWERS look at book Sign the following category: -shapes -names -numbers -letters -ANSWERS look at book