BEFORE WE START…

1. BEFORE WE START… Open your book to page xv (the very first pages) and let’s take a look at “THINGS TO KNOW”…

2. Sign Space and Dominance The ASL Sign Space is approximately from waist to the top of the head. Dominance – Which Hand Do You Use. Use the hand you write with in a one-handed sign. This is your dominant hand. Ambidextrous? Choose one hand and stick with it.

3. FACIAL EXPRESSION More important than anything else in sign language is facial expression. Without facial expression, your “voice” is M-O-N-O-T-O-N-E Signers need to see your facial expression to know if you’re asking a question or making a statement. Hearing people might feel embarrassed at first. Don’t! You’re safe in here. No laughing at others allowed! Go ahead! Leave your inhibitions outside the door.

4. Precision Is Important During class, watch me carefully! If you do not get the sign correctly, you could be signing something else entirely. WATCH: SUMMER UGLY DRY

5. Precision and the Five Parameters Signs have five parts: Handshape I……………………...vs. …………….MY Palm Orientation NAME ……................vs. …………….CHAIR Location MOTHER …………....vs. ……………FATHER Movement SNOW……………..…vs. ……………RAIN Non-Manual Signals (facial expression) I UNDERSTAND ……vs. …………...I DON’T UNDERSTAND

6. IS ASL ENGLISH??? NO WAY! ASL has a completely different grammatical structure. For example: there is no word “BE” (or AM, ARE, IS) in ASL. ASL is NOT hand signals in English word order.

7. EYE CONTACT This is one of the most important parts of ASL. You should watch and maintain eye contact. That means you look at the EYES more than the hands. Trust me and trust yourself. You can see the hands while you look at the eyes. In Deaf Culture (the Deaf World) looking away is rude. Watch me! Here’s how you sign EYE CONTACT

8. Question Sets Every unit we study, you will receive a question set. You can read ahead and fill out all the answers.

9. Master ASL Unit 1 Greetings and Responses

10. Meet the Characters (pg. 3) • Look on Page 3 at the Master ASL characters. • Become familiar with their faces. • You will be seeing them through out the year in our book and the Student DVD. • Take a minute to read about them.

11. The boys…

12. The girls…

13. The “teacher”

14. GREETINGS…

15. Greetings (pg. 4) • Most commonly used greetings among the Hearing and the Deaf • Hi, hello • What’s Up • How are you?

17. To be busy Confused Fine To be good, well To be happy Nothing, not much Same old, the usual Sleepy So-so To be tired “How are you?”& “What’s Up” Vocabulary (pg. 5)

18. Practice with a partner: Person #1 Person #2 • GREET PARTNER • ANSWER AND ASK HOW PARTNER IS DOING • GREET AND ASK HOW PARTNER IS DOING • TELL HOW YOU ARE DOING

19. Deixis (pronounced “dike – sis”) (pg. 6) • If a person or object is not visible, point to an empty space and continue signing. • Using the index finger to point is called DEIXIS. • I, me • You • He, she, it • We, us • They • You (plural)

21. English: They are busy. She is happy. I am confused. We are happy. She’s good. I’m sleepy. ASL-GLOSS: THEY BUSY THEY SHE HAPPY SHE ME CONFUSED ME WE HAPPY WE SHE GOOD SHE ME SLEEPY ME Class Practice

23. More Greetings (pg. 7) • GOOD + ______________ • Morning • Afternoon • Evening, night

24. Vocabulary to Review • Hello, Hi • What’s Up? • How are you? • Busy • Confused • Fine • Good • Happy • Nothing, not much • Same old, the usual • Sleepy • So-s0 • Tired • Morning • Afternoon • Evening, night

25. Review Continue • I, me • You • He, she, it • We, us • You (plural) • They

26. Introductions, Making Conversation, Signing Good-bye

28. Eyes on ASL (pg. 8) • Maintain eye contact when signing to others or when others sign to you. • NEW SIGNS! • Eye Contact • Hold On, Wait a Second • Look at Me • Pay Attention • No eye Contact

29. Why do I point Twice?? Pg. 9 • Pointing back to yourself or the person you’re talking about shows completion of train of thought. This allows somebody else to begin signing without interrupting you. • Using Deixis at the end of a sentence is called closing signal. • Remember to use a closing signal when: • Making a statement or comment about yourself or somebody else. • Asking a question

30. Eyes on ASL #2 pg. 9 • Always use a closing signal to complete a signed sentence. • An ASL sentence lacking a closing signal is incomplete. • What is a closing signal? • Using a Deixis at the end of the sentence.

31. Accent Step page. 12 When fingerspelling your complete name, you don’t have to sign LAST NAME between the first and last name. Just briefly pause and continue. Barry Darrell

32. Eyes on ASL #3 pg. 10 (DVD) • There are no such thing as a one-word answer or reply in American Sign Language. • When responding to a question or statement, one-word replies are incomplete.

35. Introductions Vocabulary Pg. 12 • Deaf • Friend • Hard of Hearing • Hearing • Introduce • Meet • My • Nice • Want • Name

36. Classroom Exercise H • Look on page 13 • Practice signing the dialogue with a partner • What are they signing?

37. Practice Sentences Pg. 9 & 11 English ASL - GLOSS • What’s your name? • My name Kelly Boyd. • I want to introduce my friend. • Her name is Lisa. • YOU NAME WHAT YOU • ME NAME K-E-L-L-Y B-O-Y-D ME • ME WANT INTRODUCE MY FRIEND. • SHE NAME L-I-S-A SHE

38. practice with partner (English) • I want to introduce my friend Her name is Lisa. ASL Gloss ME WANT INTRODUCE MY FRIEND SHE NAME LISA SHE

39. A)I want introduce my friend her/his name is christina • A)her/his nameBarry • B)Nice to meet you • C)You too

40. Deaf Culture Notes Pg .14 • Read on page 14 about Interacting with Deaf People. • Shoulder tap • Hand wave • Turn Off Voice

42. Making Conversation Pg. 17 • American Sign Language • Bathroom • Go-to • Learn • To sign, sign language • Slow, to slow down • Yes • No • Please • Again, repeat • Thank you • Use sign language, to sign fluently(alternate)

43. The Question Maker (pg. 15) Raise your eyebrows! • Raising your eyebrows forms the Question-Maker, an expression that shows your are asking a question. • Keep the eyebrows raised until you’ve completed signing the question. • Notice the difference the question maker makes to the example on page 15.

44. Classroom Exercise J • Look on page 16 • Practice introducing yourself to a Deaf person explaining to them you are hearing and that you are learning sign language. HI, ME NAME fs-(YOUR NAME). ME HEARING. ME LEARNING SIGN-LANGUAGE (or ASL) ME. • When finished read the “Accent Step” at the bottom of the page. • This activity should be done WITHOUT talking.

45. Accent Step (pg 17) When you use deixis, look towards the area you’re pointing to. This is called EYE GAZE and helps “hold” that location for the person or thing you’re signing about.

46. Review Hi, hello what’s up busy Confused Fine Good, well Happy Nothing, not much Same old, the usual Sleepy So-so Tired Deixis Yes No • Eye contact • Hold on • Look at me • Pay attention • Deaf • Friend • Hard of hearing • Hearing • Introduce • Meet • My • Nice • Want • American Sign Language • Bathroom • To go to • To learn • I am , me • You are • He, she, it is • We are, us • You are (plural) • They are • Eye contact • Please • Again, repeat • To sign, sign language • Slow, to slow down • Thank you • Afternoon • Evening, night • Morning

48. Accent Step (pg. 19) Don’t add the separate sign for you when signing see you later or see you tomorrow.

49. Farewell Vocabulary Pg. 20 • Good bye • Later • Me too, same here • See you, to see you • See you later • See you tomorrow • Take care • Tomorrow

50. Saying Good-bye Pg. 19 English ASL - GLOSS • I’m happy to have met you! • Me too! I’ll see you tomorrow. • Yes, tomorrow morning. Take care! • Good-bye • ME HAPPY MEET YOU • SAME-AS ME SEE TOMORROW • YES TOMORROW MORNING TAKE CARE • GOOD-BYE