ASL midterm

How much information is from the face?

70%

How to spell something like St. Mary

Don't add a period. just pause and raise eyebrows

W8

campus- college area DRS- enroll but tiny library- L cafeteria- eat but by face and slowly health center- pull from chest, show gym- flex counseling center- c flick on wrist bathroom- t and twist

W7D1

eat (pinch w while hand at mouth and tap) not yet (wave hand at ground) yesterday (a from cheek to eye) cancel (draw x on palm) bike (s shape to ground in circles like pedaling) today (now but bounce it)

Fingerspelling rules

1) Do not mouth letters 2) Do not block face 3) Use fingerspell space 4) Do not move hand horizontally 5) Don't bounce letters

What is ASL?

1) Language capable of expressing abstract language 2) Language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning DOES NOT 1) use pictures like gestures 2) act as a visual form of english 3) rely on mime

How to get someone's attention

1) Tap the person with your whole hand on the upper shoulder area 2) Wave your hand 3) Stomp on the floor 4) Flash overhead lights 5) Tap the table

Sign Parameters

1) movement (make closed hands facing away from you pointing straight out and move in a circle) 2) location (5 shape facing down moving in a circle) 3) palm orientation (PO point at palm) 4 handshape (HS) 5) NMM (NMM harry potter pinchers)

Numbers

1-5 palm in 6-9 palm out 10 thumbs up and shake 11-15 palm in and wag fingers 16-19 either 6-9 but shaking, or 10 and then 6-9 20 pinch index and thumb multiple times first digit higher than second (76) outward/down second digit higher than first (67) inward/circle

W5D2 Signs

ALTOGETHER (globe with hands and then come together in pinched fist) TOTAL (open 5 to pinched fists)

Signs from video 2

Happy/sad/so-so Good/bad/great Sick Tired Fine Nervous Excited Stressed HOW-YOU WHAT-UP Different/same/which

Signs from video 3; colors

Brown Gray Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Pink Tan White Black

Common higher education institutes for the deaf

California State University (CSUN) Ohlone College Lamar University Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf (SWCID) McDaniel College National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) Gallaudet University - the only university for the deaf hint: My Little Sister Never Gets Called Out

Where is ASL used?

Only in USA and Canada

W6D1

PERSON (straight down with closed 5, parallel hands)((like this)) woman (open 5 from mouth to heart) man (open hand forehead to heart) child (tap the child on the head) bear (cross arms and scratch shoulders) monkey (act like monkey) water (w to mouth) flag (make flag with index and hand)

Signs from video 3; opposites

Remember/forget Like/not like Know/ not know Understand/not understand Now/later

Show a shape vs drawing a shape

Show a shape with only your index finger. Show drawing with your index and thumb

Signs from video 4

Try Discuss Review (fish) Perfect Correct Incorrect Example

W7D3

community college (closed 5 and tap fingers while twisting) college (flat closed 5 and circle one over another while touching palms) university (same as college but with a u hand) graduate (finger circle around palm and then point) enroll (one flat hand sneaks underneath the other) graduate school (p hand shape circle over flat palm) medical school (middle finger to palm and twist) pitt (fs or pull hand into an f and twist) gallaudet (pinch out from eye) class status (point with ND hand at open 5 on dom, pinky is prep and thumb is senior)(or use that finger to point at palm)

W7D2

elementary school (make e fist and circle under palm) middle school (middle finger to palm) #jrhs #hs private school (thumb to mouth) public school (use closed 5 and "open" a path) oral school (bent v and circle mouth) fs-prsd #WPSD depaul (U shape moved in cross on head) mainstream (open palm and move to each other and forward stacked) 1st-9th (sideways numbers and twist forward) fs-GRADE still (finish but with y shape) large/small (hands straight down closed palm, like person)

Where is the signing space?

from your head to your waist, elbow to elbow, a foot in front of your body

W3D2 Signs

fs-ASL English (grab wrist and pull in, flat hand or fist) Store (dog hands) GO-to Morning Noon Afternoon Night Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday HOME-WORK (open palm by check, hit fists) DUE (sideways closed palm and point at it)

When should you use the apostrophe S?

in brand names. not in possessives. make an S shake and turn it inwards

Spelling a name

raise eyebrows, lean head slightly forward, small pause between first and last name

Noun and verb pairs

verbs move one, nouns move repeating

Typical questions to ask a deaf person

what is your name? where are you from? what school did you go to?

Which comes first? noun or verb?

Noun then verb

How many ASL hand shapes are there?

90

W5D1 Signs

EXCUSE ME (pencil writing on palm except with not tight fist) ASK A QUESTION (hook down, two fists together nod down) NO PROBLEM (2 knuckles hit each other on hands and twist then) FRIEND (pinky promise with index) SCHOOL (clap hands) ANSWER (point with both hands) SHARE (both hands flat closed, one on top of the other moves back and forth) SENTENCE (okay sign pull away from each other) BRAINSTORM (like a storm from head) HELP (thumb up on flat palm) COPY (pull out from palm)

W4D1 Signs

Finish Repeat Online/internet (touch middle fingers and turn one) Computer (C up arm 3 times) Laptop (fold open hands sideways like a laptop) Tablet (pretend to touch tablet) Book Class Context (point up w index and move palm in circle around) Concept (C from forehead) #Suppose (pinky under eye) #DO DO ++ index to thumb a few times both hands Sorry (please but w fist) Exam DEFINITION YOU READ (flat palm and two fingers flipping on it, point, then drag fingers down) WORD YOU SIGN (word is making a P sort of with two hands) Picture (C from forehead to palm) Draw (closed palm and pinky down it) Copy (pull out from palm with whole hand) Teach (closed hand but not fist from forehead, both hands, straight ahead) -ER (palms straight down but facing in) movie (wave one hand while palm is on other palm) watch (looking at hand and thumb and index are out) TV (TV) Show (thumbs up and moving like backwards train thing)

W2D1 Signs

Hello, my name (2 stacked fingers hit) Hi, me name ME WANT INTRODUCE IX-person INTRODUCE Repeat Finger spell Please NICE MEET-you (slide palms, index face each other) NICE MEET YOU NICE MEET-you SAME NICE MEET YOU SAME

Signs from video 1

Hi/Bye See you later Sign fs-ASL Learn Practice Ready Yes/No Immersion Remember Now Cool/Neat

W3D1 Signs

Work+sheet (tap fists, slide palms) What (palms up) Who (blow into pinched fingers but open) Where (wag finger) When (use both index fingers, draw circle around one) Why (forget but end in Y) How many (fireworks) What kind (circle in a p handshape)(both hands) Shirt Hair Glasses Shoe (hit fists together by thumbs) Deaf (index finger ear to mouth) Hearing (index finger eating soup) Can't (hit one index finger with another)