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Unit 1

1:1 Strategies for Learning ASL

●       Do not use                                           or your                                                 .

●       Try to focus on the signer’s                                         rather than on individual signs.

●       Two very important reasons to focus on the signer’s face, not on their hands are: 1.) A lot of grammar is in the facial expressions

2.) It is considered                                                  to look away from the signer’s face while they are signing to you.

●       Develop listening behaviors like nodding, responding with the signs, “huh?”, “wow”, or “really?”

Listeners have very                                    active roles in signed conversations. listening increases your comprehension skills and optimizes your learning.

1:2 Cardinal Numbers 1-10

●       Cardinal numbers are used to tell                        or for                   .

●       1-5; your palm faces                                                                            .

●       6-9; your palm faces                            . Tap fingers and thumb once or twice.

●       For the number                           extend thumb upward and slightly rock hand back and forth.

1:3 Fingerspelling Names and First Letters

●       In the Deaf community, you introduce yourself by                       your name.

●       Avoid ‘bouncing’ or ‘stamping’ the letters as you spell; work on attaining a continuous

                                                 of one letter to the next.

●       When fingerspelling, keep your elbow                                                and your arm                           

            .

●       The                                          is the visual space between your face and your listener’s face.

●       When you fingerspell to a person in front of you, keep your hand within the sightline in front of your                                                or slightly below.

●       When you fingerspell to a person on either side of you, orient your                                                  

the person, and within the sightline.

●       When you sit and fingerspell to a person who is standing,                                         to face the listener within the sightline.

●       A E I O S T M N are known as                      letters.

●       Andrew Foster spent his life dedicated to improving education for Deaf people. A teacher, pioneer, and missionary, his legacy lies on the many schools he opened in                                                            .

1:5 Convo 1- Beginning and Ending Conversations/ Maintaining Eye Contact

●       ASL speakers ask questions using facial expressions, head movements, and pauses called

                                                .

●       To ask a wh-word question you:

○   furrow your                                         together.

○   lean your                                 forward slightly, without breaking eye contact with the listener

○   hold the last                            which should be the wh-word sign, until your listener starts to answer.

●       The ASL grammar for asking a person their name is                                      ? What should your eyebrows be doing?                                        

●       You can get someone’s attention by                                       your dominant hand up and down or

                                                them.

●       A brief wave (left to right) or small salute are two examples of                                             .

●       Be sure to look at the signer’s                                                 , even though you may feel you would understand better if you could focus on their                                                 .

○                                                   is conveyed with facial expressions.

1:6 Cardinal Numbers 11-15

●       11-12; palm faces in and fingers                                            out from under thumb twice.

○   For number 12, keep extended fingers                                               .

●       13-15; palm faces                               and move extended fingers                                         twice.

○   Keep extended fingers                                               .

1:7 Cultural: Ways of Communicating with Others

●       Strategies that Deaf people might use to communicate with you:

○   Signing

○                                                                           

○   Writing or typing

○   Third person / Hearing person                                                 

○   Lipreading or Speech. This strategy is                                                

●       Regardless of the strategy, the goal is always to                                                                    .

●       Let the Deaf person know that you                                        .

○   Avoid                                      or using                                                without relaying information in ASL.

○   Let the Deaf person set the                                         .