Lesson 14 Vocabulary:

Vocabulary: leaf, cold, head cold (sick), cool, enjoy (appreciate), freeze, brain freeze, hot, moon, sun, rain, storm, lightning storm, sick, laid out sick, snow, thirsty, spring, summer, sunrise, sleep in, use, vacation, retire, wake up, surprise, warm, weather, wind, winter.

Lesson 14 Vocabulary:

Vocabulary: winter, spring, summer, autumn

Lesson 14 Video:

I'm happy to see that she has developed into such a intelligent happy young lady. I originally believed she should have received the cochlear implant and I stand by my original opinion. She is immersed in both worlds and I think thats really the best option. Learning to sign and hear is great because then your not limited to one side of communication.

Lesson 14 Culture:

Mainstream: They go to the same school as hearing children and may be provided an interpreter and also a IEP (Individual Education Plan) that ensures you are provided things that assist you in receiving your education.

Residential schools: Learning is tailored to the needs of deaf or hard of hearing.

Homeschool or virtual: Parents can be a part of their child's education and create conditions to better their child's learning.


I believe mainstream is the route I would choose. I believe that education shouldn't be separated if it can be helped. It depends on the issue, I understand for some why its necessary for them to be in a different environment but if I am the way I am except for loss of hearing, I would want to be mainstream. I would want to learn about deaf culture and meet others who are deaf and experience that life, but I also know that the majority of people are hearing and I need to immerse myself into that lifestyle because ultimately, in the future I don't want to have to rely on someone else to do things. If I work harder when I am younger and adapt to that lifestyle I  would feel like I don't have limits.

Lesson 14 Grammar:

-By altering the movement of a sign you change the meaning and indicate the action is done on a regular basis (regularity).

-Duration refers to the inflection of the verb where you modify the production of the verb to show the action occurs over a period of time. 

-Habituality refers to inflection of a verb where you modify the production of a time sign to indicate an ongoing schedule.

Lesson 13 Vocabulary:

Vocabulary: Article, closed captioned, captioning, college, deaf school, easy, almost, simple, false, true, invent, foster parents, support, encourage, graduate, hard, tough, problem, physics, hard of hearing , high school, interpreter,  list, note, research, billboard/square, test, analyze, write, wrong, mistake.

Lesson 13 Video:

The parents continue to argue withthe grandma over whatthey think is best for their child. They often saythatit is her choice, but it seems they are trying to change her opinion, she came to them wanting one and they in a way seemed to manipulate her from that origional thinking. From what I see the only people who want a coclear implant are hearing people and the only people who don't are deaf people.

I think they should have talked to a person who was born deaf, lived for a while in the deaf commmunity, then got a coclear implant. This way they can find out what thhe person thinks as a comparison from past to life with a coclear implant. The people they visited were hearing and had their child fitted for hearing, that situation is not comparable because the child never experienced the other half, so the thinking is bias.

Lesson 13 Deaf Culture Part 2:

- Closed captioning also provides descriptions of sounds.

-Intitially took place in the 1970's

-In 1993 it wasmandated that all television sets 13 inches or larger must contain CC.

-CC benifits a wide variety of people understand what is being sayd, not only deaf. It benifits those learning the language, translating the language and more.

Lesson 13 Deaf Culture 1:

-Some places you can interpret for include schools, colleges, companies, and freelance.

-Becoming a cetrified interpreter varies from state to state.

-To be an interpreter you need to be able to communicate in both languages.

Why does being a certified interpreter vary from state to state? Why isn't it on a national level?

Lesson 12 Video:

The grandmother of one of the deaf children keeps trying to tell her son and his wife to do the cochlear implant. They argued over it multipul times and the grandmother is trying to convince them that bydoing it she will be part of both worlds. The deaf people feel that the idea of taking away his deafness is because they dont accept deaf culture or that the parents think that deaf poeople are stupid.
They did research to find out more and decided to move to Maryland to get their child a better eductaion.

There are many arguments but I agree with the grandmother. Why can't they be part of both worlds? She could communicate with hearing people and deaf people. Most hearing people are very open to deaf people, the only thing is they don't know how to communicate with them, but it seems from watching this thatthe deaf people feel like hearing people are trying to shut them down. I feel like the deaf community is trying to sort of fence in the deaf and take it as a betrayal to leave them, but by getting a cochlear implant they can have a much easier life, and oppertunities. The deaf community is the holding back the oppertunities of the child, making it like there is only one choice, ifthe deaf community was more accepting then you can be part of both worlds!

Lesson 12 Vocabulart Pt.2:

Vocabulary: Afternoon, every afternoon, all afternoon, equal, than, less than, less, more than, limit, maximum,minimum, too much, regular, habit, hour, half hour, minute/second, month, next month, last month, morning, all morning, every morning, night, good night, all night, every night, noon,lunch, end, result, hit, happen.

Lesson 12 Vocabulary Pt.1: Day's of the week

Vocabulary: day, today, yesterday, everyday, weekend, next week, week, sunday, monday, tuesday, wedensday, thursday, friday, saturday.

Lesson 12 Culture-

-Deaf people assign you your deaf sign.

-Name signs are either arbitrary or descriptive.

-Combined name signs are not acceptable.

Lesson 12 Grammar-

-Instead of showing the number 2 then signing the sign hour, you can do the two handshape while doing the sign for hour.

-Numerical incorporation takesplace wwhen you incorperate a number into a sign.

Lesson 11 Vocabulary:

Vocabulary: about, explain, approximately, almost, easy, simple, soon, always, any, other, back, but, but or different, call as in calling like church calling, cant, can, for, great, little, make, makeout, force, happen, coffee, never, new, oh i see, or, people, sometimes, talk, chat, interview, communicate, discuss, thing, something.

Lesson 11 Video:

-The grandmother is trying to show her father a different perspective.
-They decided against the cochlear implant.
-The parents are being close minded.
-Surgery to have it implanted.
-Deaf culture may be affected my cochlear implants.

New:Cochlear implant, progress, selfish, inferior, forces.
Regonized: deaf, nice, hearing, meet, think, feel.

The movie is about a family trying to decide whether or not to get a cochlear implant. It shows the perspective of deaf people. It also shows the perspective of hearing people. It shows the struggles of the family in making the decision.

I think that they should do the cochlear implant on their child. The girl asked about it, she wanted it. The family is deaf and they don't know what they are missing. The girl shopuld be exposed to everything the world can offer, and she can be. But the parents because they are deaf they don't think its a good idea. They think she can be successful and she absolutly can even without it, but she will not have the sdame oppertunities as hearing, she will have more challenges and limits.

Lesson 11 Deaf Culture:

-Cochlear implants have a portion that must be placed surgically.

-Implant doesn't restorer normal hearing.

-Coclear implants are very different from hearing aide, hearing aids amplify sounds, coclear implants bypass damaged parts and stimulate the auditory nerve.

-Process of getting a cochlear implant usually requires MRI, X-rays and counseling.

For- It can provide a sense of sound, for example, if in a fire and the alarm goes off, the person could hear it and understand there is an  emergency situation. It also is very beneficial to young children.

Against- It's a long process that requires surgery and doesn't work all that well.

Im for it in some situations but I don't think anyone has to get one to live their life. It may make it easier on a young child, and provide a sense of sound, but the sound is different. Its up to the person to decide if its for them or not.

Lesson 11 Grammar:

-When using "Wh-" words in a question such as what when where, furrow your eyebrows.
-Use declarative nods in if/then statements.
-In yes or no questions raise your eyebrows.
-In rhetorical questions with "Wh-" words, raise your eyebrows.

Lesson 9 Vocabulary Pt 2:

Vocabulary: light weight, oven or baking, cook, yesterday, window, open window, closed window.

Lesson 9 Vocabulary Pt 1:

Vocabulary: bathtub, couch, door, open door, close door, open, close, dresser, garage, garage, subway, kitchen(2), light(electronic), bright, ray of light, lamp, headlights, microwave, refrigerator, cold, shower, sink, stove, cook, chef, table, schedule, chart or graph.

Lesson 10- Video Sound and Fury Pt.1

-a young girl wanted to get an implant for hearing.
-her family is deaf and were skeptical.
-another baby was born deaf and her mother wanted to put him into a hearing program.
-deaf people are skeptical about coclear implants and seem to frown upon it because then your not hearing or deaf and its like a sign of weakness because it "shows your uncomfortable" and not proud to be deaf.

Lesson 10- Deaf Culture

-most of the hearing people believe the biggest difference between hearing and deaf is one group hears and the other cannot.
-Another difference was the way they communicate.
-Another difference I heard was the culture.

Lesson 10-Grammar

-loan signs are signs that have been borrowed from other sign languages.
-common loan signs come from countries that refer to themselves differently. For example people in america used to use a sign referring to the chinese using their eyes, the chinese used a different sign so many americans now refer to the chinese that way to be more respectful.
-I see loan signs as a way of better describing a word to get its meaning across, if another language effectivly does that then maybe you can try using that sign.

Lesson 9 Deaf Video:

-Deaf people can still work and go to collage and they are the same as any other human being.
-The only difference between a deaf/blind person is the way they communicate.
-Although being deaf or blind is a challenge the people are strong and make it through and adapt to the conditions present.
-One struggle that a deaf person may face is the drive through because they cant hear and may not be able to speak to ask for what they want.

Lesson 9 Deaf Culture:

I learned that there are different views on what to do when you have a deaf child. I don't entirely believe in the pathologic view or cultural perspective. This document made me realize what its like to have a deaf child. The confusion of what to do, what would be best, or what is the easiest thing to do. I have mixed feelings about what I would do.

I don't fully understand how gaining back hearing works, but if their was a chance for my child to hear I would try to gain that ability for them. Sure, if this worked it would make it easier on both my child and I, but the real reason for doing so is because of the beauty of hearing I would want my child to experience all the wonderful sounds that fill my own life with joy. My child would have to take speech therapy in order to communicate with the majority of the population. I would have my child learn ASL, and I would help my child be a part of deaf culture. This way my child would be able to communicate with both sides. I believe I would be parent B.

Lesson 9 Grammar:

-There are a wide variety of signing styles SEE, PSE, Frozen, Contact, Intimate, Casual, and more.

-Often times, deaf people who use ASL will switch to a different type of signing for a hearing person to better understand.

-People who are deaf often enjoy when someone hearing tries to talk to them using ASL and will use child like ASL to better communicate with them.

Lesson 8 Vocabulary Part 2:

Vocabulary: clothes, shirt, blouse, pants, shoes, socks, zipper, dress, skirt.

Lesson 8 Vocabulary Part 1:

Vocabulary: Backpack, basket, garbage, battery(electricity), belt, change ( to be different), exchange, trade, adapt, coins, translate, coat, dirty, glasses, hearing aid, turn off lights, power off, pick up, which.

Lesson 8 Deaf Video:

The video is about a day in the life of a deaf person. It shows all these different perspectives. It starts with getting up and brushing teeth ect. Then it talks about what they do at school. After that it gets into personality, what the people are like, what they like to do. Then they talk about how they communicate with their friends, and how they meet new people. They are friends with both hearing and deaf. It also talks about the challenges of ordering food. 

I love that the video shows different perspectives. This makes it much more well rounded. You can see each of their interactions in the world. I think its great that a lot of people who didn't know sign that knew people who were deaf were willing to learn. Its great to have a balance of communication between both parties. It sucks that they have such difficulty communicating when they go out to eat. I knew most of this because I am such close friends with someone who is deaf, but I did get so see into the lives of other people.

Lesson 8 Deaf Culture:

How the Criminal Justice System Fails the Deaf Community
Huff Post Crime
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lydia-l-callis/post_8582_b_6127898.html
Lydia L. Callis 11/10/2014 


For generations the deaf have not been given fair treatment in issues regarding criminal justice. Because people who are deaf have difficulty communicating with hearing people, the situation can be interpreted completely wrong. The police even though they know their is a deaf person, they may not bring an interpreter. This results in much miscommunication. Deaf people are not treated well and are often charged with a crime they didn't commit. Many deaf people also report that accommodations were not made when they were arrested to allow them to communicate. Police officers are only given 6 hours to learn all the information regarding disabilities.

People like Jason Tozier, were denied interpreters.Maria Dollhopf was also denied an interpreter and had to wait 24 hours without communication. Philip Wolfe, escaped a domestic dispute, he had a friend contact the police and they didn't help because they didn't bring an interpreter, later that night the person threatening him came back and harmed him again. HEARD (Helping to Educate the Rights of the Deaf) is working to help improve these situations.

I am deeply saddened by the injustice shown towards deaf people. And the fact that no one else has tried to help other than HEARD is disappointing. The government should make better accommodations for their disabled people, not just deaf, but anyone with a disability. They should be permitted to use their hands to sign, they should always have an interpreter. These are just the basics! The fact that its so hard to get just the BASICS is ridiculous. This opinion of mine hasn't changed by racing the article, but the article has given me a better perspective on the subject. This article interested me because I have a deaf friend and I want to know how they would treat her.

Lesson 8 Deaf History:

Thomas met a young girl who was his deaf neighbor. The parents of the girl Alice asked him to help find a way to educate her, although she was already very bright. He started an american deaf school. He brought deaf education to america and the school he established Gallaudet University which is still used today.

Lesson 7 Vocabulary Part 3 Food

Vocabulary: apple, candy, cheese, cookie, eggs, hamburger, hot dog, milk, pizza, popcorn, soup.

Lesson 7 Part 2 Animals

Vocabulary: animal, bear, chicken, deer, donkey, duck, eagle, elephant, fly, fox, goat, lion, monkey, mouse, pig, snake, tiger, turtle, spider, wolf, mosquito.

Lesson 7 Vocabulary Part 1

Vocabulary: and, dry, dryer, drink, eat, sleep, sleep in, sleepy, stubborn, stop, empty, taste, full, enough, fed up with, full of food, hungry, spoon, fork, water, kind, pilot, airplane, immature.

Lesson 7 Video

-Parents of deaf children have a hard choice to make, they have to focus one form of language.
-The difficulty is choosing which to learn first, by choosing to learn speech before ASL, he was restricted in expressing himself.
-The hearing parents cant be the language role model for their child. The child needs to be with people who sign to fully learn the language.

Lesson 7 Grammar B

-ASL in written form: signs used in a sentence are written in capital letters.
-Fingerspelling is indicated using dashes.
-Simple yes no questions can be signed differently and still be acceptable.

Lesson 7 Grammar A

ASL Glossing-
-ASL glossing is a way to keep note of sign language.
-ASL glossing has no punctuation.
-ASL glossing has its own structure.

Lesson 6 Vocabulary Part 2

Vocabulary: depressed, pale, draw, exaggerate, long, today, now, day, paper, dictionary, before (as in before you do that), myself, tomorrow, wait, happen (what happened?!), year, (#) year ago, annually.

Lesson 6 Vocabulary Part 1-Colors

-color's, black, brown, pink, purple, yellow, red, orange, grey, blue, white, green

Lesson 6 Grammar

5 phrases to know-
Hey whats up?!
Wanna grab a coffee?
Whats your text number?
How are you?
When is your birthday?

Lesson 6 Video

-Around 100 years ago, sign language was prohibited until the early 1970's
- It sees many people have different views on what the child should do. Some seem to think their are only two choices, you either learn oral or sign. But, I don't see why they couldn't learn both.
-Some people believe hat if you learn sign you have a vocabulary basis to learn nglish. I agree with this thought because when learning english a deaf person is more visual so it would be very difficult.

Lesson 6 Deaf Culture

10/21/14
Wired
Lapowsky Issie
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/motionsavvy/

Campbell the co-founder and CEO of Motion Savvy, has created a genius product that interprets sign language and translates it into words for someone who is hearing. It can also do the reverse! He came up with this invention to create more jobs for def people. His thought was that if he could help deaf people get past the interview stage that would help many of them. It is estimated that about half the population of deaf people are unemployed.

Campbells invention costs about $799 plus a $20 subscription to sign builder. The first 200 testers however, will be able to purchase the item for around $500. His invention is not perfect yet it still has many bumps in the road to go through. It is likely that we will see this within the next 10- 20 years bump free. His invention could be used for much more than just interviews.  It could interpret orders when your out to eat, conversations with a friend and so much more. The possibilities are endless.

I chose this article because when I saw it I was really interested and curious to see how the new product works. It was a very interesting article, but I was a bit disappointed by a few things. I had come into the article expecting a finished product for a reasonable price, however this was not the case. The price is through the roof for a product that is more than incomplete. The deaf community would be the ones coming up with the signs and uploading it into the interface, doing all the work and also paying the price. I feel that this product is not currently worth the money, but I hope that in the future the owners will adjust that and improve the product.

Lesson 5 Vocabulary Part 2

Vocabulary: will, search, cancel, outside, outdoors, play(playing, playtime), player, party(2), sit, anxious, nervous, chair, church, bench, swing, stay, still, store, watch/wrist, with, accompany, together, ahead, ahead, behind, fall behind, avoid, follow catch up, chase, race, superior, without, lose, pass, practice, train, which one.

Lesson 5 Vocabulary Part 1

Vocabulary: can, can't, cup, bottle, possible, car, drive to, enthusiasm, coffee, church, computer(2), doctor(2), nurse, email, mail(letter), Mail(piece), send, postage stamp, post office, give, internet, network, website, teleconference/video, investigate/check into, contact, in, out, enter.

Lesson 5 Video

-hearing children of a deaf family can have some struggles to deal with. One for example is when they are learning to speak and their deaf parent incorrectly says the word.
-deafness is treated like a disability when its really like an inner part of themselves that they are proud of  like being black, or spanish.

Lesson 5 Deaf culture

-CODA means a child of a deaf adult and KODA means kid of a deaf adult.
-90% of children born to deaf parents can hear.
-CODAS are generally the link between the hearing world and deaf world which can be a challenge.
-Some CODA's require speech therapy due to limited exposure to spoken language.

Lesson 5 Grammar

-In sign language they don't have words like they, the, are, ect.
-When signing a sentence like "are you going to see a movie?" They leave out are, a and to.
"you going see movie?"

Lesson 4 Vocabulary Part 2

Vocabulary: Knock it off, wash, wash the dishes, wash car, wash laundry, walk to, stand, stand up, dancing, dead, hike, lay down, toss and turn, small animals sitting, row of chairs, put, patience, move, throw(2), vomit, skateboard, ice skate, roller blade, snow board, snow, surfing.

Lesson 4 Grammar

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I like to make facial expressions. I understand why I need to make the, so that others understand the meaning behind what I am trying to say. Its not uncomfortable at all for me unless it's recited. If its natural I make a lot of expression.

-some signs use strong expressions to indicate the amount of the sign. Ex. Much if you are saying much your face would have to indicate how much.

-when doing videos your expression isn't as excentuated because its not a real conversation. If in a real conversation the expressions would be more visible. 

Lesson 4 Culture

-Nine out of every 10 children born deaf are born to parents who can hear and only 10% of those families learn to communicate effectively with their child.
-2 to 3 of every 1000 children are born deaf.
-It is a challenge for deaf children to belong to the deaf community if they have hearing parents.
-Overall deaf kids do better the sooner they learn communication with the outside world.

If I had a deaf child I would love them just as much as if I had a hearing child. Honestly I would feel a little bad they couldn't hear because hearing is a beutiful thing, but I understand that to them it wouldn't be a loss, because they never knew what it was like to hear the first place. I am so thankful that I have my friend Fedex. She is deaf and if I had a deaf child I know she would help me though it.

Learning sign language as I am I think it wouldnt be too much of a challenge communicating with my child. I would absolutly have them learn sign. I would also teach them speech therapy as well as lip reading, I think its very important to have the ability to communicate with people who are not deaf and cannot sign. Whether or not my child wants to is up to him/her, but they have to have the ability to. Some people would go for a coclear implant. I would want my child to learn speech therapy, lip reading, and ASL before getting a coclear implant because if he/she becomes too relyant on it and then it stops working then my child needs to still have the ability to communicate with the outside world. If my child has learned all that and wants one then I would then consider getting one even though it isn't like real hearing.

Lesson 4 Video

1.  Did the students win? Yes

2.  The American’s with Disabilities Act makes it illegal to discriminate against a person because of a disability

3.  Do cochlear implants replicate “normal” hearing perfectly? No

After watching this video I have a better understanding of the deaf culture. I am glad that the students got a new deaf president! Its a great achievement. I thought it was cool that the president even supported them too. And that this sort of rebellion led to a revolution for all people with disabilities is amazing! I also enjoyed hearing about how families work with their deaf children. Its unfourtunate that some families don't help their children by learning sign. That really pisses me off. But overall the most interesting thing I learned would be how deaf musicians work. I knew deaf people could play music but  I was always curious how. Its interesting how the vibrations work.

Lesson 4 Vocabulary Part 1

Vocabulary: angry, mad, aunt, uncle, baby, daughter (2), son(2), sweetheart, brush teeth, teeth, tooth, cry, excuse, laid off, feel, feelings, friend, boy/girl friend, happy, help, hurt, idea, suppose if/if, love, fall in love, fall down, hug, fall off, sad, sorry, stop, finish.

Lesson 3 Vocabulary Part 4

Vocabulary: more, one more, need, school, deaf school, collage, so so, so, think, think consider, mull over, slipped mind, I think so, grow up( raised), grow, sprout, take care of, lend, keep, what kind, sun, glasses, moon, wonderful great, potted plant,don't care, don't mind, forget, forget (2), empty, remember, bring, memorize.

Lesson 3 Vocabulary Part 3

Vocabulary: see, watch(2), look, see , let me see we will see, see ya later, look at that, look around, face(2), classroom, room, bedroom, bed(2), go to bed, box, office, show, movie(2), show up, video record, video game, game, challenge, web cam, short of breath, seem, mirror, act/theater, actor, what do, do doing, don't, not, want, don't want, evaporate/take from, take it easy, take turns, my turn,your turn, use, habit, accustomed to habit, past,grow, sprout, turn off, turn on, second,minuate, step mom/dad, steps,old.

Lesson 3 Vocabulary Part 2

Vocabulary:
dorm, cost, small (2), short (2), short sleeve, money, buy, pay, bottom, basement, top, left side, right side, right direction, right correct, alright, favorite, rather prefer, fine ok, cool swell, cool temp, cool neat, polite, from, here (3), don't like, interested, same similar, me too, also, look alike.

Lesson 3 Vocabulary Part 1

Vocabulary:All, ask, request, bad, good, good night, (better, best *should be done at the mouth my mistake), bathroom, large, big, city(2), house(2), home, homework, come(2), come on, go(2), attend, take off go, leave or go away, leave or depart, leave behind, family, class, group, team, cluster, there (4), way out there.

Lesson 3 Video

1.  What would make a house “deaf-friendly?”
Lots of open spaces so people can see each other sign from different areas.

2.  In 1987 the word went out that the president of Gallaudet would be leaving.  Some students proposed the idea that there should be a Deaf president.  However, in 1988 the Board of Trustees chose the only hearing candidate. This began the protest known as the civil rights movement.

3.  What was the most interesting thing you learned watching this documentary?
I learned a lot from this video. I had no idea about any of this and I just think its amazing. I love that way that everyone joined together to fight for a deaf president. I would say the most interesting thing i learned was how 93% of the world supported them.

4.  If you had to tell someone 3 facts about the deaf community, deaf culture or sign language from watching this documentary, what would they be?
93% the world supported the protest, Gallaudet had to fight for a deaf president, their were three finalists 2 deaf and 1 hearing and the hearing woman won.

5.  Do you have any questions that are unanswered that you'd like to know after watching this?
How did the original finalist feel being protested against being deaf president. Was she actually qualified for the position any more than the deaf applicants?

Lesson 3 Deaf Culture

-The lowercase d is used when talking about ones ability to hear.

- A capital D refers to the Deaf Community and has grown up in that culture.

-Even if your not deaf, you can be born into the Deaf Community.

-Many people are deaf, but not Deaf.

Lesson 3 Grammar B

-The grammar of the language is decided by the group of people who use that language.

-The grammar of a language is the foundation of its form.

-ASL has its own grammar separate from english.

-When someone first starts out in the deaf community signing you can tell by their "accent," that hey are new. Similar to the way that someone from out of the country sounds to us.(Terp Topics 2008 http://www.terptopics.com/GrammarASL.htm)

-Their are no expressed articles in ASL. (Terp Topics 2008 http://www.terptopics.com/GrammarASL.htm)

Lesson 3 Grammar A

The five parameters:

-hand shapes: The shape of your hand is what creates the sign. It could be the shape of an A or a V or something else. If you create a different shape then the one you are trying to use then you could be saying something entirely different then you meant.

-movement: The movement you make to complete the sign is important. Make the wrong movement and you will sign something entirely different then you meant to. This movement could be outward towards the other person or towards you or something else.

-palm orientation: This is the way that the palm of your hand faces. It could be to the floor towards someone else or towards you or something else.

-location: Sometimes, signs can be really similar accept they are located in different places. If you place the sign in the wrong area you would sign something you didn't mean.

-expression: Used to determine the feeling behind the sign. If your expressionless the person wont understand what you are trying to say or they may interpret it as something else.

Some common hand shapes are the index finger, bent hand, hand, flat hand, and more.

Lesson 2 Vocabulary

The Vocabulary:
girl, little girl, woman(2), boy, little boy, man(3), gentleman, brother (2), step brother, sister(2), step sister, child, children(2), dad, mom, grandma, grandpa, divorce, separate(2) , have (2), don't have, hey, how(2), how many, live(2), marriage, husband, wife, wedding, single(4), slow, spell(2), work, Possession (his her its yours theirs), mine, our.

ASL Numbers 1-100

American Sign Language numbers 1-10

 Notes:

1-5 palm faced towards you. Number 3 is middle finger, pointer finger, and thumb.

6-9 palm faced outward. Thumb to pinkie and so on.

10 thumbs up shape. Rapid movement.

11-15 palm faced towards you.

11-12 fingers up twice.

13 fingers move down towards thumb.

14 thumb tucked in other fingers down twice.

15 thumb out four fingers down twice

16-19 start facing towards you then turn outward.

20 ponter finger down to thumb twice.

21 L shape hand thumb curls twice.

22 two hand shape faced towards floor up and down movement from the left to the right.

23-29 L shape before number facing outward.

30+ the numbers are faced outwards at all times.

Repeating numbers face towards the floor and are repeated from the left to the right in a bouncing motion.

100 hold up the number 1 then make a C towards the person.

ASL Alphabet

American Sign Language letters A-Z

(ASL 1 Week 2) Lesson 2 Grammar A: ASL is NOT English

ASL is NOT English

1. ASL was influenced by French sign language in the early 1800's.
2. In the 1960's William Stokoe proved ASL is it's own separate language, he also wrote two books on the subject that changed the publics opinion on ASL being its own language.
3. In 1817 ASL was formally born at the American School for the Deaf.
4. The American School for the Deaf provided an environment for the deaf students to interact with other people who are deaf. They then mixed signs until it was no longer identifiable as French sign language and was their own. (Collin Matthew Belt American Sign Language: History 2013)
5. Signed English is a variation of English expressed visually to assist those less familiar with sign, however ASL is its own language. (Bornstein, Luczak, Saulnier, Hamilton, and Miller 1983) 
   
   
   
   

Lesson 2 Video

1.  In your own words explain the 2 Worlds they talk about.

A hearing world and a deaf world. Earth refers to the world of hearing (ear) and Eyeth refers to the visual world (eye).

2.  Gallaudet’s football team created the huddle so they could communicate without anyone seeing what they were saying.

3.  People had many different ways to try to “cure” deafness.  What were two of them? 

Deaf flights, they also turned to medicine. A box that produced heat waves attached to your ear.

4.  Did Black Deaf people and White Deaf people sign the same way? 

No they sign differently. Whites tend to finger spell more.

5.  For 90 years Deaf people couldn’t use the telephone.  Then in 1964 a “deaf telephone” was created.  What was it called? 

TTY it connected phone calls from deaf people to the typewriter so that it would type out and be understood.

6.  What was so significant about this invention?

After it many other inventions were made to help the deaf, closed caption, video calls etc. It allowed deaf people to make phone calls to their bosses that they were not coming in to work. It also allowed a way for a deaf person to call 911 if they need help and many other aspects.

Lesson 2 Deaf Culture

-40-60% of english sounds look alike and 30% is visible on the lips and the other 70% is guesswork.

-ASL came from France so a person using ASL has a good chance of being able to communicate with someone using French sign language.

Lesson 2 Grammer B

-When asking a question that has more then a yes or no answer(who,what,when,where,why,how), generally you furrow your eyebrows.

-When asking a yes or no question then you generally have your eyebrows raised.

-Directionality is when the movement of a sign indicates your subject or object of the verb.

Lesson 2 Grammer A

-ASL is not English, it relies on movement not sound to translate its meaning. And example would be that at times when speaking in english you can ask a question without using facial expressions, but using a different tone of your voice. In ASL you must use facial expressions to indicate that you are asking a question.

-ASL actually grew out of French sign language.

Lesson 1 Video

1. What percentage of deaf people have hearing parents? 

    Over 90%

2. How many American’s are hard of hearing? 

    About 35 million

3. How many are profoundly deaf?  

    About 30,000

4.  How is a name-sign chosen?

    Based on a persons characteristics

5.  What are your thoughts so far on the video?  Did you learn anything that you found really interesting or that stuck out?

    Most of the stuff I already knew but I did learn that deafness can be passed down and be genetic. 

-I learned that deafness can be genetic.
-I also learned that most people who are deaf have hearing parents.

Lesson 1 Deaf Culture

-America was using sign language before Gallaudet and Clerc made the school.
-I also learned that at one point in Martha's Vineyard, a lot of people were deaf, and because the amount of deaf people was so concentrated, almost everyone could sign.

Lesson 1 History

Lesson 1 History

-ASL wasn't reconized by experts as a language until 1960.

-The first school for the deaf in America was founded by Gallaudet and Clerc in 1817 in Conneticut.

Lesson 1 Grammar

Lesson 1 Grammar

-PCE is signed English,but it doesn't have to, the, or am. It also doesn't have any word endings such as -ment, -ed, or -s.

-SEE is signing exact English which requires more signing because of all the endings and prefixes.

Lesson 1 Vocabulary

 Lesson 1 Vocabulary:
Who, what, when, where, why, how, I understand, I don't understand, learn, slow, deaf, hearing, thank you, no, again, like, meaning, meet, name, nice,sign language, teacher, and student.