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.