Students will have multiple opportunities to practice fingerspelling their receptive, fingerspelling comprehension skills. Within this lab students will have exposure to different speeds of fingerspelling and a variety of letter pairs.
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Students will discuss Deaf Culture through the experiences of a Deaf individual. Students will work to translate scenarios in ASL, while understanding the importance of facial expressions and non-manual signs in conversation.
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Students will hold a conversation reflecting on their Thanksgiving Break in the target language. Students will focus on both active and receptive fingerspelling.
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In this activity, students will practice introducing themselves. They will also have a brief review on a variety of topics.
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Students are exposed to a wide variety of things to do with this activity, each individual activity focuses on either expressive or receptive signs. All four activities work on improving fingerspelling skills, as well as reading fingerspelling. Students also get a chance to experience tactile signing in one of the activities!
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In this activity, students get the chance to explore the possibility of deaf people needing service animals. The activity encourages conversation about important topics surrounding deaf individuals. Students will have the opportunity to converse unfamiliar topics and discuss potentially controversial topics.
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For this lab, students will get the chance to ask in depth questions and get detailed answers about someone's likes and interests. Students will practice asking and answering in depth questions and explain preferences. They will also have the opportunity to talk about past experiences with gift giving.
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During the warm-up students will review how to sign shapes and the cardinal numbers from the slideshow. For the main activity, students will pair up and each grab a picture card without showing it to their partner. One student will describe the picture card being specific to location, color, etc, while the other draws what their partner just described to them. The partners will then switch roles.
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This activity will be a review for ASL students. There are categories like physical descriptions, numbers and shapes, and Deaf culture. There is also a short fingerspelling quiz for the students to practice their receptive skills.
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This lab will allow ASL students to interact with each other and learn more about one another through a fun game.
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This game helps students use descriptions to describe a word. Students will learn how to use other vocabulary words to have their peers guess a particular word. Students will also get to play Hangman to help with their fingerspelling skills.
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This lab will practice different skills learned throughout the semester through the use of a board game. The game is focused on Deaf culture, describing physical appearance, and the five parameters of signs. The students will play the game together and work on their communication skills throughout by answering and engaging with the game cards.
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This activity allows students to practice lip reading. Students will get a glimpse into deaf culture and how important lip reading is for Deaf individuals.
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Students will practice asking each other questions on various topics. The warm-up will allow students to practice dates, months, and holidays.
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Students will challenge themselves by testing their knowledge of handshapes. They will test how many signs they know that use the same handshape. The main activity includes agreeing or disagreeing to questions and explaining why you answered that way.
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In this activity, students will practice talking about things they have and have not done before. This will help students practice conversation and introduce them to speaking about themselves.
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Students will practice asking and answering questions. Students will also practice using facial expressions. Students will learn about the importance of facial expressions in Deaf culture.
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Students will review ASL idioms and use them in context. Students will take pieces of information (setting, time, activity, item) and create a story to share in American Sign Language.
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Students will be able to practice translating written English to ASL with a focus on directional verbs and classifiers in storytelling.
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Students will have the opportunity to practice discussing the concept of time in American Sign Language and working through time conflicts in conversation.
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