American Sign Language 1 (ASL 1) (ages 8 - 12)

Students will be taught by a certified American Sign Language teacher, as well as, national certified teacher for Deaf children and is fluent in ASL. 

Students will learn the benefits of signing, basic tips for fingerspelling, the alphabet, numbers 1 - 10, spelling names, and fingerspelling practice.  Students will learn facial expressions, basic grammar, vocabulary, deaf culture information which is relative to the Deaf community.  

I will provide informational documents, and direct instruction on how to complete all of the above.  As well as, provide a link for continued practice which can be accessed at any time. I will be available for questions or concerns at anytime via email.

No background knowledge is required, just come ready to learn and have fun!

Extension activities are provided for students which would consist of practicing the alphabet, conversations, and information we have learned in class. 

The learner progress will be evaluated through direct observation.  Please ensure you have a camera for this class.  We will also have short weekly check-ups which will be graded to judge progress and to cater the class to work on everyones needs as a whole.  

Class 1: Introduction to ASL 1
Class 2: Expressions, Directions and Vocabulary
Class 3: Non-manual markers, tenses, parameters
Class 4: Inflection, Classifiers, Numbers #20-30
Class 5: Eye Gaze, Noun Verb Pairs, Agreement Verbal
Class 6:  Time, Numbers 101 - 999, Topicalizing vs SVO
Class 7: Attention seeking, Dominant Hand, Numbers 1,000 - 999,999.
Class 8: Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins, Gallaudet University
Class 9: Code Switching, Contact Sign Language, Bilingual - Bi-cultural approach
Class 10: Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers, Loan signs, Lexicalized Fingerspelling
Class 11: Sentence Types, VP and VRS
Class 12:  Name Signs, Modifying Time Signs, Numerical incorporation
Class 13: How to become an Interpreter, Close Captioning
Class 14: Regularity, Duration
Class 15: Review and Discuss, Classifier, Self
Class 16: Share Final Projects