What's included
1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade 3 - 5
Beginner Level
This is a beginner American Sign Language class that meets one time a week for 25 minutes. Our fall semester starts the week of August 25th and runs through December 21st. You can join anytime. If a class has 0 students it will start from day 1. Message us if you want to find out what day/time a specific class is on. FALL SEMESTER Our fall semester starts the week of August 25th and runs through December 21st. You can join anytime, however, the material does build. If a class has 0 students it will start from day 1. Message us if you want to find out what day/time a specific class is on. Learn the alphabet, conversational questions, colors, numbers, food, animals, holidays, days of the week, temperature, sports, sentence structure, culture, states etc. in American Sign Language. How this ASL class structured? The teacher instructs the students with a mini lesson, then we open the class up for questions and conversation throughout each session. How does we teach? We will teach through visual representation and demonstration (hand signals). We have a fun environment, adapt to the pace of the students’ level and encourage participation. The interactive style will vary from direct lectures to games and discussions. At the end of each lesson, we will go around and ask each student to demonstrate what they have learned in class today. New Classes Are Always Starting! Message us with any questions. Week 1 - Monday, August 5th - Alapahbet The first lesson for every language is learning the alphabet. This will lay the foundation to spell words in every topic area moving forward. In addition, we will start with basic activities that incorporate the alphabet (names). They will know how to ask “What is your name?” and be able to say “My name is __.” We'll also discuss the history and culture of ASL names. Week 2 - Monday, August 12th - Numbers Focusing on numbers will help the class be able to respond back to “How old are you?” Numbers are essential to learn in the beginning lessons. Week 3 - Monday, August 19th - Colors- Learning the colors is another beginner topic that is essential. The short-term goal is to be able to talk about least favorite and favorite colors, etc. Week 4 - Monday, August 26th - Clothing One way to incorporate colors is talking about clothing items. Clothing items are used everyday so it is important to know the signs. Sentence structure will be taught throughout learning the various topics which will be discussed in a conversation about the culture. Week 5 - Monday, September 2nd - Animals A way of keeping students engaged is by discussing fun topics and what student doesn’t like to learn about animals?! Week 6 - Monday, September 9th - Family Being able to talk about yourself shows you know about the language. At this point, students will be able to describe who is in their family, their age, what they like and don’t like, etc. Week 7 - Monday, September 16th - Describing a person- This is a topic that works with sentence structure. It is important that they know how to describe someone and the various parts of a sentence. Week 8 - Monday, September 23rd - Culture Examples include how to gain someone’s attention who is Hard of Hearing or Deaf. REFUNDS No refunds for group classes because we provide class recordings. Please ensure your learner is verified by Outschool in order to get access to class recordings. Learn more about this here: https://support.outschool.com/en/articles/4063624-learner-verification If your learner is the only student enrolled in class, kindly let us know 24 hours in advance if you need to cancel the class and we'll provide a refund since there won't be a class recording. For cancellations that are less than 24 hours in advance, we cannot provide a refund. If there is a group class and no students shows up, there will not be a refund because our teachers are still showing up to teach. We do not offer make-up classes for group classes. However, if you'd like to enroll in another class for a one-time makeup, you are welcome to do so. We appreciate you respecting our teachers' time. Thank you!
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Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Teacher expertise and credentials
6 teachers have teaching certificates
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Wisconsin Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Illinois Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
3 teachers have a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Education from DePaul University
Master's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Missouri
Master's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Northern Iowa
7 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from Loyola University Chicago
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Bachelor's Degree in Spanish Language and Literature from Sam Houston State University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from The Open University of Hong Kong
Bachelor's Degree in English from The Open University of Hong Kong
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Rachel is going into her junior year at the College of Wooster. She is pursuing a double major in French and Spanish with a double minor in Russian and German. On top of that, Rachel speaks Hebrew and knows how to communicate in American Sign Language. She has many experiences teaching languages to children because in 2019 she started her own language program. She helped children learn American Sign Language, French, Spanish and Russian.
Rachel recently studied abroad in France and had the opportunity to teach English as a second language to middle school students. While she was there she also practiced her translation skills.
She has a passion for foreign languages because she enjoys being able to communicate with people. She grew up surrounded by different languages, which increased her curiosity in language learning. She brings that curiosity and passion to the classroom. Rachel adores working with children because she loves seeing them excited to learn! She is kind, engaging and a very good listener so she is able to cater to different learning styles and make students comfortable.
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Live Group Class
$15
weekly1x per week
25 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-10
3-10 learners per class