ASL--American Sign Language --Semester Long Class-PART 2-ONCE a Week

*****************************PLEASE REACH OUT if another day/time can work better for your learner. *******************
You are welcome to sign up if you took ASL 1 elsewhere, or if you took it with me.

Camera is to be on at all times. This is a very interactive class between teacher and all learners. It is also important that your face and upper body are visible, so the teacher and fellow learners can see everyone signing.

You will be learning part 2 of American Sign Language (ASL) vocabulary, including proper ASL. THIS CLASS will be 100% ASL, with  some typing via chat. We will play games and do fun activities, while learning! Some pages will be screenshot to show materials connected to the lessons. Learners will learn where to find vocab to study online for homework.  Each 55 minute class will involve vocabulary, and knowledge about ASL and the Deaf community, including Deaf history and about Deaf culture. There will be plenty of review each week. We will watch some short videos and discuss them in class, related to the information being taught. Learners will go into breakout rooms to practice their ASL vocabulary and sentences with one another, as the teacher pops into each "room" to assist, as needed, if there enough learners.  

ASL is a visual language!  Full one year/semester of knowledge is required. Zoom chat will also be utilized for communication. Much of this class will be a real-life high school curriculum, approved by the University of California. 

APPROXIMATELY what we will do week by week....I will work at the speed of the learners, so it might fluctuate a bit: 

Week 1
Daily routines, time of day

Week 2
More routines, spatial organization

Week 3
More on alerts, hygiene, frequency

Week 4
NAD, CC,  more on video relay, activities, noun-verb
 
Week 5
Movies,  captions, 711, VRS, clothing, various types of signed languages-when to use and when not to use, etc.

Week 6
More clothing, more classifiers, C.A.R.T, more on captioning

Week 5 
More on family

Week 6
More classifiers, characteristics and personality traits, 

Week 7
More classifiers

Week 8
The body

Week 9
Ethnicities, Deaflympics, hairstyles, facial hair, disabilities, characteristics

Week 10
Health, illnesses, injuries 

Week 11 
The world around us, nature, CI's, hearing aids, ethic organizations

Week 12
Hometowns, housing, around your home,  more on spatial visualization

Week 13
Around town/cities, floor plans

Week 14
Commercials with ASL, Deaf West theater, other theaters, plays, movies, TV shows, Deaf actors/actresses,

Week 15
CL: Claw 5, Collectivism vs. individualism, spatial visualization, TDI for access, money, dollars and cents

Week 16
Getting around town, hearing world, more on money, purchasing items

Week 17  
Making plans

Week 18
More on Agent Markers,  occupations, work, study, To Be, food

Week 19
Eating out, Deaf owned restaurants, and businesses

Week 20
Animals, Service dogs for those with hearing loss

Week 21
More on CLs,  using a 2nd language in life

Week 22
Countries, continents and travel
 
Week 23
More on countries and travel, Deaf travel agents/agencies

Week 24
Basic medical terms, STEM, Deaf in medical professions, careers, AMPHL, technology, free time, instruments, entertainment, Deaf clubs. Audism