ASL Course 1: Develop Your ASL Skills | Beginners Guide
In this 8 week class learners will develop basic conversational skills in ASL. Focusing on topics such as: Family, numbers, colors, hobbies, food, places, calendar/time, and past/future tense.
Ms. Oliver
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What's included
16 live meetings
16 in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. Home work will be assigned each week and will be reviewed every other class meeting. Homework will be either translating 10 English sentences to ASL, or 10 ASL sentences to English. Homework will be reviewed in class. Any challenges or homework questions will be gone over in class as well.Assessment
At the end of the 8 week course each student will receive a written report helping parents understand what their child has learned so far and specific areas for improvement.Class Experience
American Sign Language Course 1:
Develop Your ASL Skills | Beginners
Brittley Oliver
Summary
Week 1: Introduction & Family
Introduce oneself & discus family & pets
Week 2: Numbers & Colors
Discuss how many pets and their colors
Week 3: Hobbies & Food
Sign about what we like and don’t like
Week 4: Places/people & transportation
Sign about going places; who and how
Week 5: Calendar/time & Past/Future Tense
Days of week, week, month, year, clock time, etc & tense.
Week 6: Refinement & Review
Practice: Correct any mistakes and revise signing skills
Week 7: Refinement & Review
Practice: Correct any mistakes and revise signing skills
Week 8: Evaluation & Reflection
Students will be evaluated on their skills and will make a short signing video about their favorite things. Class will share and discuss their ASL journey thus far.
----Implementation Learning in Context----
Teaching Method: Dialogues are often helpful for providing a context for the use of language. They can also be a source of important grammar and vocabulary, providing valuable language input for students. American Sign Language is a language heavily reliant on context. Learning a language in traditional schools often ends up with teaching vocab and grammar comparatively more than the pragmatics(learning to use the language in context or real scenarios). Dialogue practice requires relevant vocab, grammar and pragmatics to be learned simultaneously - so the learner does not practice extensive vocab or grammar that is not needed for that current time.
----Procedures for each class----
> Review previous topics and homework at the beginning of every class
> Introduce new vocab with mnemonics (memory strategies)
> Form sentences with vocab & practice dialogue
> We will take turns practicing together one - one and as a group.
> Refine: corrections/ guidance
> Check for Understanding give homework.
*Student Tip: Ask lots of questions throughout the lesson(raise hand) to make sure that you are feeling comfortable with all of this new information.Learning Goals
The goal is for learners to familiarize themselves with how to communicate basic things in ASL through dialogue form; learning the vocabulary straight from the dialogue then practicing sentences with the vocab. Then forming dialogue with the sentences. This not only encourages the student to use ASL right away, but reinforces the vocabulary, basic grammar and the confidence to communicate in a foreign language.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
If your child is having trouble recalling a sign you can always look it up by simply googling "ASL ______" For example "ASL__enjoy__" and about 3 ASL dictionaries will appear 'LifePrint.com' Sigingsavvy.com' and 'Handspeak.com'.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined March, 2022
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Language from University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, with a Bachelor's of Science in American Sign Language Interpretation.
I've tutored in person from 2018-2019, and have taught in person and online from 2019-currently. Reviews
Live Group Class
$320
for 16 classes2x per week, 8 weeks
60 min
Completed by 4 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-16
1-5 learners per class
