Talk With Your Hands: Advanced Conversational ASL 5

Completed by 5 learners

Ages 11-16

Live Group Class

In this 5-week course, students will go more in-depth on signs they have previously learned, using them in sentences and conversation.

Rachel Leland

Average rating:

5.0

Number of reviews:

(157 reviews)

Live video meetings

1x per week, 5 weeks

3-8 learners per class

50 min

About Learning Overview Teacher Reviews

What's included

5 live meetings

4 hrs 10 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

***This is an advanced level course: learners must have either taken my previous ASL classes (Beginner ASL 1-4, Intermediate ASL 1-6, and Advanced ASL 1-9) or taken comparable classes elsewhere.  

In this 5-week course, your child will strengthen their conversational skills in American Sign Language. Learners will interact both with me, the instructor, as well as their fellow classmates. Each week we will review a different category of signs:

Week One:

General: touch, ask, answer/respond, test, fascinated, thrilled, excited, fall in love, obsessed, ghost, haunted, upload, habit, example, emergency

Week Two:

Voices Off! For week two learners will be splitting off into breakout rooms to practice ASL in conversation with their peers. The instructor will hop from room to room to help support each group as needed. 

Week Three:

Opposites: perfect, messed up, better, worse, capture, release, hungry, full, live, die, stay, leave, friend, enemy, hero, coward, early, late

Week Four:

Feelings: Feel, fine, ok, happy, mad, angry, sad, good, bad, awful, wonderful, depressed, excited, scared, tired, curious, confused, satisfied, comfortable, fed-up, annoyed, overwhelmed, nervous, surprised, upset, awkward, pain, stress.

Week Five:

Review weeks 1-4

Other Details

Language of Instruction

English

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Rachel Leland

Joined June, 2020

5.0

157reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Hello! 

I live in the Pacific Northwest and I am a licensed Speech Language Pathology Assistant. Most of the year, my job involves helping elementary school children learn to communicate clearly by making the right sounds come out of their mouths. However, I’m also passionate about communicating without any sound at all—using American Sign Language (ASL).

I discovered the world of sign language when I was 11 years old—and I was instantly hooked! The thought that my friends and I could speak to each other without saying a word was so intriguing to my young self. I learned more ASL in high school and college, and even traveled to Washington DC to take an ASL course at Gallaudet University, a school dedicated to the education of Deaf students. I went on to graduate with honors from Oregon’s Portland State University, earning my bachelor’s degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences.

I have worked with Deaf children in school programs across California, Oregon, and Arizona, and I love communicating in sign language! I am easily excited and love to talk, and this helps me connect with my speech students as well as my ASL Outschool students. A student enrolled in my class can expect an engaging, hands-on (pun intended) learning experience. 

I look forward to working with your learner!

Rachel