Intermediate A merican S ign L anguage

Intermediate American Sign Language

Dr. Rachel Brown 337-255-8111 www.southernsigning.weebly.com cajunsigner@yahoo.com

Fingerspelling Review:NAME THAT ABBREVIATION FBI APT BLVD FYI MIN DEPT CSI SEC BBQ DMV HS OT DVD ID REF AA LBS LOL SUV CO TY SSI OZ NASA AC AVE ULL • Practice spelling the entire word once you figure out the abbreviation

Fingerspelling/Number Review Spell these answers: • The city in which you were born • Your mother’s name • Your favorite movie • A song or band you liked in high school • A zoo animal • The hottest movie star • A country you have visited or would like to • The name of the store closest to your house • The brand name of the breakfast item you ate • Sign these numbers: • Your numerical address • Your phone number • How many legs these animals have: • Spider • Crab • Snake • Cat • Insect • Octopus • people

Lesson #7 • Expressing wants and needs • Explaining directions • Food/drink • Oh-I-See

Vocabulary Locations Room Floor Building Door Window Hall Stairs Enter Exit Front door Outside Inside Next to Across from Near Far There Here Area see Verbs Need Want Must Have Look for Thirsty Hungry Like Think Buy Borrow Steal Eat Drink Enjoy Other With Without More Less Not here Not sure Excuse me Sorry please Thank you Another Broken Locked Can’t find Become lost Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snack Dessert Microwave Refrigerator Diet Warm Cool healthy

Food/Drink vocabulary Smoke cigarette Food Bread toast Soup bacon Fish chicken Meat lasagna Egg sausage Cereal donut Ice cream Sandwich Hamburger taste Hot dog flavor French fries delicious Pretzels Cake Pie Shrimp Crawfish Cheese Salad Spaghetti pizza FRUITS Apple Strawberry Peach Watermelon Cherry Lemon Coconut Banana Grape orange VEGETABLES Lettuce Tomato Onion Potato Carrot Corn Peas/beans Drink alcohol Coffee Tea Water Lemonade Coke Pepsi Soda pop Milk juice Condiments Sugar Salt Butter dressing Pepper Ketchup Candy Gum

Grammar Notes • “Oh-I-see” • Used when confirming, understanding, agreeing • Giving directions is very gestural. • Sentence format: O-S-V • Coffee I need • Thirsty you? Water you want? • Restaurant searching for. Help me please? • Can’t find entrance. Front door where?

Conversation Practice “Excuse me, Coke, where buy?” “Coke machine, downstairs, left, by door. “ “Left?” “Yes, left.“ “Oh I see. Thank you” f “Me looking for entrance. Front door where?” “See building far? Next to on left.” “Building across from?” “No, next to building to left. Good luck!” Use manners, remember O-S-V, and question words last.

Culture Notes: Gallaudet University • World’s only university designed to serve Deaf and hard-of hearing. • Located in Washington, D.C. • Established in 1864 by an Act of Congress; charter signed by Abraham Lincoln. • Average enrollment of about 2,000 every semester • DPN movement , March 1988 http://www.gallaudet.edu/gallaudet_university/about_gallaudet/dpn_home.html

Lesson #8 • Describing people • Height • Weight • Appearance • Clothing style and pattern • Comparing looks before and now • Distinguishing similar looks

Vocabulary Person bald tie See buzz cut jewelry White face mustache glasses Black face beard contacts Dark skin freckles eyes (color) Light skin style long/slender face Tall clothes makeup Short shoes super formal Thin socks cheat/affair Fat underwear before Hair cap/hat now Long/short gloves

Grammar Notes Deaf culture is blunt. No offense. • Once identified, confirmation is needed before information is given. • Show height in relation to self • “See” vs. “know” (present vs. not present in room) Describe a person in order of: • Gender • Height • Body type • Face

Lesson #9 • How to make a request • Giving reasons • Making a complaint • Offering assistance • Spatial referencing (on board, in trash can…) • Inflecting verbs (give-to, take-from, show-to…) • Money numbers

Vocabulary Not yet Almost finished Help For Answer Ask (to) Tell (to) Say Busy Old new Money cash Cent Dollar Cost Change More Less Pay Number Borrow Owe Afford Broke Count check Credit card Nickel Dime Penny Quarter free Cheap Expensive Rich Poor Discount Save fine Shelves Table Drawers Chair Wall Bulletin board Cabinet Put on Drop in Give to Show to Take from Yourself Myself Him/herself Ourselves Themselves

Grammar Notes • MAKING REQUESTS: Identify person, name object, show action • See woman, red hair, book, give-to • Paper bill on my desk, Mom, show her; due tomorrow • GIVING REASONS: • Me have-cold. Please for me tissue? • MAKE A COMPLAINT: • Floor dirty. Please for me vacuum? • OFFER ASSISTANCE: • Phone ringing. Want me answer? • MONEY CONVERSATIONS: • Review numbers 1-100 • Shirt cost how much?

Restaurant Simulation Half class will be restaurant workers, other half will be customers. Using fake money, customers will order food and be served according to their order.

Culture Discussion:aids vs. implants vs. nothing The Cochlear Implant Controversy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pMPpC6eMkA Sound and Fury My Son is Deaf, Finally! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YN5Fdz1En0

Lesson #10 • Occupations • -er person marker • Locations • Telling how often • Major life events • Listing events in order • Transitioning between events • Family ranking

Vocabulary Occupations/related terminology Worth waitress Successful secretary Failure artist Mailman photographer Fireman doctor Policeman dentist Librarian scientist Welder janitor Carpenter lawyer Mechanic business owner School principal accountant Construction worker farmer Professional athlete Technician (x-ray, lab tech) Job Locations Dream job school Post office Prison Restaurant Office Government building Church Hospital, lab, ICU Copy room Gas station Fire station Insurance co Oil co Time Often Always Never Sometimes Daily weekly Monthly Yearly Every M-F How long Minute Second Hour Hire Fire Lay off

Grammar Notes date–marriage—birth—kids grow up—baptize— accident—fight—divorce—remarry—graduate—death • When listing life events, use ASL structure: • Me born (time). Grew up (where). Enter high school, finish, moved away, married, birthed 2 kids, divorced, college finally finish. • You and him married, how long? • Ask how old for event: • you first ride bike, old you? • You start high school age what, you finish high school age what? • When listing family members, use non-dominant hand to show age ranking. • Have 2 children, boy, age 6; boy, age 5. • My family 4 girls: sister, me, sister, sister. • These two married, this one, single.

Grammar Notes • To make a verb a person, add -er marker • Weld-er, paint-er, teach-er • Telling how often: time comes first in sentence • Sometimes I work weekends. • Before me teacher, now me model. • Review possessives: my, our, us-two, you-two, y’alls • Us-two married, how long? 5 years • You four family/related? Practice explaining relationships, life events, and occupations using a family tree.

Culture NotesSign Names • Sign names are to aid in the identification of someone • Fingerspell entire name first time, then may refer to that person by his/her sign name • By tradition, only deaf people give sign names • Sign names can portray personality, attributes, habits, hobbies • Sign names may change over time depending on circumstances

Lesson #11 • Attributing qualities to others • Adjectives • Animals • Confirming or Contradicting opinions

Pets Dog Cat Bird Fish Lizard Snake frog Animal Vocabulary Wild Lion Tiger Bear Giraffe Elephant Zebra Cheetah Rhino Hippo Alligator Crocodile Farm Mouse Horse Cow Goat Pig Sheep Rooster Chicken Water Dolphin Whale Shark Turtle Oyster Crawfish Shrimp Lobster Octopus

Characteristic Vocabulary Big wise snobbish Small smart sad Short silly polite Tall pea-brained soft hearted Fat stubborn humble Dirty beautiful strict Funny courageous sweet Lazy nervous fearful Hardworking serious strange Slow laid back/chill weird Fast friendly mean Cute cheerful/happy independent Ugly big-headed (egotistical) dependent

Grammar Notes • In ASL, noun comes before adjectives. -know teacher? She sweet, nice, not strict. -people think me strict. Really, me laid back/chill. • When comparing, show a slight body shift. -husband ugly, wife beautiful. - cat calm, sleepy, independent. Dog friendly, silly, dependent. Practice listing desirable qualities for jobs, as well as listing characteristics of family members, movie characters, and animals.

Lesson #12 • Explaining morning and nighttime routines • Time concepts (before event, after, finish) • Clock numbers/telling time

Routine Vocabulary NIGHTS Arrive home get in bed Hug lights off Pick up son sleep Wash dishes Watch tv Cook supper Homework help Run with dog Chat Discuss Get in bed MORNINGS Wake up eat Get up comb hair Bathroom take shower Exercise take bath Brush teeth shave Wash face put on makeup Get dressed make lunch Make bed clean, put away Hear radio feed cat Hear music read newspaper Tap shoulder put on coat Myself wake up kiss goodbye

Time and Place Vocabulary Home Living room Kitchen Outside Garage Enter Dining room Bedroom basement Time Morning Every + morn, aft, night, day One week ago One week future Before After Finish Once week, month, yr Noon midnight Alarm Tend Alone Roommate Give turn to Self Thereabouts back

Grammar Notes • Time signs occur first in sentence • Once month me visit grandma. • Time 4pm me cook supper. • “Usually” is signed “tend to” and comes first. • Me tend every afternoon lunch finish, nap. • When listing activities: include time of day, activity, finish, new activity • Morning, me brush teeth, finish, kiss goodbye. Solving conflicts: A. Ask what is a good time to do something B. Tell good time to do it A. Explain problem with suggested time, ask about another time B. Respond with explanation A. respond

Culture Notes • How do Deaf/HoH people wake up? How can they be alerted that someone is at the door? How do they know when the fire alarm is going off?

Lesson #13 • Numbers 1-1000 • Ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd) • Locative classifiers • Topic comment structure • Locating things around the house

Vocabulary house closet coffee table picture Home bathroom fireplace curtains Room bedroom couch plant Floors basement shelf refrigerator Furniture old rug microwave Outside new rocking chair cabinet Inside wood bed freezer Garage stucco/cement drawer/bureau ceiling fan Roof brick mirror trash can Fence glass blanket toilet Stairs stone pillow towel laundry room (wash clothes) clock soap tissue (cold) toilet paper

Grammar Notes • ASL structure: noun, classifier, adjective. • My stove, along wall, yellow, old. • Pictures on wall, how many? • Bedroom, 1st floor, mine. • Describing a room involves showing placement and establishing classifiers.

Culture Notes • How do Deaf/HoH people use the phone? How do they order pizza, call a relative, or call another Deaf person?

Intermediate A merican S ign L anguage