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American Sign Language 1

American Sign Language 1. Unit 8 Describing Others. Grammar Notes Identifying Others. There are certain norms for identifying and describing people Point out the person and describe the most noticeable or distinguishing characteristics

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American Sign Language 1

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  1. American Sign Language 1 Unit 8 Describing Others

  2. Grammar NotesIdentifying Others • There are certain norms for identifying and describing people • Point out the person and describe the most noticeable or distinguishing characteristics • Make sure your listener knows who you are talking about before you proceed

  3. Identifying Others • Sign the “YOU SEE…” sign for a person that is in sight. • Then sign in this order with eyebrows raised • *Gender • Height • Body type • Color of hair • Hairstyle • *If characteristics that distinguish them from other describe it after GENDER i.e. glasses, jewelry clothing.

  4. Identifying Others • When your listener nods confirming description then continue with comments or questions. • If the person is not present then sign “YOU KNOW…” and continue as previous mentioned. • Video Examples

  5. Describing Hair, Faces and Racial Identity

  6. Describing Hair, Faces and Racial Identity

  7. Describing Hair, Faces and Racial Identity

  8. Describing Hair, Faces and Racial Identity • WHITE-FACE (CUCASIAN) • BLACK • ASIAN/CHINESE • MEXICAN • AMERICAN-INDIAN • DARK-SKIN • INDIAN • HISPANIC

  9. Practice – Describing Others Worksheet • Pick one of the four faces, identify him/her with a brief description, then give one fact about them i.e. lives, work, etc. • Partner will write down the information on their sheet. • Proceed with the same procedures for the entire worksheet.

  10. Body Type

  11. Body Types • WOMAN DCL “fat” • WOMAN DCL “full-bodied” • WOMAN DCL “muscular” • WOMAN DCL “slender” MEDIUM • WOMAN DCL THIN • WOMAN DCL 5 “round stomach/pregnant”

  12. Body Types Grammatical feature – mouth position for describing people: puff cheek – fat mm – full bodied cha – muscular oo - thin

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