Beginning American Sign Language Class: Week 2

Beginning American Sign Language Class: Week Two

• Prayer
• Review

Fingerspelling

• (chart)
• Review

Receptive Fingerspelling Quiz

• ASL Quiz

Numbers 0-20

• Review

Pronoun Vocabulary

• I/Me
• You
• He/She/It, Him/Her
• We/us
• They/Them
• You (plural)
• My/Mine
• Your/Yours
• His/Her/Hers/Its
• Our/Ours
• Their/Theirs
• Your/Yours (plural)

Dialogue Vocabulary

• Hello
• What
• Name
• Nice
• Meet
• Same, Like
• Same-As-Me

Age (number incorporation)

• He is four years old.
  • HE AGE-4
• Amy is age eleven.
  • A-M-Y SHE AGE-11
• I am 20.
  • ME AGE-20
• Find a partner

REVIEW: Week one dialogue

• Person A:
  • Hello, what’s your name?
  • HELLO YOUR NAME WHAT
• Person B:
  • My name is _________
  • MY NAME _________
• Person A:
  • (repeat name).
• Person B:
  • What’s your name?
  • YOUR NAME WHAT
• Person A:
  • My name is _________
  • MY NAME _________
• Person B:
  • (repeat name). Nice to meet you.
  • (repeat name). NICE MEET YOU.
• Person A:
  • Nice to meet you, too.
  • NICE MEET-YOU SAME. or ME-SAME

New material

• Numbers 21-40
• Time (number incorporation)

Vocabulary: Relationships

• Mom
• Grandma
• Woman
• Girl
• Daughter
• Granddaughter
• Sister
• Wife
• Girlfriend
• Aunt
• Cousin (female)
• Niece
• Dad
• Grandpa
• Man
• Boy
• Son
• Grandson
• Brother
• Husband
• Boyfriend
• Uncle
• Cousin (male)
• Nephew

Vocabulary: Emotions/States of being

• Happy
• Sad
• Upset
• Angry, mad
• Tired
• Excited
• Fine
• Disappointed, miss
• Scared, frightened
• Nervous, anxious
• Proud
• Bored
• Curious
• Embarrassed
• Frustrated
• Worried, troubled
• Surprised
• OK
• Silly
• Funny
• Good

Vocabulary: Places

• Work
• School
• Home
• Church
• Store
• Restaurant
• Starbucks
• Target
• In-N-Out

Vocabulary: Random

• Go
• Want
• Don’t-want
• Need
• Delicious
• Can’t
• Enjoy
• Oh-I-See
• Thank-You
• Class
• Two-of-Us
• Two-of-them

Vocabulary: Common phrases

• What are you doing?/What do you want to do?
• What’s up?
• How are you?

Wh-Words Facial Grammar

Vocabulary: Wh-words

• Who
• What
• Where
• When
• Why
• How
• How-Many
• Non-manual marker: The eyebrows are furrowed a bit (squeezed somewhat together) and the head moved slightly forward.

Partner Dialogue

• Person A:
  • Hello, how are you?
  • HELLO HOW-YOU.
• Person B:
  • I’m excited. How are you?
  • ME EXCITED ME. HOW-YOU.
• Person A:
  • I’m fine. Why are you excited?
  • ME FINE ME. YOU EXCITED WHY.
• Person B:
  • At seven o’clock I’m going to Starbucks.
  • TIME-7 ME WHAT-DO. GO STARBUCKS.
• Person A:
  • Starbucks is delicious.
  • STARBUCKS DELICIOUS.
• Person B:
  • Do you want to go to Starbucks?
  • STARBUCKS TWO-OF-US GO WANT.
• Person A:
  • I have ASL class at six so I can’t.
  • ME CAN’T. WHY. CLASS A-S-L TIME-6.
• Person B:
  • I understand. Enjoy work.
  • OH-I-SEE. CLASS ENJOY.
• Person A:
  • Thanks. I will.
  • THANK-YOU. I WILL I. (positive head nod)