American Sign Language: Basics & Beyond

Basics & Beyond for the ASL enthusiast who is looking for an immersion 'in the classroom laidback' approach to learning.

What you'll learn

ASL basics: alphabet, fingerspelling, numbers, colors, etc.

ASL vocabulary development

ASL grammatical structure

Spatial Relationship skills

Understanding and use of classifiers

Receptive skills

Facial grammatical structures

Question forms

Dialogue and body shifting and eye gazing

Storytelling in ASL

Requirements

A desire to learn American Sign Language, (ASL)

Optional: some ASL basic knowledge but it is not required.

A desire to learn in an 'immersion' like environment.

Art materials to join in–paper, pencil or colored markers.

Internet connection

Description

This course is for the ASL enthusiast who has some knowledge of basic sign language, but it is not required. This course is perfect for beginners who want a review and move beyond the beginner level. The lessons will start with some ASL basics and incrementally increase in complexity.This course gives you a ‘being in a classroom’ laidback feel to it, where there are two instructors. One instructor is leading the lesson as the teacher and the other is participating as the student. Lessons and corresponding activities/games encourage you to participate at home. It provides you with an online immersion (of sorts) of the language with some specific grammar lessons.To build your receptive skills, there is no voiceover or captioning in one video of each lesson. Prior to the lesson, a preview of the vocabulary with visuals, print, pictures, and/or voiceover is presented, to prepare you for the lesson. The second video of the same lesson will give you the captioning and/or voiceover.American Sign Language has its own grammatical structure and syntax. This course offers lessons in ASL, not in a signed English structure. Pay attention to facial expressions as you learn the vocabulary and sentence structure. It is a part of the grammatical syntax.Geographical locations determine sign choices, (different signs for the same word may be dependent on where you live).This course consists of lessons that focus on developing the ASL sentence structures while increasing your vocabulary and receptive skills. There will be an opportunity for you to practice. Spatial relationship building activities are incorporated.Classifiers in ASL are representations of the noun which will incorporate the other parts of the sentence, i.e., verbs, adverbs, quantifiers, etc., within the movements and facial expressions.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Guess the Word Game

Lecture 3 Voice Over (VO) Guess the Word: alphabet, letters, numbers 1-10.

Section 2: How to sign the alphabet and fingerspelling.

Lecture 4 Alphabet, fingerspelling and loan signs.

Lecture 5 Voice Over (VO) Option: Alphabet, fingerspelling and loan signs.

Lecture 6 Guess the Word Game–alphabet, letters, numbers 1-10 Signs

Lecture 7 Voice Over Option: Guess the Word– alphabet, letters, numbers 1-10 Signs

Section 3: Colors in ASL

Lecture 8 Colors

Lecture 9 Voice Over (VO) Option: Colors Lesson

Section 4: Vocabulary Development: Nouns

Lecture 10 Nouns and describing skills; fingerspelling

Lecture 11 Voice Over Option: Nouns and describing skills; fingerspelling

Section 5: Number development

Lecture 12 Numbers 1-40

Lecture 13 Voice Over (VO) Numbers 1-40

Lecture 14 Numbers 41-80

Lecture 15 Voice Over Option: Numbers 41-80

Lecture 16 Numbers 81-123 and beyond.

Lecture 17 Voice Over (VO) Option: Numbers 81-123 and Beyond.

Lecture 18 Counting numbers by tens

Lecture 19 Voice Over Option: Counting numbers by tens.

Lecture 20 Guess the number game

Lecture 21 Voice Over Option: Guess the number game

Section 6: Vocabulary Development; Sentence Structures; Spatial Relationship & Classifiers

Lecture 22 Create a Grocery List: Vocabulary Development

Lecture 23 Voice Over Option: Create Grocery List: Vocabulary Development

Lecture 24 Adjectives–Describing words

Lecture 25 Voice Over Option: Adjectives–Describing Words

Lecture 26 Charades

Lecture 27 Voice Over Option: Charades

Lecture 28 Verbs and Tenses

Lecture 29 Voice Over Option: Verbs and Tenses

Lecture 30 Verbs and Tenses: Spatial Relationship Game

Lecture 31 Voice Over Option: Verbs and Tenses: Spatial Relationship Game

Lecture 32 Vocabulary and Sentence Development: Occupations & ASL Sentences to English.

Lecture 33 Voice Over: Vocabulary and Sentence Development: Occupations & ASL to English

Lecture 34 Question Forms: Who, What, Where, What-do, How Many?

Lecture 35 Voice Over Option: Question Forms: Who, What, Where, What-do, How Many?

Lecture 36 Vocabulary Development & Beginner Dialogues.

Lecture 37 Voice Over Option: Vocabulary Development & Beginner Dialogues.

Lecture 38 Vocabulary Development & Beginner Dialogues

Lecture 39 Voice Over Option: Vocabulary Development & Beginner Dialogues

Lecture 40 Vocabulary Development & Beginner Dialogues

Lecture 41 Voice Over OptionL Vocabulary Development & Beginner Dialogues

Lecture 42 ASL Classifiers Information Sheet

Lecture 43 Classifiers

Lecture 44 Voice Over Option: Classifiers

Lecture 45 Spatial Relationship Drawing Game: Vocabulary and Classifiers.

Lecture 46 Voice Over Option: Spatial Relationship Drawing Game: Vocabulary and Classifiers

Section 7: ASL Grammatical Structure

Lecture 47 ASL Structure: Location, Topic, Comment Format.

Lecture 48 Voice Over Option: ASL Structure: Location, Topic, Comment Format.

Lecture 49 English to ASL Activity

Lecture 50 Voice Over Option: English to ASL Activity

Lecture 51 Sentence Guessing Game:

Lecture 52 Voice Over Option: Sentence Guessing Game

Lecture 53 Numbers Review

Lecture 54 Voice Over Option: Numbers Review

Lecture 55 Spatial Relationship Game: Numbers, Nouns, Verbs

Lecture 56 Voice Over Option: Spatial Relationship Game: Numbers, Nouns, Verbs

Lecture 57 Location Vocabulary Review

Lecture 58 Voice Over Option: Location vocabulary Review

Lecture 59 How to Sign minutes: Distance between 2 locations.

Lecture 60 Voice Over Option: How to Sign minutes: Distance between 2 locations.

Lecture 61 3-destination Drawing Game

Lecture 62 Voice Over Option: 3-destination Drawing Game

Lecture 63 Beginner Dialogue Practice

Lecture 64 Voice Over Option: Beginner Dialogue Practice

Lecture 65 Beginner Dialogue with Role Shifting

Lecture 66 Voice Over Option: Beginner Dialogue with Role Shifting

Lecture 67 Silly Sentences

Lecture 68 Voice Over Option: Silly Sentences

Lecture 69 Question Forms

Lecture 70 Question Forms

Lecture 71 AK's Story: English to ASL; Question Forms/Dialogue

Lecture 72 Voice Over Option: AK's Story: English to ASL; Question Forms/Dialogue

Lecture 73 JG's Story: English to ASL translation; Question Forms & Responses/Dialogue

Lecture 74 Voice Over Option: JG's Story: English to ASL; Question Forms/Dialogue

Section 8: End of Course Review Section

Lecture 75 End of Course, Part 1

Lecture 76 Voice Over Option: End of Course, Part 1

Lecture 77 End of Course, Part 2

Lecture 78 Voice Over Option: End of Course, Part 2

Lecture 79 End of Course, Part 3

Lecture 80 Voice Over Option: End of Course, Part 3

Lecture 81 End of Course, Part 4

Lecture 82 Voice Over Option: End of Course, Part 4

Lecture 83 End of Course, Part 5

Lecture 84 Voice Over Option: End of Course, Part 5

Lecture 85 End of Course, Part 6

Lecture 86 Voice Over Option: End of Course, Part 6

This course is for the ASL enthusiast who has some knowledge of basic sign language, but it is not required.,This course is perfect for beginners who want a review and move beyond the beginner level.,The course provides you with an online immersion of the language. If you're looking for that in the classroom feel to develop your ASL skills, then this is a great course for you!,A beginning course for parents and their families within the Deaf and/or hearing community, who are interested in learning ASL.