Weekly Announcements October 13, 2010..Extra Credit Opportunites listed!

October 11, 2010
ASL 1101
Agenda Week #6

Facial Grammar

• Topic placement
o Look for what the sentence is about and place that first
• Tactfulness
o If the sentence contains something with tact such as please, sorry, don’t mind, for-me excuse me place this even before the topic





Tutor’s Comments:

The tutors informed me that students need to review and study more at home.



Vocabulary:

• Unit 5&6

Some Vocabulary Helpful Hints
• WARM looks like your breath on a cold day outside
• OWE-ME is repeated and not directional
• GARBAGE and BAG are the same sign
• SHOULD (repeat) and MUST (one) have different movements
• SLEEP (1) AND SLEEPY (X2)
• WOW can be for positives or negatives
• TEST means questions on paper
• HUNGRY is only one movement
• SICK can be signed one or two handed
• LATE is only one movement NOT-YET is repeated
• HOW (from text) and HOW (wiggle)???? are signed differently


Grammar Concepts:

Concept of All
• Exaggerate and slower movement
a. Day
b. Morning
c. Afternoon
d. Night
e. Evening

Modals (this has not be discussed in class yet. Be sure to read your text)

• The concept of modal verbs (helping verbs) is essentially the same in ASL and English. In ASL the modal always comes before, after, or before and after the other verbs in the sentence. However, in English it is the very first verb.

a. English: I can go to the store for you.
b. ASL: FOR YOU, STORE I GO CAN



Negatives of Like, Want, and Know
• Twist sign away from body

Expressing Negative Feelings
• Use of NOT
a. NOT can be placed before or after the adjective
b. Placing NOT at the end of the sentence creates emphasis

Topic Placement:

• Be sure to place topics first when creating sentences without subject, objects and verbs

ASL is Set up in Present Time

• ASL is always set up in present time unless you use a tense indicator (this will come later)



All Class Activity

• Complete dialogues from the unit 5


• Watch your DVD at home or with the tutor (It is very important that you see other signers besides me)




Feedback from All Class Activity

• You still need to make better eye contact. Do not sign to the book! Sign with your group mates!
• Watch your parameters (location, movement, handshape, and palm orientation)
• Do not sign weak or too hard.
• There is still a lot of discussion about what we are doing. Try to stop this and focus on the signing instead.
• Continue to think in ASL, see the signs do not say them either vocally or in your head!
• Facial grammar for WHQ, Yes and NoQ, and affirmative or negative is lacking, you must have your eyebrows downward.
• Look at their face not their hand (this takes practice).
• Do not mouth everything or talk everything through.
• Be sure NOT to lean forward when signing topics.
• Be patient it takes time! Sentence translation is very hard in the beginning it will come with time and practice



Remember!!!!!
• Practice Test on Friday, October 15, 2010. You may use this score in replace of your quizzes.
• Blog Assignment #6
o Second Comment needs to comment on my post by Thursday at 12:00am
o Be sure to comment in your section ASL 1101-001 or 002
• Tutoring
o Abby has had interviews in the Twin Cities this week but she will be back for tutoring on Thursday
o SIGN UP WEEKLY!
o Attend tutoring and complete the weekly assignment #6

Extra Credit (10 extra credit points)attend an event and write a one page reflection)

-UMD Drag Show

October 16th @ 7:00 in the Kirby Ballroom. Tickets are on sale at the door for $3.00.

-UMD Theatre: South Pacific

October 24, 2010 @ 2 pm
Mainstage Theater,
Contact University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Theatre Marshall Performing Arts Center 141
1215 Ordean Court Duluth, MN 55812-3008 726-8562 or 726-8778

-CSS American Sign Language and Deaf Culture Club
contact: Becky Lund rlund2@css.edu
Nov 3rd @ 7pm in Tower 3410