OMG I didn't edit this to remove the background noise because it really shows how hard it is to make a silent video in my house. I had 5 teenagers yelling and acting foolish, my husband goofing around and my dog freaking out on me trying to jump up on me. WOW. It's amazing I got through this in one take. So it's not perfect, and I pause during the craziness trying to figure out what I was talking about. Here is my daily video. Happy Halloween. :-)
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Summary week of 10.23
This week we worked on a new skill of copysign and reviewed signer's perspective by using graph paper.
Tuesday, Carl introduced us to copysign, which is mimicking the signs, gestures and facial expression of another signer. First, Carl had us copy him, while he signed a story about Lego people, Deb and Mike meeting at college. Next, Carl had us copysign a man interpreting a song (but without sound) That was challenging, because in some areas he went fast & was using unfamiliar signs. It was also a good lesson in signer's perspective because it is easy to follow someone in the opposite direction.
Thursday, we did more copysigning by following a video of Carl. Then we reviewed signer's perspective using graph paper. The signer has to show where certain signs were on the graph paper by giving a visual starting point (usually a corner) and counting over the squares where the next sign was. It was the job of the people writing the signs in the squares to reverse what we were seeing and put the signs in the correct place. If the signer went to their right, it looks like they were going left to the people watching, so we needed to keep that in mind.
Tuesday, Carl introduced us to copysign, which is mimicking the signs, gestures and facial expression of another signer. First, Carl had us copy him, while he signed a story about Lego people, Deb and Mike meeting at college. Next, Carl had us copysign a man interpreting a song (but without sound) That was challenging, because in some areas he went fast & was using unfamiliar signs. It was also a good lesson in signer's perspective because it is easy to follow someone in the opposite direction.
Thursday, we did more copysigning by following a video of Carl. Then we reviewed signer's perspective using graph paper. The signer has to show where certain signs were on the graph paper by giving a visual starting point (usually a corner) and counting over the squares where the next sign was. It was the job of the people writing the signs in the squares to reverse what we were seeing and put the signs in the correct place. If the signer went to their right, it looks like they were going left to the people watching, so we needed to keep that in mind.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
How I am feelin week 3 of ASL 201
I love to challenge myself and this year I am feeling very challenged in my ASL class. Last year we focused on vocabulary and this year, I feel I am actually learning the language. Instead of just memorizing, I am forced to use my brain more to understand the complexity of the language. Thanks Professor Schroeder for challenging me.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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