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Lesson 1-

Fingerspelling

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American Sign Language-

ASL

It is what most of the

North American Deaf use

to communicate.

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The Deaf

use their hands, face, and

body expressions to talk.

Why do they use face and

body expressions?

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You can hear the tones in

your voice to know how

you are feeling.

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You can hear the tones in

your voice to know how you

are feeling.

The deaf can not hear, so we

use our facial expression and

body language to know how

you are feeling.

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The deaf can not hear, so

we use our facial

expression and body

language to know how you

are feeling.

That is ASL.

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ASL is NOT English.

It is not in English order,

verbs, or making any

sense with the signing.

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Leave your English at the

door.

You can get it back when

the class is finished.

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ASL will be less confusing

if you do not think in

English.

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Fingerspelling

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

Words with no signs, IE:

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

Words with no signs, IE: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

Words with no signs, IE: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

You don’t know the sign

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

Words with no signs, IE: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

You don’t know the sign

If you don’t understand,

you can spell (clarification)

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

Abbreviations/acronyms

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

Abbreviations/acronyms

IE: F-L-A, Florida

Mrs.

Dr.

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

Abbreviations/acronyms

Emphasis the word

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Fingerspelling, what is it for?

Abbreviations/acronyms

Emphasize the word

IE: W-H-A-T?!?!?!

or

N-O!

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Fingerspelling Rules:

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Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position:

Keep your hands forward to the reader.

Don’t bounce your hand Don’t change hands for one

word Comfortable position; hand

is not stiff

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Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position:

Held approximately

between the chin & the

shoulder level

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Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position:

Held approximately between the chin & the

shoulder level

Don’t spell in front of your face (blocking the

lip-readers)

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Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position:

Use your “dominant”

hand

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Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position:

Use your “dominant”

hand

(the hand that you use the

most)

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Fingerspelling Rules: Correct Hand Position:

Use your “dominant” hand

(the hand that you use the most)

I am right-handed, so I use my right hand a lot.

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Fingerspelling Rules:

Speed or Clarity?

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Fingerspelling Rules:

Clarity!

Be sure that your

fingerspelling is CLEAR

and understandable!

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Fingerspelling Rules:

Clarity!

Be sure that your fingerspelling is CLEAR

and understandable!

Speed is not important (not always)

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Fingerspelling Rules: Mouthing:

Mouth the WHOLE word,

not individual letters

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Fingerspelling Rules: Where to look?

Look at the signer’s face,

around the chin level and

the whole body.

Don’t look at the signer’s

hands

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Fingerspelling Rules: Double letters:

Vary depending on the

position in the word

IE: Pizza

Jazz

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Fingerspelling Rules: Double letters:

Typically double letters repeat at the beginning

(Aaron) and in the middle of the word (Miller) move laterally at the end of the

word (Bill)

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Fingerspelling Rules: Two words:

Pause between words

Move your hands over little

Watch

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Fingerspelling Rules: Two words:

If you don’t pause, it will

be like one long word.

It will look like this:

didyoueatmychickennuggets?

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How can I practice my

fingerspelling?

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• Look at the signs, road

signs, restaurants, store

names, books, listening to

songs/TV/radio, or

“thinking out loud”.

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There are fingerspelling

games on my blog: silentheartministries.wordpress.com

Under “Home School ASL

Lessons”

“Sign Language Practice

& Games”

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I will put a word on the

board and you fingerspell.

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Cat

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Baby

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Friday

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Bubbles

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Mommy

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Finger

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Purple

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Mississippi

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Kalamazoo, MI

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Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-

La-Ti

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“That will bring us back to

Do (oh oh oh)!”

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I am sorry.

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Thank you.

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See you next week.

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See you next week.

Wow! That was hard?!?

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Find a partner.

Practice your

fingerspelling with

each other.

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Questions?

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Let’s play some

BINGO!

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PRACTICE!

Practice your

fingerspelling.

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I will know if you

didn’t practice.

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See you next

week!