Signing Naturally Unit 1
1:1
Read STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING ASL on pages 4-5. Choose a strategy you will work on for the next month.
Write down the
... [Show More] strategy and why you chose to use it.(5 points)
For the next month, I will choose to work on strategy 2. I’m going to really try to retain from trying to sign
English sentences. It’s hard trying to understand a different form of language just because it seems in proper
but I’m going to focus on how I sign. I chose this strategy to push myself out of my comfort zone and be more
respectful of the deaf community but learning sign without my voice.
Strategy 2: Minimize reliance on English as you listen or converse in ASL. Leave English and voice outside the
door. Try not to translate in English. Use class time to interact with the teacher and other students using ASL.
1:2
Watch the videos for pages 6-7 and do WRITE THE
NUMBER
1.___3________
2. ___5_______
3.___9_____
4 .__2____
5.__8__
6.__4_
7 .__10
8.__1
9.___8
10.___7
1:3
Watch the videos for page 8-13 and do CIRCLE THE
LETTER 2
1. ao
2. se
3. sm
4. ti
5. mi
6. ei
7. on
8. oa
9. os
10. ea
1:4
Read Deaf Profile on pages 14-15 and answer the following questions.
1. Who is this article about? Andrew J. Foster.
2. What year was he born and what year did he die? He was born in 1925 and died in 1987.
3. Where is he from? Birmingham, Alabama
4. Where did he go to school? Alabama School for the Colored Deaf in Talladega.
5. What college was he accepted to? Gallaudet University.
6. What was special about this? He was one of the first three Black Deaf students to be enrolled.
7. What sparked his interest in African education? An address book of world deaf schools that
only listed 12 in Africa.
8. What did he found in 1956? The Christian Mission for the Deaf. This study source was downloaded by 100000805030033 from CourseHero.com on 08-09-2022 05:41:38 GMT -05:00
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9. What did he do in 1957? (2 points) He went to Africa and established the first school of Deaf
in Accra, Ghana.
10. Describe what happened over the next five years. (4 points) There started off with twelve
students then grew to 53 the next. Two years later there was a waitlist of 100 students. Then
in the next five years the list was over 300. Foster continued his life’s work but opening Deaf
schools all over West Africa.
11. How many schools, in how many countries did he establish? (2 points) He established 31
schools for the Deaf in 13 countries.
12. How many Deaf schools were established by 1974? 70 Deaf schools in Africa.
13. What happened in 1987? Foster died in a plane crash in Rwanda at the age of 62.
14. What is the Andrew Foster Endowment for? It is scholarships for college-bound AfricanAmerican students.
15. What memorial was established in his honor? There is a bronze bust of Foster in front of the
Andrew Foster auditorium.
16. How many schools are there now in Africa? Over 300 schools.
1:5
Watch the videos for pages 16-20 and answer the questions.
1. What are non-manual markers used for in ASL? They are used to ask questions.
2. What does your book compare them to in the English language? There are two basic questions types.
3. What are the three non-manual markers used to ask WH-questions? (3 points) You furrow brows
together, lean head forward, and hold the last sign.
1:6
Watch the videos for pages 21-22 and do WRITE THE NUMBER
1._3__________
2. __5_________
3.___11________
4 ._____2______
5._______14____
6.8___________
7 ._9__________
8.__12_________
9.____6_______
10.____4_______
11.10_______
12. 15___
13._13____
14 .___1__
15.____7_
1:7
Read pages 23-24 and answer the following questions and do WRITE THE NAME
1. What are the 5 different ways of communicating with others? Signing, gestures,
writing or typing, third person, lipreading and speech.
2. Who [Show Less]