Sign Language   

ASL Brush-Up is an interactive, casual time for using previously-learned American Sign Language in activities, conversation, and games. Each session will be unique, based on the signing skills/knowledge of the participants. A minimum of 8 people is required for this class to run. It is recommended that students review the vocabulary from previous classes via vocabulary lists and/or instructor-made videos prior to ASL Brush-Up.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Brush-up on previously-learned ASL knowledge with activities, conversation, and games. You'll probably learn some new signs, too!

Vocabulary in each Brush-Up session will vary, depending on the ASL knowledge and experience of the participants.

Beginning ASL Part II is designed as a follow-up to Beginning ASL Part I or for those that have some knowledge of deaf culture and American Sign Language, to build greater vocabulary while having cultural understanding already in place. Additional time to use previously-learned signs will be provided through activities and developing signed conversations.  
 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: This course is designed for vocabulary-building and practice with American Sign Language. The main concepts and lessons in this class include Subject-Pronoun Copy, Transfer Error, the grammatical use of Rhetorical Questions, making signs plural, signing age, how to sign the concepts of OR and AND, additional uses of Rhetorical Questions, visual-spatial aspects of ASL, and an introduction to Classifiers.
Vocabulary in this course focuses on beginning conversational signs: activities, interests and favorites, colors, numbers 20-30, months and holidays, seasons and weather, background and information, classroom directions, size, states and countries, cities and distance, people, family, and pets.
 

The third of the series, this class is for students who have completed Beginning American Sign Language I and Beginning American Sign Language II. This course is designed for building fluency, highlighting several differences between signing English and signing ASL, as well as additional practice with American Sign Language and cultural aspects. The main concepts and lessons in this class include signing age using Numerical Incorporation (review), CODAs, Contrastive Structure, the Listing & Ordering Technique, correcting mistakes, friendship patterns in the Deaf Community, advanced tips for understanding fingerspelling, Deaf Art, ASL Storytelling and Jokes and their part in Deaf Culture, more Topic+Comment syntax practice, maintaining Spatial Agreement, changing statements to Yes-No Questions, proper negation in ASL, sequencing in ASL, and a brief introduction to the DeafBlind Community.

Vocabulary in this course includes:  people, family, and pets (review from Beginning American Sign Language II), numbers 31-100 and beyond, life events, relationships, numerical pronouns, and personal qualities & traits.