American Sign Language (ASL) I
Spring 2005
ONGOING - Word Doc with Loads of Info. Sentence Structure, Etiquette, Rhetorical Questions, etc.
See below for Texts and other References I found.


Syllabus (pdf file)
Running Vocab List & Vocab List (Excell & by Date)
Tuesday - January 11th, 2005 (word doc)
Thursday - January 13th, 2005 (word doc)
Conversational Manners for American Sign Language (Handout, Word Doc)
ASL Structure #1 (Handout, Word Doc)
A Brief History of American Sign Language (Handout, Word Doc)
What Is American Sign Language? (Handout, Word Doc)
American Sign Language Parameters of Sign (Handout, Word Doc)
Tuesday 18 January 2005 (Word Doc) Handout 1: Hidden Pictures; Handout 2: Adding to 10.
Thursday 20 January 2005 (Word Doc) Handout 1: Assignment #1; Handout 2: ASL Sentence Structure; Handout 3: ASL Structure #1.
Tuesday 25 January 2005 (Word Doc) Unit 1 Dialogue; Meetings; Conversation 2
Thursday 27 January 2005 (Word Doc) Upstairs/Downstairs (Copy Me); 4-Letter FS Practice.
Tuesday 01 February 2005
Thursday 03 February 2005 EXAM 1!!! (We'll miss class due to Hospice Training... See note HERE.)
Tuesday 08 February 2005 (Word Doc) ASL Structure #2 Hwrk pg2; ASL Structure #2 Practice; Unit 2 - Exchanging Personal Info; ASL Structure 2 Same-As; ASL Structure Sentences 1,2 &3; Did tapes 6, 7 & 9 in the lab.
Thursday 10 February 2005 Will do more tapes. (Extra Homework Done - ASL Info)
Tuesday 15 February 2005
Thursday 17 February 2005
Tuesday 22 February 2005 (Special Act #1)
Thursday 24 February 2005 (word doc)
Tuesday 01 March 2005
Thursday 03 March 2005 (Quiz #1)
Tuesday 08 March 2005 (Word Doc says 7th it's actually the 8th) (Camera Demo #1)
Thursday 10 March 2005 (Special Act #2)
Tuesday 15 March 2005 - NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK
Thursday 17 March 2005 - NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK
Tuesday 22 March 2005 - Story for Camera due (word doc) & Midterm.
Thursday 24 March 2005 (Exam #2) + (Special Activity #2 - Camera Demo)
Tuesday 29 March 2005
Thursday 31 March 2005
Tuesday 05 April 2005
Thursday 07 April 2005 (Exam #3)
Tuesday 12 April 2005
Thursday 14 April 2005
Tuesday 19 April 2005
Thursday 21 April 2005 (Quiz #2)
Tuesday 26 April 2005
Thursday 28 April 2005 (Assignment #6; Camera Demo #2)
Tuesday 03 May 2005 (Final Exam)

Extra Studies (already studied or topics for future study)
Manual Alphabet
Juan Pablo Bonet
Abbe Charles-Michel de L'Epee
Abbe Sicard
Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Laurent Clerc
American School for the Deaf
Gallaudet University
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Simultaneous Method = "Total Communication"
Ameslan - acronym taken from American Sign Language
World Federation of the Deaf
Sign pdf's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, & 10
Powerpoint I did with Exercises to Practice ASL.

Texts & Other References...

Class Text by...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Sign Language by Susan Shelly & Jim Schneck.
Captioned Media Program website - given out and gone over in class.
American Sign Language - Lake Tahoe; A Student Guide. Wonderfully Helpful site I found...
The Joy of Signing by Lottie L. Riekehof
The Joy of Signing Puzzle Book by Linda Lascelle Hillebrand with Lottie L. Riekehof.