ASL CRASH COURSE

https://slides.com/superdiana/asl101

LES FACTS

• Use you right hand
• Expressions are VERY important
• There's a space for signing
• Deaf people are not disabled!
• Avoid using hearing impaired!
• Deaf culture is a linguistic cultural minority
• Members of the deaf community receive name signs (don't give one to yourself!)
• Learn to fingerspell your name
• ASL is not a universal language but it's the one used in the US 
• Think in glosses: ie. "I used to be a teacher" === "Before Myself Teacher"

Signing space

Signing hand

GRAMMAR TIME!!!

EYEBROWS!

1.- Subject- Verb - Object

- I like apples

- I LIKE APPLES

2.- Object- Subject - Verb

- My cat loves purple pants

- PURPLE PANTS, MY CAT LOVE

Word Order

Time in Space

• Behind you: Past

• Directly in front of you: Present

• Far in front of you: Future

Survival Signing

YES

ROCK YOUR ABC'S!

CAN YOU SPELL
YOUR NAME?

LET'S TRY NUMBERS!!

100

1000

Numbers

RESOURCES

http://bit.ly/asl-resources

https://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm