Certificate in American Sign Language

If you've ever wanted to learn American Sign Language, this Certificate in American Sign Language is designed for you. This course will focus on basic conversational American Sign Language vocabulary and discussions about Deaf culture and community. With this course you will learn conversational signs, NYC-based signs, finger spelling, what an ''accent'' looks like and how to communicate using our hands, bodies, and facial expressions. You will learn why American Sign Language is different than English and how Deaf Culture affects how this constantly evolving ''living language''.

Learn how to express yourself with pictures instead of sentences and how much fluff there really is in the English language. After completing this course, you will be able to start and maintain conversations with Deaf members of your community, use useful phrases like how to give and receive directions, and share Island information, interact with members of the Deaf community.

Anyone interested.

CPD and IAO

Introduction:

Alphabet, Spelling and Names.

• Alphabet with text
• alphabet without text
• Letter test without text
• Letter test with text
• Finger spelling names without text
• Finger spelling names with text
• More Names without text
• More names with text

Introductions, Family & Rooms in the house:

• Introductions
• Phrase test
• Family Vocabulary
• Question forms
• Short story - receptive skill practice without text
• Short story recap with text
• Rooms in the house vocabulary

Animals:

• Animals
• Animal phrase test without text
• Animal phrase test reply with text
• Animal phrase test 2 No text
• Animal phase test 2 replay with text

Numbers. Money & Time:

• Numbers 1 to 20
• Number test and extra numbers
• Number test 2
• Money signs
• Time and months
• Mixed Number test
• Mixed number test 2
• Mixed number test 3
• Using numbers for duplication

Practice Time & Weather:

• Story receptive practice - no text
• Story receptive replay with text
• Weather vocabulary
• Weather phrase test without text
• Weather phrase replay with text
• Story receptive practice - no text
• Story receptive replay with text

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