Deaf Culture

I thought I would post a little about deaf culture. With our units, we got a page all about deaf culture. One thing it talked about was how to get the attention of a deaf person.
You could either:
1. Wave
2. Stomp your foot/ bang your hand on the table
3. Tap them on the shoulder
4. Flicker the lights on and off ( mostly for getting everyone in the rooms attention)

Some other things we learned about ASL:
•facial expression is extremely important. Facial expression is the only difference between a statement and a question.
•if you see someone signing in public, it's okay to look a bit, but it's rude to stare
•there are different variations of sign language depending on where you live.

Unit 1

Here's just a few of the words we learned in unit 1:

•student

•teacher

•class

•learn

•practice 

•home

We also learned numbers 0-10

                                      

                                                                                      

                                     

Introduction

Hey everyone. This year for my Bible class we again have to do passion projects. This time I chose to learn American Sign Language. I chose this because I am planning on taking the Deaf Studies course at Red River College next year. But to take that course I have to complete ASL 101, 102, 103. So I started ASL 101 in September. In this blog I will post a list of some of the vocabulary words we learned and hopefully post some videos as well.