#asl 101

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universi-tea back to school challenge

Day 12: Least Favorite Subject

overall, math is my least favorite subject. but !! I don’t have to take it ever again. so this semester, it’s probably sociology which is kicking my ass.

[little-meatloaf]

Idk if I ever talked about it on here but I was taking ASL 101 with a friend of mine and I had my exam this weekend! I passed with a 97.5% and I'm so happy. My parents and I have figured out a way for me to be able to take ASL 102 as well.

I'm very nervous because I won't be taking this one with my friend because of conflicting schedules. She is still taking it so we'll be able to practice together but I'll be on my own in the classroom which is frankly terrifying.

I had two anxiety attacks on the first day of 101 and I was so ready to just bolt, but I do really enjoy learning it and it's a big step for my anxiety and agoraphobia to do this.

Anyway wish me luck y'all, if you have any tips on how to deal they'd be greatly appreciated.

[apothacoffee]

Welp I just finished my asl 101 final

And I'm ttttoooootattlllyyy not having a mini panic attack....... *inner screaming*

[aslinfo]

Common Acronyms and Initialisms

ASL: American Sign Language 

VRS: Video Relay Service

RID: Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

EIPA: Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment

NAD: National Association of the Deaf

CDI: Certified Deaf Interpreter 

DPOC: Deaf Person of Color

DPN: Deaf President Now

Bi-Bi: Bilingual-Bicultural 

MCE: Manually Coded English

SSS: Sign Supported Speech

SEE 1: Seeing Essential English

SEE 2: Signing Exact English

PSE: Pidgin Sign English 

MLS/MLC: Minimal Language Skills/Minimal Language Competency

CASE: Conceptually Accurate Signed English 

CODA: Child of Deaf Adult

SSP: Support Service Provider 

CPC: Code of Professional Conduct

[no-hugs-peach]

So, I need to practice my ASL for this week - receptive exam Monday and interview exam Wednesday. But I don't know anyone I could practice with, and I need someone to practice my fluency and expressions with. Merg.

[aslinfo]

CLASSIFIERS part 1

Classifiers are used to show movement, appearance and location.

They are  specific hand shapes used to represent nouns according to their shape

To start off here are classifiers that can be used to describe things in a room (pictured above) 

CLs can be used to tell locations of things, specifically:

their shape: flat objects, cylindrical objects

their location: on the wall, on a shelf

their number: (often including how the things are arranged) many things stacked, several things in a row

Once a signer sets up something, the classifier can then be used to show where/how it moves, and orientation.

Classifiers are used in many languages usually to categorize nouns by certain shared characteristics. 

The CLs that I've shown are ones that can be used to indicate the location of nouns, like furniture or other things around the house.

The CL you use should agree with the general shape of the objects it represents, or with the type of object;

CLs always show how the object is oriented in the room. So if you're describing your room and your bed is facing the window, you need to sign the CL for bed facing where you set up the window.

Essentially, your "drawing" a visual picture of what your signing. The other person should be able to walk into the room and see it how you described it with the objects in the same place/orientation you described them.

*ASL has many other kinds of CLs but I'll get into that later

[periodkrampus]

Some football players at the University of Oregon are in the school’s American Sign Language program, where they’ve learned that fans’ use of the “O” sign might be misread.