🗣ASL Level 3, Activity 14-Let’s Just Chat (Face-to-Face)

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Description:

Students will review holiday signs. Students will have a discussion on Deaf culture and how their thoughts on ASL/Deaf Culture have changed through their learning and experiences.

Semantic Topics: Review, Deaf Culture, Reflection, Conversation 
Grammatical Structures: Vocabulary

Products: Increased Vocabulary and understanding of Deaf culture

Practices: Review of holiday signs and discussion and reflection on Deaf culture

Perspectives: Learning a language involves a lot more than just communication. It also involves understanding the culture and the origin of the language and how it has developed.

Standards

AATSP Standards for Learning American Sign Language:

  • “Standard 1.1 – Students engage in conversations and correspondence in American Sign Language to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions”
  • “Standard 1.3 – Students present information, concepts, and ideas in American Sign Language to an audience of viewers on a variety of topics”
  • “Standard 4.1 – Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of American Sign Language and their own languages.”

Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:

  • “COMM 1: Interact with others in the target language and gain meaning from interactions in the target language”
  • “COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions”
  • “COMP 2: Investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own”

Can-Do Statements

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I am aware of and can act upon Deaf cultural norms
  • I am able to express personal experiences
  • I can reflect on my personal growth

Materials Needed

Warm-Up

Materials Needed for Warm Up

  1. Start with 5-minute conversations
    • “START TIME 5 MINUTE CONVERSATION DISCUSS THANKSGIVING WHATEVER WANT”
  2. Deaf culture!
  3. Today we’re watching two videos about Deaf culture!
    • “NOW DAY VIDEO WATCH ABOUT (rhq)-WHAT? DEAF CULTURE! 
  4. This video is mainly touching on what Deaf people want hearing people to act like with them and what is appropriate behavior. It’s showing that Deaf people are just like hearing people in every aspect except the fact that they can’t hear.
  5. Dear Hearing People
  6. There is a second video that is more of a fun video that asks Deaf people what question they hate most from hearing people. This is more laid back and “real”.
  7. Deaf People Tell
  8. Have a discussion about these videos, whether or not students have ever come across any Deaf people and experienced adversity with these things or if the lab instructor has experienced anything related to these videos, please feel free to share!
    • “VIDEO FINISH YOU THINK WHAT? PAST YOU DEAF PERSON MEET?” 

Main Activity

Materials Needed for Main Activity

Let’s just chat!

  1. Now we’re going to review Holiday signs
  2. Review Christmas signs
      1. CHRISTMAS
      2. HAUNIKKA
      3. EID AL-ADAH
      4. EID AL-FITR
      5. CHINESE NEW YEAR
      6. CHRISTMAS TREE
      7.  MENORAH
      8. NORTH POLE
      9. SNOW 
      10. SANTA CLAUS 
      11. JINGLE BELLS 
      12. ELF 
      13. WREATH 
      14. ORNAMENT 
    2. Discuss plans for over break
      1. What are your plans for the break?
        • “YOU HOLIDAY PLAN HAVE WHAT?”
      2. Which holiday do you celebrate?
        • “YOU HOLIDAY CELEBRATE WHICH?”

Wrap Up

Discuss next semester

  1. Are you planning to continue ASL next semester?
    • “SEMESTER FINISH YOU ASL CONTINUE?”
  2. Are you excited for next semester?
    • “FUTURE SEMESTER EXCITED YES NO WHY?”
  3. Are you confident in your signing abilities?
    • “YOU CONFIDENT SIGN PERSON”

Deaf Culture

The Deaf community faces discrimination on a daily basis. Oftentimes, Deaf individuals receive redundant questions about personal aspects or rude inquiries with obvious answers. Despite the daily struggle, most Deaf individuals would not wish to change the way they are and are more than capable of setting and achieving high goals.

End of Lab:

  • Sign or show Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate their confidence
    • (Use thumbs up/ thumbs down or have them rate 1-5 on how they feel after the activity)
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation
  • Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future labs!

Can-Do Statements

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I am aware and can act upon of Deaf cultural norms
  • I am able to express personal experiences
  • I can reflect on my personal growth

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Let's Chat! American Sign Language (ASL) Copyright © 2023 by Armilene Cabreros; Audra Dooley; Claire Oberg; Collin Dauenhauer; Delaney Obaldia; Emily Harrison; Amber Hoye; Emma Wilkinson; Gabi Jones; Izabelle Finner; Jacob Steele; Kate Maryon; Madison Mackey; Megan McAllister; Monica Potts; Rebecca Mulgrew; Robyn Holland; Samantha Showers; Sarra Foerster; Serena Krause; Sophia Orm; Tiana Gratiot; and Tori Fisher is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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