🪩ASL Level 6, Activity 14-Reflection on Lab Experience (Face-to-Face)
Description:
Students will reflect on their lab experience as their ASL career comes to an end with their last semester then they will play a game of heads up for the main activity.
Semantic Topics: Reflection, Wrap-up, Past, Future
Grammatical Structures: Fingerspelling Vocabulary, Time
Products: Heads up, Sharing experiences and plans
Practices: Reflecting on ASL learning and practice experience
Perspectives: How do you plan to continue using ASL beyond the classroom?
Standards
NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:
- Standard 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through American Sign Language.
- Standard 5.2 Students show evidence of becoming lifelong learners by using American Sign Language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.
Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:
- Objective: CONN 2.2 Analyze the content and cultural perspectives of authentic materials prepared in the target language
by or for native speakers - Objective: COMT 1.2 Discuss personal preferences in activities and events both within and beyond the classroom.
- Objective: COMT 2.2 Explore opportunities to use the target language for personal enrichment/professional advancement/communication skills.
Can-Do Statements
NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:
- I can reflect on the positive and negative aspects of my language learning experience.
- I can consolidate my personal experiences into cohesive responses.
- I can work with a team to explain a tangible concept.
Materials Needed
- Google Slides
- Access to the Heads Up application
- iPad and stand for recording responses
- Discussion on Lab Experience Questions
Warm-up
Materials Needed for Warm-up
- Google Slides
- iPad and stand for recording responses
- Discussion on Lab Experience Questions
- Attendance
- Start with 5-7 Minute conversations
- “NOW DAY START TIME 5-7 MINUTE CONVERSATIONS DISCUSS WHATEVER”
- (FS Practice)Instructions: Fingerspell the 5 words and then teach them the signs!Goal: To improve receptive skills and learn new signs!
FS Words ASL 1. EXPRESS Dom&nondom: S-claw 2. PROMISE Dom: 1-open 5 NonDom: S 3. HIGHWAY Dom&nondom: U’s (opposite directions) 4. BETTER Dom: Closed-5 to A 5. YOUNG Dom&nondom: Bent closed-5 upwards on shoulders - Review Vocabulary
- EXPERIENCE
- Dom hand shaped “half-5” in front of head side near face brushes down twice.
- REAL WORLD
- Dom hand shaped “1”. Located in front of chin and moves forward/down.
- Left and right hands shape “A”. Located on lower part of torso and moves upward.
- READY
- Left and right hand shape “R” with palm orientated outward and at either side of the torso. Rs shake.
- EXCITED
- Left and right hand shape “open-8” palms facing in, both tips of the middle fingers on the sides of the torso or chest, alternate in forward circular motion (movement).
- EXPERIENCE
- Discussion on their lab experience
- “NOW fs-LAB EXPERIENCE DISCUSS”
- Responses can be recorded to share with future labs if students are willing.
- “YOUR ANSWERS RECORD IF YOU OKAY. FUTURE SHOW LEARN PERSON”
Main Activity
Materials Needed for Main Activity
- Google Slides
- Access to the Heads Up application
- The Lab Assistant and students will play Heads Up.
- “NOW GAME PLAY NAME HEADS UP”
- Make sure students are staying in the target language the entire time.
Wrap-up
- Do you feel ready to enter the “real world” when it comes to using sign language outside of the classroom?
- “YOU JOIN DEAF COMMUNITY OUTSIDE CLASSROOM YOU READY FEEL YOU?”
- Have you done much signing with non-students?
- “PAST YOU SIGN WITH NON-STUDENTS MANY YOU?”
- How do you think having a hearing teacher would have affected your experience as a sign language learner?
- “YOU HEARING TEACHER HAVE YOUR EXPERIENCE LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE CHANGE HOW?”
- Do you plan to use sign in your career?
- “FUTURE YOU USE SIGN FOR YOUR CAREER PLAN YOU?”
Deaf Culture
Conversation labs are important to give sign language learners consistent practice with natural conversation. This is the closest thing to imitating a real-world conversation had by Deaf individuals.
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 can reflect on the positive and negative aspects of my language learning experience.
- I can consolidate my personal experiences into cohesive responses.
- I can work with a team to explain a tangible concept.
