🪩ASL Level 6, Activity 14-Reflection on Lab Experience (Online)

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Description:

Students will begin with a fingerspelling quiz/vocabulary review then in the main activity they will reflect on their lab experience as their ASL career comes to an end with their last semester

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.

Warm-up

  1. Ask students to type their name and ID # for attendance
    • “YOU LIST 2- NAME, ID NUMBER TYPE”
  2. Start with 5-7 Minute conversations in breakout rooms
    • “NOW DAY START BREAKOUT ROOMS TIME 5-7 MINUTE CONVERSATIONS DISCUSS WHATEVER”
  3. (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
  4. Review vocabulary
    • 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).
  5. Discussion on lab experience
    1. This can be done as a group or in breakout rooms
      • “NOW fs-LAB EXPERIENCE DISCUSS”
    2. Responses can be recorded to share with future labs if students are willing.
      • “YOUR ANSWERS RECORD IF YOU OKAY. FUTURE SHOW LEARN PERSON”
        • Using the record option on Zoom will record the rest of the lab in its entirety
        • Lab assistant can record their computer screen using their phone to get individual responses
          • This will give students the option to opt out of recording

Main Activity

Materials Needed for Main Activity

  1. The Lab Assistant and students will play Heads Up. Although it will look very different online.
    1. “NOW GAME PLAY NAME HEADS UP” 
    2. The lab assistant will be the only one who can see the ‘Heads-Up’ cards document
    3. A timer will be set for 1.5 minutes and one student will begin by choosing a category in which the lab assistant will share options.
      • “TIME 1.5 MINUTES ONE LEARN PERSON TOPIC PICK”
    4. Students will take turns asking yes or no questions to their lab mates to try and guess as many items on the list as they can.
      • “TAKE TURNS YES NO QUESTIONS ASK. GROUP GUESS ALL THEY CAN”
    5. As they guess one right the lab assistant will send everyone but the person guessing the next item on the list
      • “GUESS RIGHT NEW PERSON GUESS. ME SEND ALL BUT NEW PERSON ITEM”
    6. When the timer goes off the number of correct guesses will be added and the next student will go.
      • “TIME FINISH CORRECT GUESS ADD. NEW PERSON CONTINUE”
    7. Make sure students are staying in the target language the entire time.

Wrap-up

  1. 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?” 
  2. Have you done much signing with non-students?
    • “PAST YOU SIGN WITH NON-STUDENTS MANY YOU?” 
  3. 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?”
  4. 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.

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