Learning American Sign Language Levels I & II--Beginning & Intermediate

by Humphries, Tom L.; Padden, Carol A.; Hills, Robert; Lott, Peggy; Renner, Daniel W.

• ISBN13: 9780205275533
• ISBN10: 0205275532
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2003-07-18
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

American Sign Language is a rich and complex language. Recently declared as an official language and recognized by 48 states as a foreign language, more and more high school teachers across the country are teaching American Sign Language as an elective. Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II Beginning &Intermediateis designed to prepare teachers to successfullyinteract with American Sign Language (ASL) users. Lessons are structured around language needed for common-life situations, and examples are presented in the form of dialogues coupled with grammar and vocabulary instruction. Information is also included about the culture of deaf people in the United States. Learners will discover that the book: Contains lessons designed around the conversational language needed for common life situations. Illustrates hundreds of sentences and vocabulary with over 2,000 high quality colorized drawings that aid in study and memory. Contains over 100 grammar and cultural notes, 72 exercises, and charts of the American Manual Alphabet (Finger spelling) and ASL number system. Teaches the rules of ASL in a natural order that is predictable and compatible with everyday language of native users of American Sign Language. Incorporates information about the cultural lives of Deaf people in the United States. Is supported by a video demonstrating all the conversations and important structures in the text. Order the Video! Video to Accompany American Sign Language, 2/e Order No. 0-205-27554-0 American Sign Language students will find themselves captivated and entertained by this state-of-the-art Video that presents all 72 dialogues and each key structure from the text in a clear and natural way. Four internationally known Deaf actors animate the dialogues bringing life to the illustrations in the text allowing students to preview and review instructional materials at home to enhance their classroom learning. About the authors: Tom Humphriesis Associate Director of the Teacher Education Program and also teaches in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. He is currently coordinating a program to train teachers of deaf children using a bilingual approach. Prior to this he taught at Gallaudet University in the Department of English for several years and later served as an Associate Dean for the San Diego Community College District where he coordinated the development of an ASL program and an interpreter-training program. He holds a Ph.D. in Cross Cultural Communication and Language Learning. Dr. Humphries is co-author with Carol Padden ofDeaf in America: Voices from a Cultureand several other books and articles related to ASL and the culture of Deaf people. Carol Paddenis a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego where she teachers courses on language, culture and media. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, San Diego. Her recent research includes studies of reading development in young deaf children and she has written extensively about the cultural lives of Deaf people in the United States. She received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, in addition to numerous other awards and grants for her work. In addition to the books she has co-authored with Tom Humphries, she has published several other books and articles on American Sign Language structure. Humphries & Padden (Learning American Sign Language, 2e).

Author Biography

Tom Humphries is Associate Director of the Teacher Education Program and also teaches in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego Carol Padden is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego, where she teaches courses on language, culture, and media

Table of Contents

To the Student	xix
Acknowledgments	xxi
Sign Models	xxii
Introductions and Personal Information	1	(12)
Introductions	1	(2)
Grammar: Information questions	2	(1)
Culture: Using first and last name in introductions	2	(1)
Personal Information	3	(2)
Grammar: Yes/No questions	3	(1)
Grammar: Simple affirmative sentences with head nodding	4	(1)
Grammar: Simple negative sentences with head shaking	4	(1)
Culture: DEAF, Deaf people's term for themselves	5	(1)
More Personal Information	5	(3)
Grammar: Repeating pronouns	6	(1)
Culture: Difference between Where Live? and Where From?	7	(1)
Vocabulary	8	(5)
Learning ASL	13	(10)
Going to Class	13	(3)
Grammar: Answering yes/no questions by repeating the verb from the question	14	(1)
Grammar: There made in approximate direction of place even when not in sight and to show specific location; also Here	15	(1)
Objects in the Classroom	16	(1)
Grammar: Information questions: question sign before, after, or both before and after	17	(1)
Showing You Understand and Asking for Help	17	(3)
Note: Other ways to ask for help	18	(1)
Note: Use of OH-I-SEE	19	(1)
Vocabulary	20	(3)
Politeness	23	(12)
Asking Politely	23	(3)
Grammar: Verbs that change movement to show location: Go/Come, Bring/Carry, etc	24	(2)
Thanks	26	(2)
Grammar: Verbs that change movement to indicate subject and object: Give, Help, Tell, etc	26	(2)
Interruptions and Apologies	28	(2)
Culture: Saying Excuse-Me when walking between two people	29	(1)
Vocabulary	30	(5)
Descriptions	35	(14)
Physical Appearance	35	(4)
Grammar: Look^Like? questions	36	(1)
Grammar: Adjectives used to describe hair	36	(1)
Grammar: Adjectives used to describe height and weight	37	(2)
Clothing	39	(3)
Grammar: Descriptive adjectives before and after nouns	39	(1)
Grammar: Altering signs to show detail such as direction of stripes, etc.	40	(2)
Personality and Character	42	(2)
Grammar: Topicalizing subjects and objects	42	(2)
Vocabulary	44	(5)
Requests	49	(18)
Polite Commands	49	(6)
Culture: Flashing lights to get attention and other ways to get attention	50	(1)
Grammar: Verb pairs: Requests Open/Close-Door, etc	50	(2)
Grammar: Noun-verb pairs	52	(3)
Requests to Do Something	55	(3)
Note: Use of Don't Mind	56	(1)
Note: Use of For Me	57	(1)
More Requests	58	(3)
Note: Verb pairs involving turning things on and off	59	(2)
Vocabulary	61	(6)
Expressing Yourself	67	(16)
How You Feel	67	(4)
Note: Form of All-Day, All-Night, etc	69	(2)
Opinions and Preferences	71	(4)
Note: Use of Wow!	71	(1)
Grammar: Negative incorporation: Don't-Like, Don't-Know, Don't Want	72	(1)
Grammar: Other negative forms: Not Surprised I, Not Satisfied I, etc	73	(2)
Anxiety	75	(3)
Grammar: Use of modals: Must, Should, Can Will	76	(2)
Vocabulary	78	(5)
More Descriptions	83	(14)
Objects and Their Location	83	(3)
Grammar: Classifier predicates showing size and shape	83	(2)
Grammar: Classifier predicates showing instrument to indicate movement	85	(1)
Objects, Number, and Location	86	(2)
Grammar: Classifier predicates to indicate locational relationships	87	(1)
How Many	88	(4)
Grammar: Plurals using quantifiers: Many, Some, Several, A-Few	89	(1)
Grammar: Plurals using numbers	89	(1)
Grammar: Minute, Hour, Day, etc. incorporating numbers	90	(2)
Vocabulary	92	(5)
Family and Friends	97	(14)
Family Information	97	(2)
Culture: Asking and giving information about a person's family background	98	(1)
Culture: Establishing whether hearing members of a family sign or not	98	(1)
Family Relationships	99	(3)
Grammar: Past, present, and future tenses using time signs	99	(2)
Grammar: Personal pronouns incorporating number	101	(1)
Friends and Acquaintances	102	(4)
Note: Use of Finish	103	(3)
Vocabulary	106	(5)
More Descriptions	111	(14)
How Others Look	111	(4)
Note: Whispering in sign	112	(1)
Grammar: Use of numbers to show age, time, count	112	(2)
Note: Humorous variation on CL:55	114	(1)
Personality	115	(2)
Grammar: Contraction of Know and That: Know^That	115	(1)
Culture: Schools for the Deaf	116	(1)
Physical Features	117	(2)
Grammar: Variation on CL:B	117	(2)
Vocabulary	119	(6)
At Home and Daily Living	125	(16)
Your Residence	125	(4)
Grammar: More verbs that change movement to show subject and object: Borrow, Take, Summon, Choose	126	(1)
Grammar: Classifiers representing category and with movement	127	(2)
Objects in Your Residence	129	(2)
Grammar: More classifiers showing size and shape and outline: CL:C, CL:B, CL:11	130	(1)
What You Do Every Day	131	(3)
Grammar: Form of Every-Morning, Every-Night, etc	132	(1)
Note: Signs derived from fingerspelling	132	(1)
Grammar: Form of Every-Saturday, Every-Tuesday, etc.	133	(1)
Vocabulary	134	(7)
Food and Food Shopping	141	(16)
The Menu	141	(4)
Note: Use of Run-Out and Deplete (for containers)	142	(1)
Grammar: Negatives of modals: Can't and Won't	142	(1)
Grammar: Use of None to show no quantity and as a negative: See^None, Hear^None, Understand^None	143	(2)
Quantities	145	(3)
Note: Fingerspelled abbreviations: L-B, O-Z, D-O-Z, T-S-P	146	(1)
Grammar: Classifiers CL:G and CL:BB to show thickness, width, and depth	146	(2)
Prices	148	(3)
Grammar: 1-Dollar incorporating numbers 2 to 10	148	(1)
Note: Use of Blank with dollar amount	149	(1)
Grammar: 1-Cent incorporating numbers	149	(2)
Vocabulary	151	(6)
Offering and Declining	157	(14)
Food and Drink	157	(2)
Grammar: Non-inflecting form of Help	159	(1)
Offering Help	159	(4)
Culture: TTYs, pagers, and email	160	(1)
Note: Use of Breakdown, Shutdown, Wear-Out, Break	161	(2)
Declining and Explaining	163	(3)
Grammar: Structures for declining	164	(2)
Vocabulary	166	(5)
More Ways to Express Yourself	171	(16)
Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction	171	(3)
Note: Ways to express satisfaction	173	(1)
Agreement and Disagreement	174	(4)
Grammar: Conditional sentences	176	(2)
Concern and Feelings	178	(5)
Note: Asking about someone: All-Right?, etc	178	(1)
Note: Use of Gone and Die	179	(1)
Grammar: Structures to express emotional or physical states	180	(3)
Vocabulary	183	(4)
Experiences and Current Activity	187	(18)
An Event	187	(3)
Grammar: Classifiers as quantifiers: CL:44, CL:55, etc	188	(1)
Grammar: Finish as conjunction	189	(1)
A Past Event	190	(8)
Grammar: More conjunctions: Wrong, Happen, Find, Frustrated, Hit	191	(2)
Grammar: Number incorporation in Last-Year, Next-Year, etc	193	(4)
Grammar: Structures for asking what happened: What's-Up?, etc	197	(1)
Current Activity	198	(2)
Grammar: Structures for commenting on competence or expertise	198	(2)
Vocabulary	200	(5)
Future Plans and Obligations	205	(16)
General Future Plans	205	(3)
Note: Use of Nothing-to-it	206	(2)
Time and Place to Meet	208	(4)
Grammar: More verb pairs: Get-in/Get-Out, etc	209	(3)
Future Obligations	212	(3)
Grammar: Structures for indicating an obligation: Appointment, Promise, Duty	213	(1)
Culture: Captioned video, TV, films	214	(1)
Culture: Deaf clubs	214	(1)
Vocabulary	215	(6)
Directions and Instructions	221	(12)
Directions	221	(3)
Note: Commonly used fingerspelled abbreviations: D-S and P-O	222	(1)
Grammar: Use of body to show change in direction	223	(1)
Descriptions of Places	224	(3)
Note: Use of apostrophe-S	224	(1)
Grammar: Use of Locale	225	(1)
Grammar: Location relationships using chaining of classifiers	225	(2)
Instructions	227	(2)
Grammar: Use of CL:CC**	227	(2)
Vocabulary	229	(4)
Suggestions and Advice	233	(14)
Suggestions	233	(3)
Note: Use of Bored	234	(1)
Culture: Bowling leagues	235	(1)
Grammar: Forms of Every-Month, Every-Year	235	(1)
Time and Place	236	(3)
Note: Confirming head nods and head shakes	237	(1)
Note: Use of Approximately with time, age, and money	238	(1)
Advice	239	(3)
Grammar: Structure for giving advice preceded by Should, Better, Advise, Warn, Suggest, Maybe	241	(1)
Vocabulary	242	(5)
Attitudes and Opinions	247	(14)
What Others Think	247	(3)
Grammar: Verbs that change movement to indicate Two, Each, All	248	(2)
Opinions	250	(4)
Note: More ways to express opinions	251	(3)
Values	254	(3)
Note: Ways to express opposing values	255	(1)
Grammar: Quantifiers with count and non-count nouns	255	(2)
Vocabulary	257	(4)
Recreational Activities	261	(12)
Activities	261	(4)
Grammar: Repeatedly inflection of verbs, with facial adverbs	262	(3)
A Sequence of Activities	265	(2)
Grammar: Continually inflection of verbs, with facial adverbs	266	(1)
Note: Use of Chat, Sign-Talk, and Sign-Fluently	266	(1)
Seasonal Activities	267	(2)
Grammar: Plural forms by reduplication	268	(1)
Vocabulary	269	(4)
Travel---Places and Experiences	273	(14)
Travel Experience	273	(3)
Grammar: Other verbs showing subject and object: Join and Say-Okay	274	(1)
Grammar: Repeatedly inflection of adjectives	275	(1)
More Travel Experience	276	(3)
Grammar: Continually inflection of adjectives	277	(2)
Places You Visited	279	(3)
Grammar: Very inflection of adjectives	280	(2)
Vocabulary	282	(5)
Occupations and Professions	287	(14)
Occupations and Professions	287	(5)
Grammar: Use of agent suffix for some professions	288	(2)
Grammar: Rhetorical questions	290	(2)
Job Activity	292	(2)
Note: Use of Understand to precede a qualification, condition, or stipulation	293	(1)
Work History	294	(2)
Note: Use of Get-Regularly	295	(1)
Vocabulary	296	(5)
The Body, Health, and Emergencies	301	(12)
Physical Conditioning	301	(2)
Grammar: Use of body pronoun	302	(1)
Health and Health Problems	303	(2)
Note: Use of Pain	304	(1)
Emergencies	305	(3)
Culture: Deaf people's communicative strategies with non-signers	306	(1)
Grammar: Use of Never and Nothing as denials	307	(1)
Vocabulary	308	(5)
Current Events	313	(12)
Recent News	313	(3)
Grammar: Reduplication in different locations	314	(2)
Current Topics of Interest	316	(3)
Grammar: Clause as topic	317	(2)
Current Issues	319	(2)
Note: Use of Worse	320	(1)
Vocabulary	321	(4)
How Things Are Done	325	(10)
A Process	325	(2)
Grammar: Classifier predicates showing manner of flow: CL:44 and CL:4	326	(1)
Width, Length, and Height	327	(2)
Grammar: Distance from one point to another using CL:1-TO-CL:1	328	(1)
Measurements and Weight	329	(2)
Grammar: Questions about measurement: How-Much, etc	330	(1)
Vocabulary	331	(4)
English Translations of Dialogues	335	(16)
Vocabulary Index	351