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).

To the Student

xix

Acknowledgments

xxi

Sign Models

xxii

Introductions and Personal Information

(12)

Introductions

(2)

Grammar: Information questions

(1)

Culture: Using first and last name in introductions

(1)

Personal Information

(2)

Grammar: Yes/No questions

(1)

Grammar: Simple affirmative sentences with head nodding

(1)

Grammar: Simple negative sentences with head shaking

(1)

Culture: DEAF, Deaf people's term for themselves

(1)

More Personal Information

(3)

Grammar: Repeating pronouns

(1)

Culture: Difference between Where Live? and Where From?

(1)

Vocabulary

(5)

Learning ASL

(10)

Going to Class

(3)

Grammar: Answering yes/no questions by repeating the verb from the question

(1)

Grammar: There made in approximate direction of place even when not in sight and to show specific location; also Here

(1)

Objects in the Classroom

(1)

Grammar: Information questions: question sign before, after, or both before and after

(1)

Showing You Understand and Asking for Help

(3)

Note: Other ways to ask for help

(1)

Note: Use of OH-I-SEE

(1)

Vocabulary

(3)

Politeness

(12)

Asking Politely

(3)

Grammar: Verbs that change movement to show location: Go/Come, Bring/Carry, etc

(2)

Thanks

(2)

Grammar: Verbs that change movement to indicate subject and object: Give, Help, Tell, etc

(2)

Interruptions and Apologies

(2)

Culture: Saying Excuse-Me when walking between two people

(1)

Vocabulary

(5)

Descriptions

(14)

Physical Appearance

(4)

Grammar: Look^Like? questions

(1)

Grammar: Adjectives used to describe hair

(1)

Grammar: Adjectives used to describe height and weight

(2)

Clothing

(3)

Grammar: Descriptive adjectives before and after nouns

(1)

Grammar: Altering signs to show detail such as direction of stripes, etc.

(2)

Personality and Character

(2)

Grammar: Topicalizing subjects and objects

(2)

Vocabulary

(5)

Requests

(18)

Polite Commands

(6)

Culture: Flashing lights to get attention and other ways to get attention

(1)

Grammar: Verb pairs: Requests Open/Close-Door, etc

(2)

Grammar: Noun-verb pairs

(3)

Requests to Do Something

(3)

Note: Use of Don't Mind

(1)

Note: Use of For Me

(1)

More Requests

(3)

Note: Verb pairs involving turning things on and off

(2)

Vocabulary

(6)

Expressing Yourself

(16)

How You Feel

(4)

Note: Form of All-Day, All-Night, etc

(2)

Opinions and Preferences

(4)

Note: Use of Wow!

(1)

Grammar: Negative incorporation: Don't-Like, Don't-Know, Don't Want

(1)

Grammar: Other negative forms: Not Surprised I, Not Satisfied I, etc

(2)

Anxiety

(3)

Grammar: Use of modals: Must, Should, Can Will

(2)

Vocabulary

(5)

More Descriptions

(14)

Objects and Their Location

(3)

Grammar: Classifier predicates showing size and shape

(2)

Grammar: Classifier predicates showing instrument to indicate movement

(1)

Objects, Number, and Location

(2)

Grammar: Classifier predicates to indicate locational relationships

(1)

How Many

(4)

Grammar: Plurals using quantifiers: Many, Some, Several, A-Few

(1)

Grammar: Plurals using numbers

(1)

Grammar: Minute, Hour, Day, etc. incorporating numbers

(2)

Vocabulary

(5)

Family and Friends

(14)

Family Information

(2)

Culture: Asking and giving information about a person's family background

(1)

Culture: Establishing whether hearing members of a family sign or not

(1)

Family Relationships

(3)

Grammar: Past, present, and future tenses using time signs

(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)

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