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This program shows viewers how to sign each letter of the alphabet, then demonstrates the signs for introductions and greetings, family members, rooms in the house, animals, and question forms. Segments of the video are displayed first without and then with text so that viewers can test their understanding, and a story section allows for assessment of comprehension of longer conversations.
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Complex and highly sophisticated, sign languages have proved excellent tools for analyzing the foundation of human language capability. In this program, Dr. Jonathan Miller weaves together the history of sign languages for the Deaf with insights into the natural synergy between language, vision, and dexterity to support his conviction that there is a common mental structure underlying all languages, regardless of their outward expression. Along the...
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English
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The last set of programs in this advanced series covers the following integral facets of ASL: identifying the Subject and Object of a sentence and the inclusion of spatial referencing; clarifying the context of a discourse using Fingerspelling; and the elements to consider when signing Numbers in ASL.
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English
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Ohh! Did you know that exclamations in all languages tell the listener how you feel about a subject? American Sign Language (ASL) is no different. Wow! Like English, ASL exclamations show how strongly you feel or don't feel about something, and they're pretty easy to learn. Cool!
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English
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Follow along with this next set of programs as the advanced techniques for ASL are augmented to include: the use of facial expressions to express affect in ASL; the transition markers required to guide the flow of discourse in ASL; the importance of a signer’s entire signing space to identify grammatical structure; and the identification of the topic(s) of discourse.
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English
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Each of these programs focuses on a key element of ASL, including: identifying a narrator and characters of a story using body and gaze shift; determining the difference between nouns, verbs and adjectives using ASL classifiers; and the use of space in ASL to establish a location for a particular referent’s discourse.
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English
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Traveling around the United States can be fun, and talking about your travels in American Sign Language (ASL) can be even more fun. Many states and cities have their own name signs or abbreviations, but it's okay to ask someone to fingerspell a place if you don't understand.
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English
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Sharing your feelings and emotions when signing is easy because American Sign Language (ASL) is naturally so expressive. Although many emotions have their own sign—like the ones illustrated in this video—some feelings and emotions can be transmitted with minimal Sign and a lot of facial expression.