👍 This course is designed to INCLUDE complete beginners without any sign language experience.
IN THIS COURSE, you’re going to first learn the ASL alphabet with lots of review and fun activities. Next, you’ll learn the five (5) fingerspelling rules and fingerspell common letter combinations, acronyms, and single words up to eight (8) letters in length. After that, you’ll learn how to correctly fingerspell multiple words. You’ll get LOTS of practice fingerspelling and understanding celebrity names, famous places, vehicles, and popular movies.
NEXT, you’ll get hands-on experience with real world fingerspelling skills. You’ll learn to sign complete sentences that mix fingerspelling and vocabulary signs. We’ll teach you handshape, hand position, and hand movement for each vocabulary sign with lots of repetition and practice.
THROUGHOUT the course, you’ll do LOTS of review and testing. We do review in two parts: 1) signing and 2) understanding (2 speeds). To make the learning process smoother, the understanding review has two speeds: slow and fast. As you become comfortable with the slower speed, you can level up to the faster speed.
IN THIS COURSE:
- Students will learn the ASL alphabet with the letters divided into smaller groups and continual review.
- Students will learn each individual letter with detailed explanations to guarantee understanding.
- Students will view each ASL letter from multiple angles to ensure precise hand and finger positioning.
- Students will participate in fun activities to memorize, increase speed, and improve finger fluency.
- Students will learn and apply the five (5) fingerspelling rules to improve communication efficiency.
- Students will fingerspell and understand common letter combinations, acronyms, and single words up to eight (8) letters in length.
- Students will learn to fingerspell and understand names, movies, places, and vehicles with multiple words.
- Students will learn to mix fingerspelling and signing to communicate complete sentences in ASL.
- Students will be tested on their ability to sign and understand individual letters, the entire ASL alphabet, single words, multiple words, and full sentences.
- Students will build confidence and gain hands-on experience as they prepare for fingerspelling and signing with other ASL signers.
AFTER TAKING THIS COURSE:
- Students will have a high level of fluency in signing and understanding the ASL alphabet letters.
- Students will understand and be able to correctly apply the five (5) fingerspelling rules.
- Students will be able to fingerspell and understand letter combinations, single words, and multiple words.
- Students will be able to fingerspell smoothly and quickly with confidence.
- Students will have hands-on experience with complete sentences which combine fingerspelling and signing.
- Students will be more enthusiastic and self-confident as they sign with members of the Deaf community.
