Pick one sentence from each of lessons
1
through 20. You should end up with 20 sentences.
Copy the sentences to a new document and number them 1-20.
Then sit down in-front of a camcorder and videotape yourself signing the
sentences the same way I videotaped mine. For example, sign the number and
then the sentence. You need only show me the sentence one time. Pay particular
attention to your "yes/no" and "WH-question" expressions for each sentence
(because I'll be looking for your facial expressions in addition to your
vocabulary and general fluency).
If you stop once or maybe twice during the videotaping due
to some technical issue or whatever I won't be concerned. But stopping between
each question indicates a lack of preparation and smacks of not knowing the
material well enough to simply sign the sentences without having to look each
sentence up on the web or in the CD.
Some students tape record themselves reading the sentences
out loud and then play back the recording while signing the sentences to the
video camera. That’s okay.
I've even seen students go so far as to write the sentences
on poster paper and stick them on the wall behind the camera so they can read
them while signing to the camera. That’s okay, but a lot of work.
Other students just print out a paper with their sentences
on it and put it in front of them. They lean forward to read the sentence and
then look up at the camera and sign it.
Then print off your script and mail both it and your video
to me. ALSO email me your script so I'll have an electronic copy to edit and
make notes on for your feedback.
I'll correct it within a week or so of receiving the video.
And then I'll email your feedback. You may submit this video on any of the
following: VHS-format full-size cassette, Mini-DV cassette, Video-CD (VCD)
using MPEG-1 formatting, Digital Video Disk (DVD) using [DVD-R+, DVD-R-, or
DVD-ROM], or as a video file on either CD or DVD in Windows Media File format,
Quicktime, or Flash. If your video isn't "good enough" as judged by your
instructor, you will be given instructions for improvement and required to do
the video again. This is regardless of
your other scores.