Lesson 36 American Sign Language (ASL)

0:00 / 0:00

Objectives:

___ I have taken the Lesson 36 Practice Quiz
___ I have taken the general practice quiz for this lesson. See: PRACTICE QUIZZES

List of signs and sentences:
Level 03 (Lessons 31 - 45) Practice Cards (in MS Word .doc format)
Level 03 Sentence List
Level 03 You Tube Playlist

Vocabulary:

AWFUL-[terrible]
CANCEL
CHEAP
COST-[tax, fine, fee]
CRAZY-[nuts, crazy-about]
EXPENSIVE
IMPORTANT-[value, cost, worth]
OPPOSITE-[across from, allergic, disagree]
RELIEVED
RUDE
SATISFIED
STILL
STRUGGLE
TYPE-[keyboard, typewriter]
WITHOUT

Review Vocabulary

Expansion Vocabulary

Practice:

Practice sheet: 36.A
01. FOOD YOU THINK TASTE AWFUL, WHAT?
02. DATE CHEAP, YOU LIKE?
03. Every-YEAR FEDERAL T-A-X YOU PAY HOW-MUCH-[1h]?
04. YOU FEEL CRAZY SOMETIMES YOU?
05. THING YOU HAVE, MOST EXPENSIVE, WHAT?

Practice sheet: 36.B
06. YOU THINK COLLEGE IMPORTANT YOU?
07. UP OPPOSITE WHAT?
08. SUPPOSE TEST CANCEL, YOU RELIEVED YOU?
09. SOMETIMES YOU RUDE? [if so] WHEN?
10. ONE SANDWICH, YOU SATISFIED?

Practice sheet: 36.C
11. TYPE FAST CAN YOU?
12. POPCORN, YOU LIKE WITHOUT SALT YOU?
13. DEAF STILL RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL OLD 21, WHY?
14. RESIDENTIAL-SCHOOL STRUGGLE CLOSE [shift] CLOSE, WHY?
15. IMPORTANT YOUR LIFE, WHAT? (What are your values?)

Practice sheet: 36.D
16. POTATO 10 LB, COST-[worth/value]?
17. MEETING CANCEL, HOW FEEL YOU?
18. I THINK WOMEN, SMARTER THAN MEN, YOU DISAGREE? (My wife made me include this sentence.)
19. FAST-[speeding] TICKET COST HOW-MUCH-[1h]? (How much does a speeding ticket cost?)
20. FLOWER, YOU nose-OPPOSITE-[allergic]?

Additional Information:

NOTES:

FEDERAL: The sign "FEDERAL" is almost the same as the sign as GOVERNMENT, except for FEDERAL you use an "F" handshape.

CLOSE-[shut]: The general sign for "CLOSE" (that sounds like "kloze") is almost the same as the sign for "CLOSE-DOOR" except that in CLOSE-[shut] both hands do the shutting motion.

ALLERGIC: For the sign "ALLERGIC," start with the dominant hand index finger near the tip of your nose (pointing at the nose) then do the sign for OPPOSITE. Quite a few Deaf signers drop the "nose" part of the sign.

COST: The sign "COST-[worth/value]" is a variation of the sign IMPORTANT. COST-[worth/value] taps two "F" hands together twice at the tips of the thumbs and index fingers. (Which happens to be the ending position of the sign "important.") This can be used to ask: "What is that worth?" or "What is the cost of?"

The main sign for COST-[fee] (the one done with an "X" hand) is used to mean things like: cost, fee, fine, tax, and price.

Age of graduation: Certain students with disabilities (including Deaf students) have a legal right to remain in the public school system until the age of 21. Thus it is common for a Deaf student to graduate at age 21.

Signaling Devices: Lights, vibrators, or other devices that alert or inform a Deaf person of events, situations, or changes in the environment. For example: "A door light." When someone presses on a button next to the door outside, a light flashes inside to let the Deaf individual know that someone is at the door. Another example: When it is time to wake up, a vibrator under the mattress can be used as type of "alarm clock."

Cochlear Implants: Devices implanted into the head to provide an electronic semblance of "hearing."

[1h]: If you see "1h" in ASL gloss it typically means "do this sign using only one hand." If you see "lh" (the letter "L" followed by the letter "H") it means "left hand." If you see "rh" it generally means "right hand." (Yes, I'm sure you had it figured out by the time I got to "rh" that "rh" means "right hand" and you didn't need me to tell you.)

Quizzes:

Self-study students, see: Lesson 36 Practice Quiz
Taking this as a class? Contact your local teacher or see your syllabus for the right quiz to take.

Notes:

The signs EXPENSIVE and SATISFIED were introduced as expansion vocabulary in Lesson 35 and are formally taught here.

In the source review list, "SMARTER" was split across an anchor and trailing text ("SMART" + "ER"); it has been rejoined into a single linked entry. The gloss note originally read "the letter 'L' follow and the letter 'H'"; that has been corrected to "followed by."

ASL: Lesson 36