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They cover how to more effectively rephrase your PSE sentences so that your meaning will be clear to deaf people, specifically the classifier 1. They compare passive voice to active voice. More signs...
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This lesson looks at the past and how signs change to meet the need of the users. In the past 75 years the signs have moved inward and upward. Another change is how two separate signs were paired...
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They look at adjectives throughout this lesson including iconic adjectives that show size. They review the 4 different ways that adjectives are used in sign language.
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Prefixes and suffixes are explained. They touch on different kinds of classifiers, signs for recreational activities and talk about deaf cultures.
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This lesson covers vocabulary for rooms and furniture around the home. Also described is space used to set up comparisons in sentences as well as the 3 kinds of sentences in the deaf language.
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This program continues the discussion on the use of adjective in American Sign Language: how to compare things and how to incorporate adjectives. Vocabulary related to health and parts of the body are...
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The discuss why English articles are not part of ASL. They talk about English idioms and how to change them into sign language. How conjunctions are handled are also covered.
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Telling time is related to this program. They concentrate on verbs, tenses and adverbs. The time line is covered. The time line is important because the location of the hands when signing is an...
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There are different sign languages, some used by the deaf and others that are used by hearing people. One theme of this program is animals. We learn that the signs for animals resemble the animals...
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This lesson covers the time of day, different places and geography.