Linguistic Aspects of ASL: Idioms in ASL
(Under construction)
Developer: Jacqueline Frechette, AAS
Leisa Boling, MS
Level: Beginning to advanced
Maximum Number of Participants: 24
Total hours: 6 hours
This workshop will provide the participants with an introduction to American
Sign Language Idioms and a translation of English Idioms into ASL.
Taught in ASL.
New York State Performance Competencies:
PROSODIC INFORMATION: Affect/Emotions (appropriately uses face and body)
NON-MANUAL INFORMATION: Production and use of non-manual adverbial/adjectival
markers
INTERPRETER PERFORMANCE: Follows principles of discourse mapping and follows
grammar of ASL
CAN READ AND CONVEY SIGNER'S: Signs; non-manual behaviors and uses ASL
morphology
WORD CHOICE: Uses correct English word selection
SIGNS: Uses Amount of sign vocabulary. Signs made correctly (sign parameters)
and uses Vocabulary consistent with sign language or system. Uses key vocabulary
represented
MESSAGE PROCESSING: Develop sense of whole message (both V-S and S-V)
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