Saturday, February 18, 2012

Class 5 - at the dining table with a guitar

friend
now
today

know
know that
knowledge
don't know

grandfather
grandmother

divorce
make out
make
separated
China
coffee

teacher
student
learn
teach

law
child
children

girl
little girl
woman

boy
little boy
man
gentleman

brother-in-law
brother

food
farmer

spring
summer
fall
winter

snow
rain
sun
moon
cloud

slow
nice

deaf
hearing
meaning
understand
sign

because

meet
meet you

Friday, February 17, 2012

Random Sign Language Tip of The Day

Many verbs can be inflected (change the meaning of) by changing the movement. If you do them once they are the standard verb, if you do them twice they might either become a noun (like SIT becomes CHAIR) or they become a process (for example, "teach" becomes "teaching")

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Information about different types of Sign Language

Evidence of me procrastinating, but here is some information about American Sign Language (ASL) vs. Signed Exact English (SEE). I chanced upon SEE because apparently in Singapore it is the prevalent one. It seems that ASL will bring us closer to Deaf Culture and is a real language in itself (SEE is more like encoded English).

The links:
Wiki link for SEE - Advantages and disadvantages of SEE
Language choices: Considering SEE and ASL - Apparently SEE is shunned by the Deaf community
ASL, SEE Sign, & Signed English - There's another one called Pidgin Signed English

Class 4 - in Jun-E's office

ha ha
have
have not
condom
can
cannot
caucasian
Hanukkah

want
want not

Asia
because x2
Jew
high blood pressure

we
Norway
Malaysia
Israel
Denmark

Class 3 - in the cafeteria

Hello
Goodbye
How are you?
I'm Fine
What's your name?
My name is...
Please
Thank you
You're welcome
Excuse me
Yes
No

Question
Who
What
When
Where
Why
Which
How
How much
How many

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

Day
Morning
Noon
Afternoon
Evening

And we also learned to count!! Go team G0 :-) Albiiiiiiii Go :-)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Link to the ASL Chart:

http://info.stylee32.net/PDF%20Library/Spark%20Charts/American%20Sign%20Language.pdf

Class 2 - at the dining table

Apple
Aunt

Baby
Balloon
Bath

Careful
Cookie

Daddy
Dance

Eat
Excuse me

Finished

Girl
Grumpy

Happy
Hungry

I love you

Key

Lion

Milk
Mum

Octopus

Poo
Potty (Toilet)

Quiet

Red

Sad
School

Telephone
Thank you

Up

Wait

Yellow