American Sign Language: A Teacher's Resource Text on Grammar and CultureThe videocassettes illustrate dialogues for the text it accompanies, and also provides ASL stories, poems and dramatic prose for classroom use. Each dialogue is presented three times to allow the student to "converse with" each signer. Also demonstrates the grammar and structure of sign language. The teacher's text on grammar and culture focuses on the use of three basic types of sentences, four verb inflections, locative relationships and pronouns, etc. by using sign language. The teacher's text on curriculum and methods gives guidelines on teaching American Sign Language and Structured activities for classroom use. |
Contents
Chapter IWhat is a Language? | 31 |
Chapter IIWhat is American Sign Language? | 47 |
Chapter IIIEnglish in the Deaf Community | 63 |
Chapter IVSign Formation and Variation | 79 |
Chapter VSelected Sign Types | 103 |
Chapter VISentence Types | 121 |
Chapter VIITime | 175 |
Chapter VIIIPronominalization | 205 |
Chapter XClassifiers | 287 |
Chapter XILocatives | 333 |
Chapter XIIPluralization | 361 |
Chapter XIIITemporal Aspect | 401 |
Chapter XIVDistributional Aspect | 427 |
Sign Language Bibliography | 447 |
Glossary | 457 |
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