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Vocabulary Expansion Series Lesson 43.
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==========================
ASL American Sign Language Vocabulary Expansion Series (43)
Dr. Bill Vicars with Cäsar Jacobson
Intended audience: Students who have who have completed Level 2 or higher of the ASL University curriculum.
youtu.be/j9zcHohG4gQ
=============================
From the Powerpoint slides:
Dr. Bill
Vicars
&
Cäsar
Jacobson
Vocabulary
Expansion
Series
Lesson 43
ASL University
Lifeprint
.com
deconstruct
ANALYZE
string of text
select words
analyze each
Today let's de-construct
a public announce-ment
open to the public
=
GENERAL
ANNOUNCE
declare
proclaim
public announce-ment
culturally Hearing
words tumbling from the mouth
Hearing person
public school
=
HEARING-person
SCHOOL
placement
of
someone
or something
to a location or into a program
PLACE
or put someone into a public school
review
HEARING person
=
HEARING-culturally
=
person who talks
analyze
analysis
public annouce
-ment
SENATE
Legislature
or
LEGISLATOR
version 1
or
Legislature - person
elect = VOTE
elect = select
choose
pick
VOTE
or elect
versus
TEA general
version
But you may see people sign VOTE to mean tea.
will
FUTURE
PASS
SENATE
OWE
due
bill
debt
if you mean “bill”
as in legislation spell it
fs-BILL
PASS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
LAW
OWE
due
bill
debt
CHANGE modify adapt adjust
REQUIRE
insist mandatory
IF suppose
disabled disability =
fs-DA
CONVER-GENCE
two streams coming together
PLACE
or put someone into a public school
Place a Deaf (or disabled) child into
a public school =
MAIN-STREAM
REQUIRE
insist mandatory
WHEN?
question form
vs WHEN
state-ment
Sign this:
I don't know when.
WHEN
version 1 the time
WHEN
version 2 happen or occur
restriction restricted restrictive = LIMIT version 1 version 2
HAPPEN
occur
take place
HEARING physical vs HEARING person cultural hearing non-Deaf
admini-strator
= MANAGE-PERSON
admini-strator
version 2
executive
supersede
higher-up-status
When non-Deaf Administrators
=
HAPPEN HEARING ADMINISTRATORS
SAY
SAY vs TELL-you
HAPPEN HEARING ADMIN SAY
fs-INCLUSION
…
THEY MEAN MAIN-STREAM
Part 1:
SB 692 will require total inclusion for all children with disabilities
SENATE
fs-BILL 692
LEGISLATOR
WILL VOTE.
IF PASS
MEAN LAW CHANGE …
… REQUIRE DISABLED CHILDREN fs-ALL MUST MAINSTREAM
Quote+
fs-TOTAL-INCLUSION
Note: Main-streaming
is not the least restrictive environment for Deaf students…
I’ll sign this next slide then your turn.
INFORM-you MAIN-STREAM
NOT EQUAL LRE
FOR DEAF STUDENT
SPECIAL
unique
Education
2h version
1h version
Special
Education
LOCAL
location (nonspecific)
AREA
there-abouts
that location
AREA
non-specific
initialized version
AREA
versus
AGENCY
AGENCY
ORGANIZATION
DEPART
-MENT
DEPART
-MENT
version 1
version 2
= fs-DEPT
DEPART
-MENT
can mean DISTRICT
PLAN
prepare
(single movement version)
county
version 1
spell it:
fs-COUNTY
county
version 2
Use the sign COUNTRY
noninitialized
Requires context!
BOX
=
ROOM uninitialized
OFFICE
There is no consistency in the sign for
OFFICE
OFFICE
doesn’t mean
official …
official
FORMAL dignified polite
official
ESTABLISH
set-up
founded
an official:
BOSS person in charge
an official:
person in elevated position of authority
Officer of a company
vs
officer of the law
SELPA:
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
County Offices of Education
LOCAL
Education AGENCIES
Review
SCHOOL DISTRICT
COUNTY
version 1 version 2
AGENCY
FORMAL
dignified
polite
MAIN-STREAMED
ESTABLISH
AREA
non-specific
initialized version
Review
AREA
there-abouts
that location
REQUIRE
INSIST
I’ll sign then it is your turn…
LEGISLATOR
WILL VOTE SENATE
fs-BILL 692.
IF PASS
MEAN LAW CHANGE …
… REQUIRE DISABLED CHILDREN fs-ALL MUST MAINSTREAM
Quote+
fs-TOTAL-INCLUSION
Note to viewers that may seem good but it is not good for Deaf students.
Next time we meet we will discuss this topic more …
WE-2 VIDEO-CHAT AGAIN DISCUSS MORE WILL
Good job!
Take care, see you later.
Donations appreciated
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Donations very much appreciated:
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Vocabulary Expansion Series Lesson 43.
Want to order a USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL video instruction? (ASL 1, ASL 2, ASL 3, and ASL 4) for $79.95?
See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at:
lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm
For free ASL lessons check out:
lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
For a great “100 First ASL Signs” resource, see:
lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm
To learn basic fingerspelling see youtu.be/va1aAXpVr2w
Instructor Bio, see:
lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/instructor.htm
Take care and love to you all.
- Dr. Bill
:)
==========================
ASL American Sign Language Vocabulary Expansion Series (43)
Dr. Bill Vicars with Cäsar Jacobson
Intended audience: Students who have who have completed Level 2 or higher of the ASL University curriculum.
youtu.be/j9zcHohG4gQ
=============================
From the Powerpoint slides:
Dr. Bill
Vicars
&
Cäsar
Jacobson
Vocabulary
Expansion
Series
Lesson 43
ASL University
Lifeprint
.com
deconstruct
ANALYZE
string of text
select words
analyze each
Today let's de-construct
a public announce-ment
open to the public
=
GENERAL
ANNOUNCE
declare
proclaim
public announce-ment
culturally Hearing
words tumbling from the mouth
Hearing person
public school
=
HEARING-person
SCHOOL
placement
of
someone
or something
to a location or into a program
PLACE
or put someone into a public school
review
HEARING person
=
HEARING-culturally
=
person who talks
analyze
analysis
public annouce
-ment
SENATE
Legislature
or
LEGISLATOR
version 1
or
Legislature - person
elect = VOTE
elect = select
choose
pick
VOTE
or elect
versus
TEA general
version
But you may see people sign VOTE to mean tea.
will
FUTURE
PASS
SENATE
OWE
due
bill
debt
if you mean “bill”
as in legislation spell it
fs-BILL
PASS
PUBLIC SCHOOL
LAW
OWE
due
bill
debt
CHANGE modify adapt adjust
REQUIRE
insist mandatory
IF suppose
disabled disability =
fs-DA
CONVER-GENCE
two streams coming together
PLACE
or put someone into a public school
Place a Deaf (or disabled) child into
a public school =
MAIN-STREAM
REQUIRE
insist mandatory
WHEN?
question form
vs WHEN
state-ment
Sign this:
I don't know when.
WHEN
version 1 the time
WHEN
version 2 happen or occur
restriction restricted restrictive = LIMIT version 1 version 2
HAPPEN
occur
take place
HEARING physical vs HEARING person cultural hearing non-Deaf
admini-strator
= MANAGE-PERSON
admini-strator
version 2
executive
supersede
higher-up-status
When non-Deaf Administrators
=
HAPPEN HEARING ADMINISTRATORS
SAY
SAY vs TELL-you
HAPPEN HEARING ADMIN SAY
fs-INCLUSION
…
THEY MEAN MAIN-STREAM
Part 1:
SB 692 will require total inclusion for all children with disabilities
SENATE
fs-BILL 692
LEGISLATOR
WILL VOTE.
IF PASS
MEAN LAW CHANGE …
… REQUIRE DISABLED CHILDREN fs-ALL MUST MAINSTREAM
Quote+
fs-TOTAL-INCLUSION
Note: Main-streaming
is not the least restrictive environment for Deaf students…
I’ll sign this next slide then your turn.
INFORM-you MAIN-STREAM
NOT EQUAL LRE
FOR DEAF STUDENT
SPECIAL
unique
Education
2h version
1h version
Special
Education
LOCAL
location (nonspecific)
AREA
there-abouts
that location
AREA
non-specific
initialized version
AREA
versus
AGENCY
AGENCY
ORGANIZATION
DEPART
-MENT
DEPART
-MENT
version 1
version 2
= fs-DEPT
DEPART
-MENT
can mean DISTRICT
PLAN
prepare
(single movement version)
county
version 1
spell it:
fs-COUNTY
county
version 2
Use the sign COUNTRY
noninitialized
Requires context!
BOX
=
ROOM uninitialized
OFFICE
There is no consistency in the sign for
OFFICE
OFFICE
doesn’t mean
official …
official
FORMAL dignified polite
official
ESTABLISH
set-up
founded
an official:
BOSS person in charge
an official:
person in elevated position of authority
Officer of a company
vs
officer of the law
SELPA:
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
County Offices of Education
LOCAL
Education AGENCIES
Review
SCHOOL DISTRICT
COUNTY
version 1 version 2
AGENCY
FORMAL
dignified
polite
MAIN-STREAMED
ESTABLISH
AREA
non-specific
initialized version
Review
AREA
there-abouts
that location
REQUIRE
INSIST
I’ll sign then it is your turn…
LEGISLATOR
WILL VOTE SENATE
fs-BILL 692.
IF PASS
MEAN LAW CHANGE …
… REQUIRE DISABLED CHILDREN fs-ALL MUST MAINSTREAM
Quote+
fs-TOTAL-INCLUSION
Note to viewers that may seem good but it is not good for Deaf students.
Next time we meet we will discuss this topic more …
WE-2 VIDEO-CHAT AGAIN DISCUSS MORE WILL
Good job!
Take care, see you later.
Donations appreciated
Lifeprint.com/donate







![ASL for Families of Deaf kids (03)
Donations very much appreciated:
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Special thanks to student Assistant: Marly
William G. Vicars, Ed.D., (a.k.a. Dr. Bill of ASL University) is a former full-time, tenured, full-professor, and researcher at Sacramento State University where he served as coordinator of the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies bachelor degree program. He is Deaf. He holds an earned doctorate in Deaf Studies / Deaf Education from Lamar University in Texas, and has over 30 years of experience instructing and providing workshops in a wide variety of settings including internationally (Singapore, Guyana, etc.) in-person and online. He is the director of Lifeprint.com one of the worlds most popular web destinations for learning about sign language and Deaf people. Through his YouTube channel at https://YouTube.com/@sign-language he shares ASL instruction with over 500,000 subscribers. He is married to Deaf Culture researcher and pundit Bee Vicars, MFA, who is also Deaf. They have four children, one of whom is Deaf/hh.
Want to order a USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL video instruction? (ASL 1, ASL 2, ASL 3, and ASL 4) for $79.95?
See SuperUSB in the ASLUniversity bookstore at:
https://lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm
For free ASL lessons check out:
https://lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
For a great “100 First ASL Signs” resource, see:
http://lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm
To learn basic fingerspelling see https://youtu.be/va1aAXpVr2w
Instructor Bio, see:
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/instructor.htm
Take care and love to you all.
- Dr. Bill
:)
ASL for Families of Deaf kids (03)
Signing Practice: Questions:
Are you cold? (YOU COLD YOU?)
Where are the diapers? (DIAPER WHERE?)
Do you like cold water? (YOU LIKE COLD WATER?)
Are you finished in the bath? (BATH FINISH YOU?)
Do you need a diaper change? (YOU NEED DIAPER CHANGE?)
Do you have a dirty diaper? (YOU DIAPER DIRTY?)
Are you crying? (YOU CRY?)
Do you want to drink water? (YOU WANT DRINK WATER?)
Is the bath water hot? (BATH WATER HOT?)
Do you want a cracker? (YOU WANT CRACKER?)
Signing Practice: Statements:
You need your diaper changed. (YOU NEED DIAPER CHANGE.)
I want a cracker. (I WANT CRACKER.)
Thank you! (THANK-YOU.)
He is crying. (HE / SHE CRY.)
The bath water is cold! (BATH WATER COLD!)
Thats hot! (IX-[object] HOT!)
Come here please. (COME-here PLEASE.)
Can I have a cracker please! (CRACKER PLEASE!)
The bath water is dirty! (BATH WATER DIRTY!)
Your diaper has been changed! (DIAPER CHANGE FINISH!)
Vocabulary: change, cracker, cry, diaper, dirty, hot, cold, like, please, thank you, water ...
Dr. Bill Vicars with Student Assistant Marly
ASL University at Lifeprint(dot)com
https://youtu.be/lYqeIetUNZY ASL for Families of Deaf kids (03)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lYqeIetUNZY/mqdefault.jpg)


