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Vocabulary Expansion Series Lesson 52.
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ASL American Sign Language Vocabulary Expansion Series (52)
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/jKFHLAYG2Rw
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Vocabulary and topics covered in this video:
phrasal verb: acting up
PROBLEM
HURT
SINCE, have been, up to now, so far
RECENT, lately
just started
My knee has been acting up.
MY KNEE HURT
MY KNEE PROBLEM
MY KNEE HARD WALK
BEHAVE initialized version / non-initialized version
TROUBLE
the little girl
The little girl has been acting up.
GIRL-SHORT
mischievous
GIRL-SHORT
BEHAVE BAD
GIRL-SHORT CAUSE TROUBLE
GUM = chewing gum
adhere = STICK-to
Gum adhered to the bottom of my shoe.
MY SHOE, GUM STUCK-to-bottom
RULE rules
adhere to = FOLLOW
He adhered to the rules.
AGAINST, sue, oppose
I’m against higher taxes.
ADVISE
advise against = WARN
advise against = ADVISE YOU NOT DO THAT
advise against = I THINK YOU SHOULD AVOID IT.
advise against = THUMB DOWN
deadline
mull over, think about
postpone = delay = put off till later
postpone version 2, put the whole thing off until later
WRONG error vs OOPS accidental MISTAKE
mishap = OOPS POPUP HAPPEN
You should allow for delays. (Many right ways to sign that.)
YOU SHOULD THINK-ABOUT WHAT MAYBE HAPPEN CAUSE POSTPONE.
PREPARE HOW?
YOU CAN EXTEND THE DEADLINE
READY version 1 version 2
You should allow for mishaps
MISTAKE PROBLEM MAYBE POPUP YOU SHOULD PLAN READY
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Vocabulary Expansion Series Lesson 52.
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 (52)
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/jKFHLAYG2Rw
=============================
Vocabulary and topics covered in this video:
phrasal verb: acting up
PROBLEM
HURT
SINCE, have been, up to now, so far
RECENT, lately
just started
My knee has been acting up.
MY KNEE HURT
MY KNEE PROBLEM
MY KNEE HARD WALK
BEHAVE initialized version / non-initialized version
TROUBLE
the little girl
The little girl has been acting up.
GIRL-SHORT
mischievous
GIRL-SHORT
BEHAVE BAD
GIRL-SHORT CAUSE TROUBLE
GUM = chewing gum
adhere = STICK-to
Gum adhered to the bottom of my shoe.
MY SHOE, GUM STUCK-to-bottom
RULE rules
adhere to = FOLLOW
He adhered to the rules.
AGAINST, sue, oppose
I’m against higher taxes.
ADVISE
advise against = WARN
advise against = ADVISE YOU NOT DO THAT
advise against = I THINK YOU SHOULD AVOID IT.
advise against = THUMB DOWN
deadline
mull over, think about
postpone = delay = put off till later
postpone version 2, put the whole thing off until later
WRONG error vs OOPS accidental MISTAKE
mishap = OOPS POPUP HAPPEN
You should allow for delays. (Many right ways to sign that.)
YOU SHOULD THINK-ABOUT WHAT MAYBE HAPPEN CAUSE POSTPONE.
PREPARE HOW?
YOU CAN EXTEND THE DEADLINE
READY version 1 version 2
You should allow for mishaps
MISTAKE PROBLEM MAYBE POPUP YOU SHOULD PLAN READY
Good job!
Take care, see you later!
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![ASL for Families of Deaf kids (03)
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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
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