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Special thanks to student Assistant: "Cassie"
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 world's most popular web destinations for learning about sign language and Deaf people. Through his YouTube channel at 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.
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: Listing an increasing number of items:
Question: A student asks:
Dear Dr. Bill,
Suppose I'm listing 2 items. I'll hold up a 2 and tap the tip of the first finger and name the first item and then tap the second finger and name the second item but then I remember a 3rd thing!
I put my thumb out -- but I don't know which finger to touch!?
The thumb?"
Suppose I think of a 4th thing. Do I hold up 4 and touch my pinky?
Thanks,
░░░░░░ (name omitted for privacy)
Response:
I responded to the student and proceeded to make a video showing some approaches to listing.
This video discusses:
How might we do the sign for list when discussing lists intended for public dissemination or display?
Using the non-initialized version of some signs requires what?
What is a benefit of initialized versions of certain signs?
What are some ways to sign OCCUR?
Which five colors occur the most often in English Language (Based on the Google Books corpus: 2022)
What if I've listed four items and then I think of a 5th item? Which finger do I touch?
Suppose you have listed five items and you then want to list more items?
What colors are most popular? (Not which occur most frequently in language -- but rather which colors do people like the most?)
This video covers vocabulary and sentences such as:
HAPPEN
HAVE
HIT, impact
LANGUAGE
LIST
MOST
OFTEN
SHOW-UP, pop up
WHICH
IX-me HAVE FOOD LIST (I have a grocery list.)
HAPPEN YOU GO FOOD STORE, YOU USE LIST? (Do you use a list when you go to the grocery store?)
Plus the video makes a pretty good review of the signs for colors: black, blue, brown, gray, green, orange, purple, red , white, and yellow.
==========================
Listing in ASL
ASL University at Lifeprint(dot)com
youtu.be/q2zmnSmh92A
=============================
Donations very much appreciated:
paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
Or, if you prefer "Cash App" you can use: cash.me/$Lifeprint
Or use Patreon at patreon.com/ASLU
Special thanks to student Assistant: "Cassie"
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 world's most popular web destinations for learning about sign language and Deaf people. Through his YouTube channel at 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.
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: Listing an increasing number of items:
Question: A student asks:
Dear Dr. Bill,
Suppose I'm listing 2 items. I'll hold up a 2 and tap the tip of the first finger and name the first item and then tap the second finger and name the second item but then I remember a 3rd thing!
I put my thumb out -- but I don't know which finger to touch!?
The thumb?"
Suppose I think of a 4th thing. Do I hold up 4 and touch my pinky?
Thanks,
░░░░░░ (name omitted for privacy)
Response:
I responded to the student and proceeded to make a video showing some approaches to listing.
This video discusses:
How might we do the sign for list when discussing lists intended for public dissemination or display?
Using the non-initialized version of some signs requires what?
What is a benefit of initialized versions of certain signs?
What are some ways to sign OCCUR?
Which five colors occur the most often in English Language (Based on the Google Books corpus: 2022)
What if I've listed four items and then I think of a 5th item? Which finger do I touch?
Suppose you have listed five items and you then want to list more items?
What colors are most popular? (Not which occur most frequently in language -- but rather which colors do people like the most?)
This video covers vocabulary and sentences such as:
HAPPEN
HAVE
HIT, impact
LANGUAGE
LIST
MOST
OFTEN
SHOW-UP, pop up
WHICH
IX-me HAVE FOOD LIST (I have a grocery list.)
HAPPEN YOU GO FOOD STORE, YOU USE LIST? (Do you use a list when you go to the grocery store?)
Plus the video makes a pretty good review of the signs for colors: black, blue, brown, gray, green, orange, purple, red , white, and yellow.
==========================
Listing in ASL
ASL University at Lifeprint(dot)com
youtu.be/q2zmnSmh92A
=============================
