Deaf clubs have historically acted as vital social clubs for deaf and hard of hearing individuals to not only find community during the oralist and other discriminatory movements but to advocate for their community. Oralism promoted speech and lip-re
Read more…Below is my podcast interview with my language learning partner.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hwkIq8MEsd4abqzN0eQU2UkyuPSLi5rF/view?usp=sharing
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William Stokoe played a transformative role in the recognition of ASL as its own independent language as, before his research, ASL was regarded as a mere pictorial version of English. While teaching at Gallaudet University, the world’s leading univer
Read more…ASL has recently become, for lack of a better term, more "mainstream," and this increased visbility has allowed me to engage with the language in innovative and exciting ways. One of the most intersing ways I've been able to do this is through TikTok
Read more…My language learning parnter regularly incorporates videos into our lessons to not only expose me to a variety of signers, but also to visually illustrate the specific grammar or vocabulary we are currently working and how it appears in "everyday" si
Read more…My last few lessons with my language learnig partner emphasized the importance of "role-shifiting" in ASL, or the practice of adopting the persona of the persona ad physical demeanor of an individual during conversation. So, using the vocbularly I've
Read more…So far this month, my Language Learning Partner, Kimmi Kraus, and I have continued to deepen my understanding of ASL by exploring several different linguistic as well as cultural concepts. These concepts included classifiers, noun-verb pairs, tempora
Read more…In February my Language Learning Partner and I conquered the more grammatical and morphological components of American Sign Language (ASL) while continuing to expand my vocabulary and overall confidence signing, a phase that was particularly meaningf
Read more…If I received a research grant to conduct a linguistic study focused on ASL, I would first establish strong connections with members of the Deaf community and relevant organizations. Building trust and ensuring ethical research practices would be ess
Read more…Languages go extinct, and die, when the number of native speakers becomes dangerously low and there is little to no written information documenting these languages to preserve its continuity. This can happen for a number of reasons, the economic nece
Read more…American sign language (ASL) is a daugther language of French sign language and, although it is mainly used in America, it is incredibly distinct from spoken English. Since ASL is not a spoken language, no sounds exemplify periods of contact with oth
Read more…The most interesting thing about learning ASL and about deaf/hard-of-hearing (HOH) culture to me is that like spoken languages, ASL has various dialects that vary across country and region. One of these dialects is the result of historical audism and
Read more…There is no phonetic inventory of ASL because it is an entirely signed and not spoken language. However while there are no sounds or tonal structures that exist only in ASL and not in English, there are certain signs or words that exist only in Engli
Read more…In ASL, two levels of the four-level langauge model are observable (ie. phonetics, phonology, grammar, and semantics) which are grammar and semantics. Though, I think phonology may be present in the language as well except, instead of particular soun
Read more…Attached is my learning plan (though it will change slightly as my language learning partner has also created a learning plan for me): ASL Learning Plan
I formatted it similarly to my past syllabi for language learnign classes, as I'm a person who nee
Read more…Figuring Foreginers Out was an interesting read, especially the sections on monochronic time and polychronic time and high and low context communication. While I don't have much experience with the former, as a writing consultant in the Academic Skil
Read more…I just finished my first ASL lesson with Kimmi Kraus on iTalki. Immediately it was clear she has been teaching ASL for years, as we spent the first 30 minutes of our lesson creating a collaborative lesson plan and organizing the structure of our futu
Read more…The first reading, How the Brain Handles Language was dense and difficult to understand at some points. However, it was the more interesting reading for me as I have very little background or understanding of the biological function of language learn
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