Simultaneous Interpreting: Bullet-Proof Backpacks (Part 1)

A woman with light brown skin and dark brown long hair wearing a grey suit coat stands in front of a light grey background and speaks. Developed by ASL Flurry 

Competencies Addressed:

  • message coherence
  • depiction in ASL
  • Use of Classifiers
    • semantic classifiers (Taylor, 2017: 4.2)
    • descriptive classifiers (Taylor, 2017: 4.3)
    • locative classifiers (Taylor, 2017: 4.4)
    • body and body part classifiers (Taylor, 2017: 4.5)
    • instrument […]
2022-11-29T09:10:39-06:00December 3rd, 2018|

Learning about fingerspelling in “Meet Roberta Cordano, The First Female, Deaf President Of Gallaudet University”

Developed by Mark Halley

Competencies Addressed:  Fingerspelled Word Recognition

Time Required for Activity: 10 mins

Objective: 

To improve fingerspelling reception from an ASL text.

In this video, Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano is interviewed about being the president of Gallaudet University.

Prediction

You will watch a video in which Roberta “Bobbi” Cordano talks about being the president of Gallaudet University. President Cordano fingerspells many terms […]

2022-01-24T18:07:26-06:00October 20th, 2018|

Why Basketballl is the Best Sport in the World/Por qué el baloncesto es el mejor deporte del mundo

Translations/summaries are available below in both Spanish and English. These are designed as resources for working with the text in ASL.

Visual Description

A Black man with a flattop wears a white short-sleeve t-shirt and stands in front of a dark grey background. He narrates the entire story.  In the lower right corner of the video screen is a white CATIE Center logo. […]

2022-01-24T18:30:06-06:00September 6th, 2018|

Identifying Fingerspelling in “The NAD Responds to Charlottesville”

In this video, Howard Rosenblum, CEO of the National Association of the Deaf, speaks on behalf of the NAD in response to the violence in Charlottesville in August 2017.   You will predict, watch, and then review the fingerspelled words in the video.  

Activity developed by Mark Halley

Objective: To identify fingerspelling in an ASL text.

Competencies Addressed:  Fingerspelling

Time […]

2022-02-02T09:47:24-06:00September 20th, 2017|

Fingerspelled Word Recognition: Capitalizing on the Collectivist Culture of Deaf Community

Man with black hair and wearing blue shirt signs in front of purple backdropIdentify Fingerspelled Words in an Excerpt from

Capitalizing on the Collectivist Culture of Deaf Community

In this video, Fred Weiner shares his ideas about how to take advantage of collectivist culture in the Deaf community as part of a TEDxGallaudet Talk.  You can see the complete talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtYHvZ3Iaic.

Objective:

  • to […]
2022-02-02T09:52:29-06:00March 20th, 2017|
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