Villanova ASL Club!

Meetings

•Meetings will be held on the FIRST and THIRD Wednesday of every month at 9pm

•Focus on practicing signing, learning about Deaf culture, and other activities

•Some cool things from last year: advocacy week, movie night, signing a song with Minor Problem

Club Mission

•This club is focused on language and learning about Deaf culture

•The American Sign Language Club is a group of students dedicated to learning ASL and appreciating Deaf culture

•Deaf versus deaf▫Deaf refers to a self defined cultural group;

not viewed as a disability▫deaf refers to the condition of not being

able to hear

A Brief History of ASL

•Deaf education was introduced to America in 1814

•Galladuet and Clerc formed a school together in America; later in 1864 the first University for the deaf opened

•Sign language was used in America before the first school was set up, but it was not nearly as popularized

Different Types of Sign Language• SEE (signing exact English) – the goal of this is to

exactly replicate English vocabulary and grammar ▫ often modifies ASL handshapes to incorporate the

handshape used for the first letter of the English word that the SEE sign represents

• Pidgin – a combination of English and ASL; a pidgin is a language which develops naturally when people who do not know each other's language wish to communicate with each other

• Signed languages of other countries – there are different types of signed language from all over the world; ASL is just one of many types

Deaf Etiquette Appropriate Terms Poor Terms

• Deaf• Hard of hearing

• Deaf-mute • Hearing impaired

Some Signs About Hearing StatusHearing Deaf Hard of Hearing

ASL Alphabet

Common Greetings• Hello • Goodbye

More Common Greetings• My name is • How are you?

• http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/phrases.cgi

Useful Little Words• Good • Bad

More Useful Little Words • Fine • Happy

And Some More Useful Little Words• Please • Thank you

Last Slide of Some Useful Little Words

• Yes • No