Pursuit of ASL: Interesting Facts Using Numbers*
ASL has far more numbering systems than does English. Angela Petrone Stratiy, an eloquent native signer, presents 35 short passages incorporating ASL numbers within a wide variety of contexts. The passages include the use of cardinal and ordinal numbers as well as numbers applied to height, sports, distance, dates, money, and more.
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Pursuit of ASL: Interesting Facts Using Numbers*
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DVD, |
Topics include:
• How do address systems differ?
• What if Barbie was a real woman?
• How do you calculate exchange rates?
• What is the secret of the nine times table?
• How do you make butter tarts?
• How cold can it get?
Pursuit of ASL: Interesting Facts Using Classifiers*
Are you articulate when you use classifiers in ASL? Do you understand the message when someone else uses classifiers? If you are interested in enhancing your skills in this area, the following DVD is for you.
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Pursuit of ASL: Interesting Facts Using Classifiers* |
DVD, 60 minutes, ASL only, no spoken English |
Classifiers are challenging to use well and to understand, regardless of one's experience. Angela Petrone Stratiy, an eloquent native signer, presents 35 short passages incorporating classifiers in a range of contexts.
This DVD presents 35 passages chosen to illustrate a wide variety of classifier use. Topics include:
• Why do we get dizzy?
• How do bruises form?
• How does the magician saw the woman in half?
• How was Velcro invented?
• How do light bulbs work?
• How do keys open locks?
• How do octopi protect themselves?
• How to hang pictures evenly.
These two DVDs are excellent resources to use with the two interpretation textbooks:
* Interpretation Skills: English to American Sign Language
* Interpretation Skills: American Sign Language to English
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