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/VHS is for you.
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Pursuit of ASL: Interesting Facts Using Classifiers* |
DVD/VHS, 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/VHS 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.
The DVD/VHS is an excellent resource 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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