ASL 1 Class Packet - Bakersfield College

Videotape Final Project
Your final project is an opportunity for you to demonstrate what you’ve learned about how to communicate
in American Sign Language in your first semester course. With a partner, you will engage in a brief
dialogue ( approximately 3 minutes in length) in which you discuss the following:
• Introductions (full name; ask how old, give age; ask if student? Where? Studying what?)
• Exchange personal information (married or single AND where you live OR work OR hobbies;
talk about yourself)
• Ask partner about his/her family
• Tell about family members (parents or grandparents, siblings or cousins or friends)
o use fingerspelling for names
o use numbers on non-dominant hand, or space, for family order
o comment on issue/situation between two family members using space, verb agreement,
and a specific day and time.
• Make a request for directions (in this building)
• Give true, accurate directions (use real-world orientation, NMs and appropriate limb-extension)
• Repeat the directions
• Give appropriate goodbyes (“Informed” pg. 59); take your leave
Requirements:
1. Select a partner you’re comfortable signing with, someone who is reliable and dependable. Exchange
email addresses and phone numbers.
2. I expect you to fingerspell (names, places, titles) but do not fingerspell a term for which you should
know a sign.
3. Incorporate numbers into your signing (age, address, ordinal numbers, etc.)
4. Be sure to think about non-manuals (raised eyebrows, puffed cheeks, etc.) for questions, topic markers,
rhetoricals, etc.; in addition, use mime, gesture, space, to convey your story.
My date is:
My time is:
Grading Criteria:
1. ASL grammatical structure, syntax, and conceptual accuracy.
2. clarity and accuracy of sign production
3. correct use of space (spatialization)
4. eye contact (with your partner)
5. non-manuals, body language, use of gesture
6. preparation and creativity
*Videotaping takes place on a scheduled basis during the final week of classes. Make-ups are not possible.
Make certain you keep your scheduled appointment.
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