Please send me a direct message to set up a course! Typically Monday evenings, Tuesday afternoons, and Wednesday afternoons EST. However, my availability is pretty flexible. If these days/timeframes do not work for you, please send me a message with your desired day and time, and I will do my best to work with you!

ASL Level 1 is an exciting and interactive class for beginner students who want to learn American Sign Language at a high school level! 

Schedule

Week 1: Introductions, Alphabet and Numbers

Week 2: Colors, Animals, and the Proper Order of Description

Week 3: Food, Money, and Conversational Shopping

Week 4: Time and Question Words, ASL Grammar, Translating

Week 5: Family, Pronouns, and Topics

Week 6:  Emotions and Proper Facial Expressions

Week 7: Clothes, Patterns, and the Order of Description

Week 8: Body Parts, Health, and Emergency

Week 9: Locations and Prepositions

Week 10: Midterm

Week 11: Weather, Translating

Week 12: Days, Months, Years, Seasons

Week 13: Holidays

Week 14: Furniture, Rooms, Prepositions

Week 15: Farm Life

Week 16: Ocean and Vacation Topics

Week 17: States and Provinces

Week 18: Classifiers 

Week 19: Conversation Starters and Requests

Week 20: Final Exam

Additional Info

During this course, the students will learn several hundred new vocabulary signs, increase their fluency with conversational skills, advance their ASL grammar, emerge themselves in Deaf culture and signing, and expand their fluency. We will learn through activities, games, demonstration, and lots of practice! 

I will provide quizzes, class assignments, a midterm, final exam, class certificates, and a final grade. The grade will be based off of an accumulation of quiz, test, and assignments results, as well as class participation. We will be covering vocabulary, grammar, conversational skills, and Deaf culture during each lesson. This course will be tons of fun!! The students will also be asked to complete three ASL class assignments throughout the school year. These include ASL Hand Art , 5 Parameters, and Martha's Vineyard, details of these projects will be presented in the class syllabus and the students will be given specific instructions in class. These assignments are really fun and will expand your students ASL skills.

No previous knowledge of ASL is needed! I am looking forward to learning, laughing, and signing with your students soon!!

Class policy 

Each student must have a camera on during this so that I can help them with the correct hand-forms and locations, this is an essential part of learning in this course. Student's will also be engaging and practicing their ASL signs with conversations and their hands must be seen for this. If the student does not want their face seen, they may angle the camera to only show their hands. 

Teacher Expertise

I have been fluent in American Sign Language (ASL) for 10 years and have studied the language for 16 years. I took courses at Gallaudet University, have my double certificate in ASL from International Open Academy, and am heavily involved in the Deaf community in my area. I love children, ASL, and reading! I am excited to expand my knowledge to your children through this exciting  course!

Payment:

Price of class is in USD, if you live outside of the United States you will need to send appropriate price of class that covers the USD price. Here is a currency converter to determine how much the price will be in your currency: https://www.oanda.com/currency-converter/en/?from=EUR&to=USD&amount=1

There are many benefits to learning Sign Language! One is to help bridge the communication gap. Often times, individuals with neurodivergent differences struggle with communication. In some instances are non-verbal. This experience for a child can bring much frustration or behavioral difficulties due to the lack of communication skills. Teaching American Sign Language (ASL) can help bridge the gap of communication skills and improve the overall happiness that families experience because they are able to communicate more effectively. 

Students without such severe neurodivergence difference can also benefit greatly! Having a different form of communication, other than speaking, for anxiety is extremely beneficial. Students with anxiety often struggle with communicating their feelings when they are in an uncomfortable situation. Having a different way to communicate their feelings to loved ones is highly beneficial. 

ASL is an incredible language for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia as well. The language is a visual and gestural language which makes learning a second language much easier than spoken languages for students with these difficulties. 

Learning ASL helps develop confidence. The ability to communicate wants and needs even on a basic level helps to contribute to learners having more self-confidence. Sign Language is not the only way to build self-confidence, but it is definitely a great option! 

Another notable benefit is helping the learner to build independence. As teachers and parents we always want our children and students to be as independent as possible as they navigate their way through life being independent and able to communicate basic wants and needs. 

In summary, ASL helps bridge communication gaps, is a visual and gestural language which is beneficial for students who struggle with reading, writing, and spoken languages, it helps develop confidence, and builds independence.

Resource: www.sign-tribe.com