AW: [sw-l] Fwd: [DEAF] Without ASL, English is IMPOSSIBLE!

Adam Frost icemandeaf at GMAIL.COM
Mon Oct 12 19:25:50 UTC 2009


Here is the translation of the YouTube "ZURFER: Without ASL, English  
is I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E!"

--Adam

"Without ASL, English is I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E!"

Hello, how is everyone doing? Good.

Let me tell you a little about myself first. My names is James  
Kittell. I am the owner of ASLMedia. And as you may or not know,  
ASLMedia runs the ASLExpo.

"ASLE"

I know that you might be thinking what ASLE stands for. ASLE means ASL  
towards English. In response to SEE (Signing Exact English), we have  
created ASLE. But what exactly is ASLE you ask? It is signing in ASL  
to fit with English. We purpose the use of ASLE to deaf children in  
schools as well as deaf people outside of the school because of the  
struggles with English competency in writing. We will explain the  
principles of basic English. By doing so, the deaf individual will  
have a clear understanding of English. For example, when a teacher is  
teaching the sentence "A ball is rolling," most deaf individuals will  
still struggle with that simple sentence even with 18 years of  
schooling. This struggle will continue the rest of most of these deaf  
individuals' lives.

We here at ASLMedia have researched how to improve this situation. One  
thing that we noticed was that deaf people in general are very skilled  
in manual labor such as mechanics or sewing. When we looked into why  
this is the case, we found that deaf people learned these trades by  
someone visually showing and explaining how to perform the tasks. The  
visual component is a very important aspect of this process. But when  
teaching English, too often the teachers will write the sentence on  
the board and sign in an MCE such as SEE, Total Communication, PSE, or  
even cued speech to explain the sentence. The deaf student is left to  
confusion as to what the meaning of the sentence, "A ball is rolling."  
This is because there is no visual component to the explanation during  
any of the 18 years of schooling, or any other time for that matter.  
When you see what ASLE is, you will wished that you were taught this  
back in elementary.

In schools across the nation today, most refuse to use ASL in their  
instructions. They feel that the use of an MCE is far superior, but  
this leaves most deaf people incompetent in reading and writing  
English. Don't think that it is their fault because it is not. The  
teachers are left without proper resources on how to teach English  
through ASL to help the deaf student understand the basics while they  
are still in elementary school. If they did, we wouldn't see this  
epidemic that we have of with the deaf and English.

Now, ASLE was supposed to be unveiled at the ASLExpo, but we were  
forced to hold off due to the lack of sponsors. So I will demonstrate  
ASLE to you here. It won't take that long. After 30 seconds at the  
most, you (as the deaf individual) will be saying to yourself that  
this isn't hard at all. You will finally feel that you can build up to  
reading anything in English. I will give your a taste in this Vlog  
now, but I will continue to post most in the future. In exchange, I  
would like for you to call for sponsors and help ASLE be presented at  
the future ASLExpo to get the word out there to deaf people, so that  
they can finally realize that they can develop their English literacy  
skill within a few short months. The way that ASLE will do this is  
with a DVD that will teach basic English skills in very little time at  
all. That time can be within the 1 to 3 month range very easily  
depending on the motivation. So, are you ready?

Here is a ball to demonstrate the sentence "A ball is rolling." Now  
the sentence says "is" and"-ing". (Rolls ball back and forth a couple  
times.) When the ball is rolling, the action is suffixed with -ing. It  
is always when something is in the process of moving that the affix - 
ing is used. Always!

This and that. What is the difference between the two? (Points to a  
book) Here is a book that is close to me. When referring to it, we use  
"this". (Pushes book away) When it is away from me, we use "that".  
(Brings book back) When the book is close like so, the sentence "This  
is my book," uses the word "this". (Pushes book away) When the book is  
far, or taken away, "That is my book," uses "that". Get it?

Now I will explain the difference between these and those. Remember  
how this and that was with only one book. Now I have here more than  
one book. (Brings a stack of three books into view) When the books are  
close, we use the word "these" to say, "These are my books." (Pushes  
books away) When far away, we use "those" for the sentence, "Those are  
my books." So when someone takes your books and you say, "those are my  
books," you use the word "those". So "these" is for things close, and  
"those" is for things far. Remember that  "these" and "those" are only  
used with multiple things, at least two.

Many and much. What is the difference between "many" and "much"?  
Notice when I sign "many" that I am throwing my fingers open as if to  
count. But when I sign "much", I am only showing the overall size of  
the unit. So when using "many", it means that you can count the  
objects. But when using "much" it is impossible to count. For example,  
when there are many cars, you could count each car individually but  
don't for the sake of time. The same could be said with children,  
"many children". If I were to ask you, "how many children were there?"  
you could count and answer that there were a specific number such as  
400 children. Now with "much", let's say that we had too much milk. We  
wouldn't be able to grab a microscope and count each particle of milk  
since it would be well into the millions range. Or let's say we went  
to the beach and tried to count all the sand particles. It would be  
impossible to answer the question of how many sand particles because  
there are just too many, so the question would have to be how much  
sand. The same could be said with the water in the ocean. Air is in  
the same category. You wouldn't be able to grab a microscope and count  
till the end of time. So air, water, sand, sugar, honey, coffee, and  
milk are used with "much". So, "many" is when you could count  
everything, but don't just to be quick. "much" is when there would be  
no way that you could count everything.

Well, you have just seen 4 different lessons. They weren't that long  
at all. You have seen ASLE. I didn't use SEE, speech (oral), Total  
Communication, or PSE. I used ASL to teach English. I am sure that you  
were able to understand everything very clearly. I will be posting  
more Vlog with lessons teaching English like these. They are all very  
fast and simple, and in exchange I am asking for your help in getting  
sponsors so that we can give DVDs out at the next ASLExpo. There are 3  
DVDs that have 78 lessons, but the total play time is not 78 hours. It  
is only 4 1/2 hours! Each lesson is very short. You will be able to  
play through each lesson from beginning to end, and your writing will  
greatly improve because you understand basic rules of English and not  
rote memorizations.

"Please leave a comment here on YouTube and show this to your friends  
and relatives. That you for your support! www.aslexpo.com www.aslmedia.com 
"

On Oct 11, 2009, at 11:55 PM, Anne-Claude Prélaz Girod wrote:

> same problem with me.....
>
> Anny
> Le 12 oct. 09 à 08:46, Stefan Wöhrmann a écrit :
>
>> Hi Valerie and listmembers,
>> unfortunately I cannot understand what he is talking/signing about.
>> Is there anywhere a short translation?
>> I can imagine that it has something to do with my favourite concept  
>> of teaching deaf children. Bilingual including SignWriting and the  
>> written form of the spoken language – smile.
>>
>> Stefan ;-)
>>
>> Von: sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu [mailto:sw-l-bounces at majordomo.valenciacc.edu 
>> ] Im Auftrag von Valerie Sutton
>> Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. Oktober 2009 17:08
>> An: SignWriting List
>> Cc: lagunazurfer at gmail.com
>> Betreff: [sw-l] Fwd: [DEAF] Without ASL, English is IMPOSSIBLE!
>>
>> SignWriting List
>> October 11, 2009
>>
>> Dear SW List Members...
>>
>> I received this message this morning. Interesting video...
>>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> Without ASL, English is I-M-P-O-S-S-I-B-L-E!
>> Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veTHjmk3bx8
>>
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