UNIT ONE Welcome!

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Unit One Objectives To learn proper greetings and farewells in ASL To introduce yourself and others To learn basic ASL sentence structure To ask and answer questions To learn how to interact appropriately with Deaf people To learn the role of facial expressions and non-manual signalsUNIT ONEWelcome! 2UNIT ONE Welcome! Unit One Vocabularyto beAbsent . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Afternoon . . . . . . . . . . . .7Again, repeat . . . . . . . .17American SignLanguage . . . . . . . . . . .17Bathroom . . . . . . . . . . .17Blank face . . . . . . . . . . .26to beBored . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26to beBusy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Can, may.

She wants to teach Deaf children after college. A pet peeve? When hearing people say, “I’ll tell you later” or “It’s not important.” Kris is a university student studying government and law whose siblings, parents, and grandparents are all Deaf. An avid athlete, she loves to snowboard, ski, and play tennis. When she …

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