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ASL Immersion Weekend
2002
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Who
is this year's Workshop presenter?
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This year’s presentation will cover four topics pertaining to American Sign Language. LEXICALIZED FINGERSPELLING will teach participants the processes involved in lexicalized fingerspelling and offer techniques for participants to improve fingerspelling production. With CLASSIFER PREDICATES, participants will learn about the roots in classifier predicates and how to sign classifiers in a variety of ways. ENGLISH IDIOMS WITH ASL TRANSLATIONS will show weekenders possible ways to take English idioms and produce them into equivalent ASL sentences. “Correct” translations depend on many things—context, setting, intent, etc.—so Edna’s examples will only give possible interpretations. Finally, COUNTRY SIGNS: THEN AND NOW will show ASL standard signs for countries around the world, and how signers native to those countries produce their country’s name sign. ASL Immersion Weekend 2002 is open to anyone interested in American Sign Language. This includes students of ITPs and sign language programs, interpreters, families and friends of D/deaf or hard of hearing individuals, and special education teachers. Edna's workshop, as well as your interaction with other participants throughout the weekend, will offer plenty of opportunities to improve your receptive and expressive skills in a relaxing retreat environment. Through exposure, participants will also gain a deeper understanding of Deaf Culture and the Deaf community's language: ASL. The Immersion Weekend will be conducted using visual communication; participants will not use their voices.
Edna will share stories with us during storytelling on Saturday night
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