Hearing Aid

Deaf Aid

Heh ;-)

A hash mark # in front of a sign means to use

lexicalized fingerspelling. That

means mutated spelling that now looks like a

sign instead of individual letters.

1. YOUR MONEY,

YOU KEEP #BANK?

How do you sign:

STUDENT COLLEGE

2. WHY COLLEGE STUDENT ALWAYS BROKE-

(financially)?

How do you sign:

CAN / ABLE BUSINESS

Manage

Administer

Reign

Control

3. BUSINESS, CAN YOU MANAGE?

How do you sign:

TOMORROW VS DAILY

4. TOMORROW, YOU #BUSY?

Note: if you see a # symbol in a sign language text, it indicates lexicalization of

spelling.

5. WHAT COST CENT-25?

When signing “cent amounts,” do the “cents” part of the sign first.

COST / fine / fee / tax / surchage

How do you sign:

EARN DOLLARs

Use twist for 1 thru 9:$1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9

Use “DOLLAR” sign for:

$10 $11 $12 …

For the concept “more than” You can sign MOREYou can sign THAN

or you can use the combined sign “MORE-THAN”

6. YOU EARN MORE THAN 10 DOLLAR HOUR?

[“more than” can be shown with two signs or just “one

combined sign”]

Note: We sometimes fingerspell the concept of “early” using a lexicalized

version.

1. EARLY (normal)2. #EARLY Lexicalized

7. YOU LIKE GO CLASS EARLY?

How do you sign:

GOVERNMENT

PAY

8. YOU THINK GOVERNMENT PAY GOOD?

Vocational Rehabilitation (a govt. agency generally pays for deaf students to attend

college.

How do you sign:

SAFEFREE

INDEPENDENTLIBERAL

9. CAN DEAF GO COLLEGE FREE?

A “classifier” is a type of sign that shows a general

category of shape or function.

For example, a CL:C can show a cup.

A modified CL:C (index and thumb) can show a large

COIN. A CL:F can show a quarter or

button.

Often when signing ASL we will ask if the person is

familiar with a topic…then we will go on with our sentence.

We do this by raising our eyebrows and signing things

like: KNOW, REMEMBER, HEARD, SEE BEFORE…

10. KNOW+ SILVER DOLLAR CL:C-(index and

thumb)?[response = yes], YOU

HAVE?

(Are you familiar with “silver dollars? Do you have one?)

(review…)

#BUSY?

WHAT

A-B-C-FINGERSPELL,

ALWAYS

and

BROKE-(financially)?

BUY

CAN

CENT-25?

WHY

CL:C-(index-thumb)

COLLEGE

COST

DEAF

DOLLAR

FAVORITE

FREE

EVERYDAY

GO

BUSINESS,

HAVE?

SHOW-me

HOW-MANY

LETTER-(alphabet)

LETTER-(mail)

MANAGE?

CAN

OLD

POP?

HOW-MANY

RETIRE?

KNOW

TOMORROW,

SILVER

STUDENT

WANT

YOU

YOUR

Practice Sheet 22.C

Many Deaf Subscribe to "Supplemental Security Income" (SSI) which is a form of government support.  The sign for "receive SSI" is the same as the sign for "subscribe/subscription."  It means "to get regularly."  It can also be interpreted as "being on the dole." Why subscribe? Because they can’t find a job.

11.  WHY MANY DEAF SUBSCRIBE-(SSI)? [Supplemental Security Income]

DOLLAREARNMORE-THAN

12.  YOU EARN MORE THAN 10 DOLLAR HOUR?

FINISHREGISTER or SIGNATUREREGISTER version 2next-YEAR vs YEAR-formal YEAR-casual

13.  YOU FINISH REGISTER SCHOOL NEXT YEAR?

TRUE=actual, real, sure…FAVORITE = “prefer”COMPUTER 1 2 3

14.  YOU GO BANK, YOU PREFER COMPUTER O-R TRUE PERSON TELLER-fs

SELF can mean “your own”BOX can mean ROOMROOM initialized with “O” = “OFFICE

15.  YOU HAVE your-SELF OFFICE?

Practice Sheet 22.D

# EARLY VS EARLY

16.  YOU LIKE GO CLASS EARLY?

GOVERNMENTFEDERALPOLITICSPAY“Do you think…?”

17.  YOU THINK GOVERNMENT PAY GOOD?

MOM DAD = “parents”NICE NICE = “clean up”FOR vs CENT vs SMART

18.  YOU THINK PARENT SHOULD PAY CHILDREN FOR CLEAN+ BEDROOM?

MOM vs GRANDMASEND 1 2 MONEY VS DOLLARS

19.  YOUR GRANDMA SEND MONEY?

KEEP VS TAKE-CARE OF (version 1) TAKE-CARE OF (version 2)

The alphabet = “abc spell”alphabet letterspell that

20.  A-B-C-FINGERSPELL, HOW-MANY LETTER HAVE?