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This is how you sign Homework in American Sign Language.

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To sign "Homework" in American Sign Language (ASL), you are going to make an O handshape, put it next to your mouth and then bring it up on top of your cheek and whack your non-dominant hand just once.

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Sign #1 (1 of 1), sign instructions:.

This sign is done by signing "home" and then "work". However, in this instance "home" is signed by only pressing your hand on your face once instead of twice. After this, sign "work" by having your non-dominant hand in front of you with your palm orientation downward and your dominant hand tapping against your non-dominant hand 2 times.

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Paul Kelly, a nationally certified sign language interpreter and the founder of howdoyousign.com, has dedicated his career to bridging communication gaps through sign language. As a CODA (child of deaf adult), with deep personal and professional roots in the deaf community, Paul brings a unique blend of personal insight and professional expertise to his work.

His experiences range from legal to entertainment interpreting, including teaching sign language to celebrities like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. His passion for innovation is evident in the AI-driven features of this dictionary, aiming to make sign language more accessible for all.

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HOME: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "home"   The sign for "home" has a few different versions.  If you mean "home" as in "domicile" (or a fairly permanent residence) a fairly common version is made by bringing your fingers and thumb together and touching your cheek near the side of your mouth. Then move your hand an inch or two toward your ear and touch your cheek again.         HOME: "HOME" (animated gif)       Some people do the sign HOME starting near their EAR and moving near the MOUTH:   HOME-[ear-to-mouth-version] (animated gif)     There is another very common version of home that only makes "one" contact on the cheek. This version is done in the middle of the cheek (not near the mouth or ear) and typically shows up in  compound-signs such as "homework" or "homemade."  For example, see "homework" below.  Notice how it only contacts or comes near the cheek once and then moves straight into a single-contact version of work. HOMEWORK:   Animation: "homework"    HOMERUN: If you mean "home" as in "to score a homerun" un baseball, then just spell "HR" in an enthusiastic manner.     Notes:  If you do the sign HOME using a "D" handshape it means " dorm ." Also see: HOUSE Also see: HOMEWORK   Memory aid: Think of "home" as being the place where you eat and sleep . However note that the sign for home isn't done directly on the mouth.  Rather -- it is done on the cheek.   *  Want to help support ASL University?  It's easy :  DONATE   ( Thanks! ) *  Another way to help is to buy something from Dr. Bill's " Bookstore ." *  Want even more ASL resources?  Visit the " ASL Training Center ! "  (Subscription Extension of ASLU)   *  Also check out Dr. Bill's channel: www.youtube.com/billvicars   You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™  ASL resources by Lifeprint.com  ©  Dr. William Vicars   

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Learning strategies in sign language classroom

ASL instructors give their best shot to teach you well. In most cases, Deaf instructors are passionate about their own language and teaching. But, it's only a half way. The other half way is students' learning responsibilities.

Everyone has some different learning experiences and strategies that work for them. Find some learning tips below to attain your learning process and signing skills.

Not everyone, who wants to learn sign language, has the opportunity or convenience to language learning immersion in a Deaf community of the target language (e.g. American Sign Language). Language learning in a classroom is another common option.

Be an im-perfectionist

Language anxiety is common in language learning. Relax and make mistakes. Learning a new language guarantees mistakes, because you're making efforts, trying new sentence constructions with new vocabulary. It's safer to make experiments and mistakes in classes before you do your best on tests. Learning a new language is more about to be able to communicate than to make a perfect sentence.

If you know you make a mistake, simply self-correct it. It's more relaxing than trying to make a perfect sentence at once, which is more anxious. Once you feel comfortable with the skill of correcting yourself, you'd feel more relaxed and confident (then less mistakes follow).

Think in the target language

Instructors teach in the target language (ASL) through contextualized tasks and activities. Take the opportunities to interact with your ASL instructor who can offer you corrective feedback with your sign production ("pronunciation"), grammatical structure and more.

Think in concepts. Focus on the meaning of a word rather than word-for-word translation. Avoid word-for-word translation or English in your mind when signing ASL.

One of the students' strategies is to look at the sentence-level meaning first before scrutinizing the smaller components (word-level meanings) in the sentence.

Another student's tip is "When switching back to English for clarification is probably the worst. Stay immersed in ASL and learn those problem solving skills in ASL. Remain immersed in ASL because 1) you allow yourself to learn more, and 2) it is pretty hard to switch back and forth when you are learning."

Maximize your time to practice ASL in class. "Try my best to maintain a signing environment in and around class and on breaks." If you are in ASL 101, start practicing the habit now: think in ASL (or at least in concepts) from the start on.

Signing practice

Absorb whole information from signed words to grammar and non-manual grammar, and nuances and subtleties. Take notes of syntactic grammar, non-manual grammar, inflections, tones and variations from native ASL signers in various contexts.

Generally focus on signer's face, not hands. Develop your peripheral vision. Use a mirror to look at yourself when signing. Check your non-manual grammar, such as furrowed eyebrows for wh-questions and raised eyebrows for topicalization and yes/no questions.

Videotape yourself and look at your signing from a different perspective in time that you wouldn't be able to assess the same way with the mirror. The cool thing about this is that you can document your progress and compare your skills months later or even years later.

Commitment and attendance

Like for any second language courses (whether signed or spoken), regular attendance is crucial to learning language. Missing classes for the lessons' contextualized learning and human-to-human interactions would be a big loss.

Learning a set of vocabulary from the dictionary or online materials doesn't bring the same benefits as much as the environmental type of immersion. ASL classes are your best opportunities of building and developing the foundation of language in a formal setting. They teach you grammar, structure, contextual meanings, tips, ideas, and live feedback. So, commit to your attendance.

Reguarly practice signing by yourself or with your buddy team. You cannot crash-study ASL (same true for any language) for a test or exam.

Attendance is truly counted if listening is active and so is learning. You benefit from feedback that the instructor gives to other students in every class.

Ask a question. Ask for clarification if you don't understand the content or a new word. Or, ask to repeat if you miss a fingerspelled word. Negotiate meanings.

If you feel timid in class, you can ask questions during the signing exercises in pairs or groups. For broader questions, ask questions during the break, or after or before the class.

If you have a number of words to review, first try the ASL dictionary during your homework. When in doubt or for clarification, check with the instructor in your next class.

Note-taking

What I've observed over the years was that there is a strong correlation between learning results (marks) and students diligently writing notes. Notetaking is one of some active learning methods that helps keep your learning active.

Students may find note-taking in ASL classes a little challenge. So, how can you take notes and maintain paying your attention to the instructor? Find some strategies and the right time to write down notes.

Some instructors may provide prepared notes for you. Check your class's online materials reguarly for any handouts to download or print out before your next class. Bring the handouts to classes either in print or on your tablet or laptop. It's your responsibility to add any new information that your instructor provides in classes.

Do your homework the day before your next class so you know which is new information to write down and what is already in the textbook and/or eclass. If you have any questions, bring the notes to next class and ask the instructor your questions.

After your teacher's instructions and demos, write down the notes during the practice or exercise in pairs or trios. It's also a good time to ask the teacher questions, practice signing, etc.

If you must jot down while watching the teacher signing, quickly write a single word or brief notes and wait until a practice session starts and you can return to the notes to expand.

If you can type like a pro without looking at the keys, it's your advantage. You can type notes. But, make sure you do at the right time as the brain doesn't fully pay attention to two tasks at the time.

Extra practices

Outside classes, find the right resources and materials (developed by Deaf instructors) to learn more. Sign language materials including books, videos, and online materials can be also a useful resource.

Try practicing sign language with a classmate via webcam or phone.

Or participate in a sign language club if offered at your post-secondary institution. If not available, create an informal club with your classmates to practice outside classes once a week, once a month, or on a need basis.

Do some fun activities and games with your study buddies. Try a race of fingerspelling the manual alphabet against a partner. Or, if a family plays the pictionary, use it as "gestionary" instead (manual gesture instead of drawing).

More ideas from the students: "To encourage my family to participate in my learning process." "Signing with your family members or friends/roommates even if they don't know the language." "Practice signing by teaching your boyfriend/girlfriend at home."

Do Homework

Not only you do homework what the instructor assigns, but also review what you've learned in the last class and make notes what you are unsure of or don't recall. That way, you have an opportunity to ask questions in the next class.

Your instructor may provide you a list of vocabulary. You can make notes to help you remember how words are signed. Or, simply check some ASL dictionaries online to help you recall immediately after class. Although, not all instructors provide a handout of the list of vocabulary, it's your responsibility to keep a note of the signs and their meanings and do your homework (e.g. watching the DVD videos, checking the dictionary, and so on).

Not lastly, it's the foremost important of all. Respect the instructors, students, and ASL/Deaf community. Respect the Deaf people's signed language which is their innermost cultural identity.

You may miss many classes, daydream in classes, or ignore homework -- all these things may make you a lousy student. But, a lousy attitude of the best student is a worse one, especially for a Deaf ASL instructor.

Maintain positive attitude that you can apply to any other cultures and people of all backgrounds -- growing compassion, expanding your horizon of perspectives, building cultural relativism (lessening ethnocentrism), personal growth and all. These things are more than merely learning a language. We live in the world of diversity.

Have fun and be fearless

Ligthen up if you're afraid of making mistakes in ASL classes. Toss fear away and be brave to communicate and learn. Laugh when you make a naive silly mistake.

Don't worry about mistakes, which are a normal part of the learning process. You will learn more and quicker by doing it. Usually, more often than not, fluent Deaf signers will be delighted to see you talking with them in their language.

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Getting started

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• Basic transcription symbols (glosses)
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• Is sign language universal?

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• What is American Sign Language?
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• Introducing audism
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Learning first words

• Expressing greetings
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• Expressing goodbyes
• Personal Pronouns
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• WH-questions
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• SVO sentence structure
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ASL Basics II

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• Spatial referencing
• Verb inflections
• Contrastive structure
• Listing and Ranking
• Classifier basics

Describing shapes

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• Describing shapes + locations
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Identifying a person

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• Vocabulary: Colors

Expressing needs and wants

• Basic food and drinks
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Talking about family

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Making basic plans

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Talking about activities

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Talking about studies

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Talking about work

Talking about home.

• Vocabulary: types of home

Talking about hobbies and interests

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Stories, poems, performance arts, etc. in sign language.

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• Raven and the Swan, The
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• Cock and the Diamond, The
• Crow and the Pitcher, The
• Fox and the Grapes, The
• Peacock and the Crane, The
• The Cracked Pot
• Deer and His Reflection, The
• Farmer and his Sons, The
• Frog and Boiled Water, The
• Goat and the Bridge, The

Poem Translations

• Blending with the Window
• Blossoms and Children
• Eternity into an Hour
• People as Monkeys
• Snow (Mary Mapes Dodge)
• Annabel Lee
• The Eclipse
• Time and Again
• Spring Dawn
• The Little Match Girl
• Birds on the Telephone Lines
• The Hitchhiker
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• More is Not Enough
• Overflowing Cup
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• Moving Mind
• The Moon Cannot be Stolen

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• Cinematic devices: an introduction
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Language development

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Preschooler and Kinder

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From baby to preschooler

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For many deaf persons, the preferred mode of communication is American Sign Language (ASL). ASL is a very diverse and rich language, and is used by many deaf, hard-of-hearing and hearing people, not only in America, but also in other countries around the world. ASL has certainly gained popularity in the past few years, with such shows as “Switched at Birth”, which has non-hearing actors in it. Since ASL is the natural language of many deaf persons, they are usually grateful when others want to learn this language. There are some misconceptions and mistakes among the hearing that need to be addressed. 

One issue among the hearing who study ASL is that they are not always taught the culture behind the language. Deaf culture is quite different from other cultures in such situations as asking appropriate questions or getting someone's attention.

To gain proficiency in ASL takes time, as it is a unique language that grows and changes over time, with new words that are always being incorporated into the vocabulary. The best way for you to improve your ASL is to practice, and to practice with deaf people. Learning from a book will only teach you vocabulary; communicating with a deaf person will teach you how and when to use the vocabulary and grammar correctly. Communication is both expressive and receptive.

Some useful information and resources for hearing impaired people can be found at The American Sign Language University ( ASLU ).

To fulfill our tutoring mission of online education, our college homework help and online tutoring centers are standing by 24/7, ready to assist college students who need homework help with all aspects of American Sign Language (ASL). Our languages tutors can help with all your projects, large or small, and we challenge you to find better online ASL tutoring anywhere.

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Learning platform for STEM vocab in American Sign Language takes $50K prize

• April 25, 2024
• By Kurt Greenbaum
• 3 minute read

From 120 entries, to 14 to three to one. And the last team standing in WashU Olin’s BIG IdeaBounce, powered by Poets & Quants?

ASL Aspire took the $50,000 prize for its educational platform designed to teach STEM vocabulary to deaf and hard-of-hearing learners.

The winning team, represented by Mona Jawad, CEO, and Ayesha Kazi, COO, was announced at the video premiere of the final round of the global pitch competition on April 24.

The pair opened their presentation with Kazi, who is seeking her master's in computer science and business management at the University of Illinois, delivering a quick opening to the three judges in American Sign Language.

“Did you catch that?” Jawad asked the judges. “She just signed, ‘We are ASL Aspire, and we increase access to STEM for people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing.'" She went on to explain that learning high-level principles of science, math, technology and engineering is nearly impossible until you have the vocabulary to learn—vocabulary that needs to be in American Sign Language for deaf learners.

“Without these crucial words, you don't have even close to the same opportunity to succeed,” said Jawad, who is pursuing her PhD in speech and hearing sciences at WashU.

Third year for global pitch competition

She and Kazi said they’d use their $50,000 prize to expand their pilot program beyond the existing five schools and 200 users to an additional five schools. They would also use it to get a project they’re working on with NASA to create ASL modules for their space exhibit over the finish line.

For the third consecutive year, WashU Olin has cosponsored the global BIG IdeaBounce with Poets & Quants . The program begins with a call for entries at the start of the new year. This year, teams from 65 universities in 14 countries submitted entries, which judges whittled down to the final three that debuted in a video presentation on April 24, 2024.

It's impressive to see that our next generation of entrepreneurs is so ambitious and innovative. We're in very good hands.  John Byrne

The judges included John Byrne, founder and editor-in-chief of Poets & Quants ; Maxine Clark, founder, former chief executive bear, Build-A-Bear Workshop; and Akeem Shannon, founder and CEO of Flipstik. Teams were judged in nine categories: solution, traction, team, market, competition, value creation, prize use, overall presentation and the problem they are solving for customers.

$7,000 in additional prize money

The other two presenters also received prize money for their pitches.

Meet Your Class, a project featuring students from the University of Michigan, took the $5,000 second-place prize. Their platform is aimed at universities, creating and managing student-to-student communities across the largest existing social networks.

The aim: Creating a Gen Z-friendly way for students and prospective students to meet and find resources as they apply to and matriculate into college. Michigan students Jonah Liss, Blake Mischley and Jon Millar represented the team.

The third-place $2,000 prize went to Sustain-a-Plate, featuring three WashU students, including two Olin students: Franklin Taylor, MBA 2024, and Kelsey Kloezeman, BSBA 2024. A third student, Jason Ti, MACS 2024, also presented. Tanvi Jammula, BA 2026 in computer science and finance, and Anna Larizza, AB 2024, round out the WashU team.

More images from the 2024 BIG IdeaBounce

The third annual partnership with Poets & Quants

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Three teams competed for a $50,000 grand prize

About the Author

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As communications director for WashU Olin Business School, my job is to find and share great stories about our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. I've worked for the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management as communications director and as a journalist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sun-Sentinel in South Florida and the Chicago Tribune.

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Our mission is protecting the public from deceptive or unfair business practices and from unfair methods of competition through law enforcement, advocacy, research, and education.

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Meet the Chair

Lina M. Khan was sworn in as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission on June 15, 2021.

Chair Lina M. Khan

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Fact Sheet on FTC’s Proposed Final Noncompete Rule

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The following outline provides a high-level overview of the FTC’s proposed final rule :

• Specifically, the final rule provides that it is an unfair method of competition—and therefore a violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act—for employers to enter into noncompetes with workers after the effective date.
• Fewer than 1% of workers are estimated to be senior executives under the final rule.
• Specifically, the final rule defines the term “senior executive” to refer to workers earning more than $151,164 annually who are in a “policy-making position.”
• Reduced health care costs: $74-$194 billion in reduced spending on physician services over the next decade.
• New business formation: 2.7% increase in the rate of new firm formation, resulting in over 8,500 additional new businesses created each year.
• This reflects an estimated increase of about 3,000 to 5,000 new patents in the first year noncompetes are banned, rising to about 30,000-53,000 in the tenth year.
• This represents an estimated increase of 11-19% annually over a ten-year period.
• The average worker’s earnings will rise an estimated extra $524 per year. 

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