The 2022 mini “better than nothing” ASL Immersion Weekend!
The mini “better than nothing” ASL Immersion Weekend will be a four hour Zoom online event on Saturday, September 17th, 2022. The time frame is 10:00 am to 2:30 pm (it includes a 30 minute lunch break from 12 pm to 12:30 pm. This year’s presenter will be Molly O’Hara. She will be presenting the following workshop:
“ASL Fingerwording”
ASL-language learners often struggle to understand native fingerspelling. Words typically are not articulated one letter at a time. Also, not every fingerspelled word is a lexicalized sign. For example, the English word ‘clique’ is borrowed as ‘CL-I-QUE’ and is not lexicalized. Although the English letters are accounted for, the manual rhythm doesn’t correspond to the vocal rhythm. It is a fact that a majority of fingerspelled words are manually articulated differently from their spoken English equivalents; they are neither spelled out letter by letter nor are they lexicalized.
English speakers tend to rely on how a word sounds in English in order to understand fingerspelling. However, the way English words are pronounced are often not the way ASL fingerspells them. English speakers lipread according to how they hear while ASL signers wordspell according to how they see. Learning how to lipread fingerwording from a visual perspective helps to see the manual word successfully.
This session explores four main manual motions that control the syllabic cadence of fingerspelled words. Additionally, there are three top rules in the manual phonics of fingerspelling. Finally, a discussion of how the mouth is shaped to fit manual “sounds” rounds out the training.
For more information, download the flyer by clicking this link.
This event is open to all and registration is now OPEN. To register click this link
The link also explains how to pay for the event.
The cost for this 4 hour event is $40.00. The workshop will be presented in ASL without voice interpretation (remember, it’s a mini “better than nothing” ASL Immersion Weekend!) Molly will present and sign the workshops at her natural signing pace.
If you have any questions please email or call.
Joe Sapienza, coordinator
joe@aslweekend.com
636-227-2277
About the presenter:
Molly O’Hara
Molly O’Hara, deaf from birth, excels in the fields of linguistics, curriculum development, interpreter training, and second-language learning. She builds online courses and has developed collegiate coursework for bicultural education and ASL instruction. “The Non-Manual Alphabet of American Signed Language” is projected to be released in 2023. Molly has published a bilingual handbook, “American Sign Language: A Grammar Reference Guide” and a video course, “ASL Fingerwording: The Art & Structure of Fingerspelling Words.” She has also co-authored a white paper, “English-to-ASL Translation Standards” for high-stakes K-12 standardized testing. Molly’s deaf heritage spans five generations. She is BEI Advanced certified and currently resides in the Kansas City area.
The mini “better than nothing” ASL Immersion Weekend is approved for Missouri and RID CEUs. This event offers .4 CEUs in Professional Studies of which .2 CEUs will apply to RID’s PPO requirements.
