Sign Language Course: ASL 4 – Unit 4 Sample

In this unit sample of our American Sign Language course, you will learn how to sign about science and religion.

Conversation 4.4

Read this outline, and then watch the conversation in action in the video below. 

B: YOU FINISH HEAR fs-ROBERT fs-GRANT fs-AITKEN HIMSELF FAMOUS DEAF SCIENCE
Have you ever heard of Robert Grant Aitken, the famous deaf scientist?

A: NO ME NOT-YET WHAT WHAT-do?
No, I haven’t. What did he do?

B: HIMSELF AMERICAN STAR TELESCOPE FROM 1864 TO 1951. TRUE-BUSINESS FIND OVER 3,000 DOUBLE STAR AND WRITE BOOK TITLE DOUBLE STAR. HE AND TRUE-BUSINESS MOON THERE HAVE fs-CRATER CL:C/CL:B(crater) THERE NAME HONOR-him
He was an American Astronomer who lived from 1864 to 1951. He discovered over 3,000 new binary stars and wrote Binary Stars. Even a crater on the moon is named after him!

A: WOW THAT AMAZING. YOU KNOW OTHER THEM DEAF FAMOUS SCIENTIST
Wow! That’s amazing! Do you know any other famous deaf scientists?

B: YES OF-COURSE ME KNOW OTHER ONE NAME Fs-GUILLAUME AMONTONS HIMSELF FRENCH PHYSICIST FROM 1663 TO 1705 HE WHAT-do STUDY PERFECT TEMPERATURE AND TRUE-BUSINESS HE IMPROVE FIRST fs-BAROMETER CL:5/CL:1(barometer) USE FOR THERE OCEAN
Of course. Guillaume Amontons was a French Physicist who lived from 1663 to 1705. He was one of the first scientists to study absolute temperature. He improved some of the first barometers and thermometers for use at sea.

A: THAT AMAZING. THANK-YOU INFORM-me. IMPRESS.
That’s amazing! Thank you for sharing this with me. I’m impressed.

Conversation 4.4 Explained

B: HIMSELF AMERICAN STAR TELESCOPE FROM 1864 TO 1951. TRUE-BUSINESS FIND OVER 3,000 DOUBLE STAR AND WRITE BOOK TITLE DOUBLE STAR. HE AND TRUE-BUSINESS MOON THERE HAVE fs-CRATER CL:C/CL:B(crater) THERE NAME HONOR-him
He was an American Astronomer who lived from 1864 to 1951. He discovered over 3,000 new binary stars and wrote Binary Stars. Even a crater on the moon is named after him!

Signer B demonstrates here how to sign historical information in ASL which you will learn about in this unit.

Signer B also uses the sign TRUE-BUSINESS twice in this section which is used often in ASL to mean “seriously,” “sure enough,” or “true enough.”

A: WOW THAT AMAZING. YOU KNOW OTHER THEM DEAF FAMOUS SCIENTIST
Wow! That’s amazing! Do you know any other famous deaf scientists?

Signer A uses the common sign for AMAZING here that uses the S-handshape into the 5-handshape to show shocked eyes.

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