Signplaying 101: Structure of Signing
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Signplaying 101: Structure of Signing
To create ASL poetry or Visual Vernacular or song translations, we have to study skilled signers and how they use different structures in their signing. This course provides an overview on the structure of signing, including the types of signs and transitions between signs. Then, this course will analyze ASL stories by breaking them down into individual signs and showing specific concepts. Upon completing this course, you should be able to structure your signing in a way that skilled signers have been doing for decades.
You are strongly suggested to begin this course BEFORE any other Signplaying courses.
This course is entirely self-paced. You will watch video lessons and possibly answer quiz questions. You are not required to interact with the instructor or other students. But if you wish, you may post questions or comments in the community page, and I will do my best to respond to any questions within 72 hours on weekdays.
After purchasing this course, you will have access to it for as long as this web platform is used. It is guaranteed that this course will be offered through December 31, 2026. After that date, the instructor may decide to retire this course. If that's the case, there will be an announcement posted in the Signplaying community page, and you will still be able to access the course for one more month after the announcement.
This course offers 0.25 Professional Studies (PS) CEU credit at the Some Content Knowledge Level. To obtain the RID CEU, you will have to complete the entire course and pass the Final Exam with a minimum score of 80%. (If you fail the Final Exam, you can retake it for as many times as you need.) Then, you will get a course completion email with a link to the course evaluation. In the course evaluation, you don't need to answer all the questions, but you will need to submit your full name (as recorded in the RID system) and your RID member number. After you have submitted that course evaluation form with these two required information, I will work with the CMP sponsor (Interpretek) to process your CEU within several weeks.
Yes. The course provides specific instructions for how you can get your Certificate of Completion.
How to Navigate This Course
FREE PREVIEWAbout Your Instructor
FREE PREVIEWHow to Contact Your Instructor
How to Get CEU Credit (for interpreters)
How to Get Certificate of Completion
Video Credits
More About This Course
Course Overview
FREE PREVIEWGoal #1: Eliminate Signs by Combining Multiple Information
FREE PREVIEWGoal #2: Transition Between Signs
REVIEW: What Makes a Skilled Signer?
How to Combine Multiple Information
Introduction to Types of Signs
Statement
Draw
Film
Identification
Reviewing Types of Signs
More About Draw vs. Film
Applying Draw & Film: Use More Film
Applying Draw & Film: Alternating Signs
Introduction to Acting
What is Acting?
Rule for Acting: Eye Gaze
Film + Acting
Draw + Acting
What People Struggle With
Statement + Acting = Melting OR Fake Film
FREE PREVIEWStatement + Acting = Fake Film: Feeling
Statement + Acting = Fake Film: Doing
FREE PREVIEWStatement + Acting = Fake Film: Describing
Statement + Acting + Space = Fake Film with Tagging
FREE PREVIEWReviewing Statement with Acting
Acting using Exaggerated Facial Expressions
How to Show Speaking
What is Speaking?
FREE PREVIEWCategories of Speaking
Statement + Speaking
Draw + Speaking
Film + Speaking
Identification + Speaking
Acting vs. Speaking