 Travel Plans and Activities
Countries and Nationalities
Asking for and Giving Directions
ASL 2 > Vacation and Travel
Travel Plans and Activities
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Discuss and make travel plans.
- Ask and answer questions about travel and vacations, to include transportation schedules, modes of transportation, destinations and activities.
- Discuss past travel experiences.
Understanding Signed Language
- Comprehend signed communications providing travel information.
Producing Signed Language
- Describe past travel experiences and future travel plans.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products
- Discuss vacation spots and resorts that are popular among Deaf people.
- Discuss what Deaf teens enjoy doing while on vacation.
Connections, Comparisons, and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Discuss temperature and weather in various regions and countries.
- Do mathematical computations to compute travel costs.
- Discuss the impact of current events on foreign travel.
Communication Across Communities
- Use the Internet or other media to research information about a vacation destination and accommodations for the Deaf.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Modes of transportation
- Affirmative and negative commands
- Prepositions with places and transportation (classifiers)
- Vocabulary for places of interest
ASL 2 > Vacation and Travel
Countries and Nationalities
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask and answer questions about nationality and country of origin.
- Ask and answer questions about countries.
Understanding Signed Language
- Identify various countries and nationalities based on signed information.
Producing Signed Language
- Give geographical locations for countries, cities, and geographical features.
- Present information about nationalities and/or origins.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products
- Discuss other sign languages and where they are used.
Connections, Comparisons, and Communities
Making Connections Through Language
- Discuss sign language in other countries.
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare and contrast different sign languages to ASL.
Communication Across Communities
- Locate and use resources with information about sign languages in other countries and their relationship to ASL.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary for geographic location (N, S, E, W, etc.)
- Adjective agreement and placement
- Propositions of location with cities and countries (classifiers)
- Modes of transportation
- Affirmative and negative commands
- Prepositions with places and transportation (classifiers)
- Vocabulary for places of interest
- State signs
- Country signs
- Contrastive structure
- Money vocabulary
ASL 2 > Vacation and Travel
Asking for and Giving Directions
Communication
Person-to-Person Communication
- Ask for and give directions.
- Discuss where various places are located within the United States or another country.
Understanding Signed Language
- Understand directions based on signed information.
- Interpret signed directions with the assistance of a map.
Producing Signed Language
- Tell about going to a specific place using various time frames (past, present and future).
- Give directions to a destination.
Cultures
Cultural Perspectives, Practices and Products
- Discuss vacation destinations and the modes of transportation used to travel there.
Connections, Comparisons, and Communities
Cultural and Linguistic Comparisons
- Compare the ways that locations and directions are expressed in English and ASL.
Related Vocabulary and Linguistic Elements
- Vocabulary for places in a city
- Prepositions of location
- Affirmative and negative commands
- Directional verbs
- Role-shifting
- Real-world orientation/perspective
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