- Avoid Bouncing or Stamping: continous flow

- Arm positions: elbow down and arm relazed 

- Hand Position 1: fingerspell to person in front

- Hand Position 2: fingerpselling to person next to you.

- Hand Position 3: Fingerspelling to someone above you

- Furrow brows together 

- Leans hand forward slightly without breaking eye contact with the listener. 

- Hold last sign.

1. Signing

2. Gestures

3. Writing or Typing

4. Third Person

5. Lip Reading and Speech 

- Let the deaf person know you sign

- Avod spoken english or using voice without relaying info in ASL

- Let the deaf person set the communication mode. 

Identify A Person

( 5 Things) 

1. Gender: raise brows and keep them that way until finished

2. brief Description: Easily distingish person; hair colour, shirt colour, facial features, eyelglasses or headwear

3. Point out the person and glance at person at same time

4. Affirm

Getting Others Attention

(3 Things)

1. Waving

2. Tapping

3. Using an intermediary 

Yes/No Questions

- raise brows through out the question

- Lean head forward with the last sign

- Hold the last sign until your istener starts to answer

- One handed Sign: dominant hand 

- 2 Handed symmetrical Signs: Both dominant and non dominant hands in symmetrical movements

- 2 Handed non-Symmetrical Signs: Dominant hand moves, non dominant stays stationary

- Point in the directing where your home is

- Indicat the location where you are learning ASL

- Refer to another person or object in the immediate environement

Contrastive Structure

- Nodding head, shifting body from side to side

- begin the contrastive structure on her non dominant side.

- Ends question with the sign or "which" and forrowed brows

--> Conveying size

- Determine where the plae is in relationship to wheer you are at the moment.

- Establish a starting point (classroom door; main door)

--> On Same Floor: establish hallway, route conveying distance, 'that door'

--> On a Different Floor: Stairs, # of floor

--> In a Different Building: Different building, exit building, indicated where its located using real world reference