ASL in Academic Settings: Language Features

Researched and produced by Dr. Raychelle Harris
0:04 - What is academic language? (Cazden, 2001)
0:49 - Academic language can be discipline-specific
1:19 - Academic language can happen anywhere, and has to be learned (Gee, 2004)
1:47 - Academic language norms - who decides?
2:37 - Academic language characteristics may be skewed towards particular demographics
4:05 - Academic language and language registers (Joos, 1967)
5:08 - Academic language framework: Specialized discourses (Gee, 2004)
6:51 - Academic language form and function (add Harris, 2016?)
10:28 - Academic language feature: Phonology
11:20 - Academic language feature: Minimizing Fillers
12:17 - Academic language feature: Non-manual Signals
13:25 - Academic language feature: Sign Choice
14:24 - Academic language feature: Third Person
15:14 - Academic language feature: Fingerspelling
15:44 - Academic language feature: Complete Sentences (should add reference, Hochgesang)
16:20 - Academic language feature: Complex Sentences
17:12 - Academic language feature: Pauses & Transitions
18:24 - Academic language feature: Emotive Markers
19:11 - Academic language feature: Space
20:25 - Academic language feature: Authoritative tone
21:07 - Academic language feature: Language functions
21:42 - Academic language feature: Emotional detachment
22:44 - Academic language feature: Eye gaze (Mather, 1996)
24:13 - Practicing and improving academic discourse (Gee, 2004)
25:17 - References
References
Cazden, C. (2001). Classroom discourse: The language of teaching and learning (2nd Ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Gee, J. (2004). Discourse analysis: What makes it critical? In R. Rogers (Ed.), An Introduction to Critical Discourse Analysis in Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Joos, M. (1967). The five clocks. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World.
Mather, S. (1996). Initiation in visually constructed dialogue: Reading books with three to eight-year-old students who are deaf and hard of hearing. In C. Lucas (Ed.), Multicultural Aspects of Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities (pp. 109-131). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.

[@sarahs.7808]

Wow. It's crazy for me to watch this now. We watched this in my ASL class 2 years ago and I couldn't follow along with the ASL at all. Now it's part of another assignment for a different class and I can understand it this time! It's so encouraging to see that my language skills have grown!

[@tlvonpingel]

Thank you for this comprehensive resource that includes explanation and examples. I can't wait to share this with my colleagues and students.

[@zanthornton]

Thank you . I love the 3 modeling left side middle right makes it very clear thank you much! Im glad that ASL cert requires degrees !

[@ASLInterpreterSHansen]

This is fantastic! I love learning and you are a master teacher. Street Leverage is another place with examples of academic ASL...MJ Bienvenue has a lovely lecture posted...Will be watching for those features..thx again so much for all you contribute! And to ASLized for publishing.

[@raysofraychelle]

Right! Street Leverage is definitely another example! Will be sure to include that in my future talks about academic ASL :) Thanks so much for your compliment.

[@zanthornton]

@@raysofraychelle MJ OMG they were used in old videos ( vcr tapes) MJ is dynomite direct advocate for Deaf. Love it

[@iStudyASL]

Muchas Gracias Amiga

[@davidthedeaf]

Unfortunate that Gally students see this and then insist that everyone else creates their vlogs with perfect background and clothing and style. I just was told my brief vlog to ask students to contact me wasn’t “clear” enough, and told to watch this by another student. Classism during covid. No, I do not own a fancy camera and tripod. No, I do not have a space in my apartment with any walls that are solid color. No, I cannot go purchase anything I have no income. It is sad that there is no education that there is a classist privilege where some Deaf may not have access to software, hardware, equipment, lighting, or clothing to make something look clear like this professional project. It is allowing people to move upward, yes, if they have $$$, and it is now also a method to push the have-nots totally out of ability to move upwards.