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How to sign: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

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This is how you sign Homework in American Sign Language.

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To sign "Homework" in American Sign Language (ASL), you are going to make an O handshape, put it next to your mouth and then bring it up on top of your cheek and whack your non-dominant hand just once.

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How to Sign “Homework” in Sign Language

This sign is a compound of the words “home” and “work.” If you are talking about a specific assignment or project, those are different signs.

Signing “Home”

• Hand shape: Form your dominant hand into a bent “O” handshape.
• Hand location: Start with your hand on the side of your face, close to your mouth.
• Movement: Move your hand from your mouth to the top of your cheek.
• Facial expression: Keep a neutral facial expression.

Signing “Work”

• Hand shape: Both hands should be in a fist shape (also known as "S" handshape), with your thumbs resting against the front side of your fingers.
• Hand location: Place your hands in front of you. Make sure your non-dominant hand is facing palm-down. Your dominant hand should be facing outward, so that your wrist touches the top of your non-dominant hand.
• Movement: Use your dominant fist to tap on top of your non-dominant fist a few times at the wrist area.

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How to sign homework in American Sign Language

Sign #1 (1 of 1), sign instructions:.

This sign is done by signing "home" and then "work". However, in this instance "home" is signed by only pressing your hand on your face once instead of twice. After this, sign "work" by having your non-dominant hand in front of you with your palm orientation downward and your dominant hand tapping against your non-dominant hand 2 times.

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SIGN: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for " sign / signing / sign language "  If you mean "sign" sign as in a "display" or a "road sign" see " SIGN-[square / display] There is more than one common sign for "SIGN" (as in "signing or sign language.") SIGN:  "a sign," "sign this," "signed," "signing," "sign language," "signs": This version of "sign" is done using a quick open and close movement.   SIGNING-[advanced-signing, ASL-type-signing, skilled signing]   Sentence: Who in your family signs? Gloss: YOUR FAMILY SIGN, WHO?   A common sign for "sign / signing / sign language" that has been around for a long is done using your index fingers. Form both hands into "1" hand shapes.  Then draw a couple of large circles in the air with the tip of each index finger.  You can either circle the hands backwards or forwards (but pick a direction and stick with it).  The hands both move at the same time but one hand is half a circle ahead of the other hand).  I personally tend to do the movement as if pedaling a (stationary) bicycle backwards.  Both hands move at the same time. When the right hand is up, the left hand is down.  When the right hand is forward, the left hand is back.  However some signers prefer to "pedal" using a forward rotation.  At the time of this writing, one version is not more right than the other (but some people will try to tell you their version is right). SIGN-[a sign, signing-(basic), sign language-(general)]   Click this link to see a "gif" animation of this sign: "Sign Language" (.gif file)   Remember, many people do the sign with a forward, down, back, up movement -- as if pedaling a bicycle forwards.)   Note: The sign for "sign" as in "a roadway sign" or a billboard is different from "sign" as in "American Sign Language." If you want to talk about a road sign, billboard, blackboard, or square, see: SQUARE   Optional Reading (Not required) Student : For "SIGN," should the fingers be moving in towards the body at the top of the circle, or at the bottom of the circle?   Dr. Bill : Would you believe "either?"  It is done both ways in the Deaf Community.  I do it with the fingers moving in toward the body at the top of the circle. But lots of people do it the other way too. Out of curiosity, I just looked in a couple of the ASL dictionaries I have sitting here on my shelf and sure enough one shows the fingers moving back, the other shows them moving forward.      In a message dated 10/25/2005 4:24:51 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, january_june@___com writes: I can't seem to have each hand circling in different directions. My question is, is this a common mistake? Also, does it mean something completely different? In other words, if I signed 'sign' with my fingers both making circles in the same direction, would I end up offending someone or telling them I'm pregnant? Clumsy mistakes are no fun :P -Brittany

Hi, Dr. Bill, I haven't asked you a question in a long time, but have one now...What is the difference (in usage) between the sign for sign: as in sign language - one is the index fingers going around each other - and the other is "s" hands throwing forward into relaxed "c" or "5" hands? Thanks, Bill, hope all is well with you! Linda Wilt Easton, Md

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Neologism: Advanced one-handed version of:

SIGN-[sign-something-in-fluent-ASL, do-a-sign, sign-language]

The one-handed "S-Claw-S" version of "SIGN" can be seen in conversations in which one of the signers chooses to sign one handed (for example -- due to holding a phone during a video call).  

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Then set a personal goal to observe how at least 20 different advanced signers do the sign for "sign" and note the handshapes, positions, orientations, movements, etc. Be aware that the sign for "SIGN" has actually evolved over the years. Many now do a loose "S>5>S" (or in other words start with fists, open them into loose five hands, and close them into fists again). I've even seen some people even do that version with just one hand (due to the influence of signing into video chat apps on phones). Changes in the speed, size, and intensity of the sign for "SIGN" can be used to indicate varying levels of fluency. So my response to you is that there is absolutely not just "one right way" to do the sign for "SIGN." In regard to the orientation or positioning of the "1" handshape version of the sign for "SIGN" -- my advice is that the orientation (as done by those who choose to do the 1-handshape version and for whom signing is their main method of daily face to face communication) is neither fully vertical nor horizontal but rather is at a comfortable angle influenced by the individual signer's joints, tendons, and muscles. The exact angle tends to vary depending on whatever is comfortable for each signer's own physical limbs but rather than vertical or horizontal the arms (and index fingers) tend to be at more of a 45 degree angle (in the 1-handshape version of the sign for SIGN). If someone around you decides to "correct" your signing, just smile, thank them for letting you know, and then try to remember to do the sign that way around that person but also to make an increased effort to see how the majority of native, adult, Deaf, socially-active, skilled signers do that sign in your area. This will necessitate going to local Deaf events and meetings. I encourage you to remove yourself from being at the mercy of or dependent on the opinions of individual "experts." You can empower yourself by increasing your exposure to a broad range of skilled signers. Do a Google search for, "Deaf events near me." Also search for any Deaf Centers and your state's association for the Deaf and start attending anything open to the public.

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HOMEWORK in sign language

Homework is definitely one of ASL 101 students' first words within the first days of classes. Such an important ASL word to add to your core vocabulary, yea.

ASL sign for HOMEWORK

How to sign "homework" in American Sign Language. Like the English word, this ASL sign is also a compound word.

Meaning: schoolwork that a student is required to do at home; schoolwork assigned to students to be completed outside the classroom.

Pronunciation/articulation: Dominant "flat O" handshape with its fingertips touching on the lower cheek near the mouth and then tapping on the upper cheek a bit away from the mouth; then dominant "S" handshape (palm orientation down) taps twice on the top of the passive "S" handshape (palm orientation down).

My hearing ASL students' eyeballs perk up whenever I use one of those other important ASL words in classroom: TEST , QUIZ , EXAM , ASSIGNMENT .

More: DEADLINE , DUE .

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