ASL 102 Vocabulary

Non-targeted Vocabulary

Instead of placing emphasis on the supplementary vocabulary listed below, this course emphasizes non-targeted, high-frequency vocabulary that comes up naturally in class as shown in these student-created word clouds. The larger the word appears, the more frequently it appears in that student's learning logs:
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
Spring 2021

Fall 2020

Supplementary Vocabulary

This page lists below supplementary vocabulary for students who wish to study extra words independently in addition to high-frequency terms that come up organically in class.

Online ASL Dictionaries

Week Vocabulary List
Week 1 (none)
Week 2 (none)
Week 3 domestic travel
Week 4 international travel
Week 5 international travel (continued)
Week 6 cultural terms
Week 7 ASL phrases
Week 8 ASL phrases (continued)
Week 9 (temporal inflection)
Week 10 large numbers
Week 11 directional inflection
Week 12 animals
Week 13 animals (continued)
Week 14 (final exams)
Week 15 (final exams)

Week 1: (none)

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Week 2: (none)

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Week 3: Domestic Travel
Portland
Beaverton, Boston
Hillsboro
Gresham
Vancouver
Salem
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Riverside
San Diego
Chicago
Washington, D.C.
New York
Rochester
Oregon
Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
California
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Colorado 1 Colorado 2
Texas
Florida

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Weeks 4 & 5: International Travel
north
south
east
west
country
nation
America
Canada
Mexico
North America
South America
Brazil
Jamaica
Europe
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Germany
Poland
France
England
Scotland
Ireland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Turkey
Switzerland
Hungary
Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Asia
Israel
India
China
Russia
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
Vietnam
Philippines
Singapore
Australia
New Zealand
Samoa
Tonga


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Week 6: Cultural Terms

culture
coda
Deaf of Deaf
hard of hearing
fading hearing
hearing impaired
home sign
mainstreaming
oralism
audism
sim com
mentally hearing
mentally Deaf
Deaf pride
take turns (consecutive)
at the same time (concurrent, simultaneous)

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Weeks 7 & 8: ASL Phrases

ILY
off topic
up to you
for for?
Would you mind?
looks like
the same as if
train zoom
258
too bad
no good
ha ha ha
uh, um (stuttering)
happen
blah blah blah
true business
yeah right
extremely knowledgeable
one more
no more

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Week 9: Temporal Inflection
(none)

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Weeks 10: Large Numbers

hundred
thousand
million
billion
trillion
sky, heaven
outer space
star
sun
moon
earth
world
planet
galaxy
universe
rocket

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Week 11: Directional Inflection

help help help
influence, counsel, advise
remember
pain, hurt, ouch
count
accept
reward, award
teach
call
offend
pity, mercy
like
don’t like
loan/borrow
eat
fly
sleep
run
go/come
learn
arrive
wake up
chastise, reprimand
show up
disappear
lose a thought
thought pops up
document, record
memorize
see, look
give
dance

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Weeks 12 & 13:
Animals
animal
cat
dog
fish
lion
tiger
bear
horse
elephant
giraffe
zebra
whale
dolphin
bird, chicken
turkey
eagle
duck
owl
rabbit
wolf
bat
cow
beaver
sea turtle
tortoise
shark
crocodile
hippopotamus
snake
spider
insect
bee
butterfly
mosquito
buffalo
rhinoceros
pig
fox
deer, moose
reindeer
frog
squirrel, chipmunk
mouse
rat
raccoon
peacock
goat
sheep
donkey
panda
crab
shrimp
walrus
seal
kangaroo


Weeks 14 & 15: Finals Week
(no new vocabulary)


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