An explanation of how signs are structured and arranged to form sentences in sign language.
Basic sign vocabulary: Learning the basic signs and how to use them in sentences.
Word order: Understanding the order in which signs are used in a sentence.
Nouns and Pronouns: Comprehending the usage of nouns and pronouns in sign language.
Verbs: Identifying the various forms, tenses, and modes of verbs in sign language.
Adjectives: Learning about the use of descriptive words in sign language.
Adverbs: Understanding the usage of adverbs in sign language.
Yes/No Questions: Understanding how questions are asked in sign language.
Wh- Questions: Comprehending how to use "who," "what," "where," "when," "why," and "how" in sign language.
Negation: Understanding the concept of negation, how to use "not" or "no" in a sentence.
Negation in Questions: Incorporating negation concepts into asking questions in sign language.
Spatial Grammar: Understanding how sign language uses space to convey sentence structure and meaning.
Role shifting: Comprehending how to switch between signer and signee roles in a conversation.
References: Knowing how to reference objects, people, places or concepts.
Prosody in Sign Language: The proper use of facial expressions, gestures, handshape, body language and other non-manual signals as used in sign languages to convey grammatical and syntactical information.
Classifiers: Understanding the concept of Classifiers - the use of handshapes and movements to represent whole classes of objects or concepts.
Vocabulary Expansion: Expanding your vocabulary beyond basic words to more complex and specialized words.
Deaf Culture: Understanding the cultural aspects of sign language, its community and the importance of communicating via sign language.
American Sign Language (ASL) Grammar: ASL Grammar relies on different hand movements, facial expressions, and body language to convey meaning. It includes the subject-verb-object order and utilizes pronouns and sentence structure.
British Sign Language (BSL) Syntax: BSL syntax is structured around the structure of spoken English grammar, but it has its unique characteristics. For instance, it relies heavily on facial expressions and body language to convey tone.
Australian Sign Language (Auslan) Grammar: Auslan Grammar uses a different approach to syntax than spoken language. It uses an oligosynthetic approach that involves the combining of different signs to convey meaning, a bit like constructing a sentence from individual building blocks.
Korean Sign Language (KSL) Grammar: KSL Grammar has been developed independently from the Korean oral language, and it includes the same sentence structure as spoken Korean. KSL also modifies the signs by adding specific inflections to convey tense, mood, and voice.
Chinese Sign Language (CSL) Syntax: CSL follows a Subject-Topic-Comment structure, giving priority to the subject of the sentence, followed by what the sentence is about, and ends with the comment.