ASL 401 | Fall Intensive | LHTS (Sept 2023)
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You have selected the ASL 401 course
You can also take the ASL 201 Course (Link to course)
We are pulling out all the stops for our final Intensive. In our 401 Intensive, you will receive voice off instruction covering the areas of storytelling by incorporating the past three courses of vocabulary as well as new vocabulary, a deep dive into ASL idioms, uses for mouth morphemes, and challenging your fingerspelling and numbers expressive and receptive skills. At the end of each class, we will set aside time for teacher observed chats so you can improve on your expressive storytelling and advance your conversational skills. The last class students will have a “Final Exam” night. Students will sign up for a 5 minute time slot to sign a prompt to one of our teachers and receive feedback.
We recommend that students have taken ASL 101, 201 and 301 before participating in this course. The majority of this course will be voice off and feature many opportunities for students to use ASL expressively.
When is it happening?
Days Hours Minutes Seconds
Schedule
Class 1 – Sunday, September 24 (6:30 PM CST)
Class 2 – Thursday, September 28 (8:30 PM CST)
Class 3 – Sunday, October 1 (6:30 PM CST)
Class 4 – Thursday, October 5 (8:30 PM CST)
Class 5 – Sunday, October 8 (6:30 PM CST)
Class 6 – Thursday, October 12 (8:30 PM CST)
Class
Highlights
- Taught by YouTube’s Most Watched ASL Teacher
- Taught by 3 instructors in total
- 6 2-Hour Live Sessions
- Live question and answer sessions
- 5 Quizzes to test your knowledge
- Learn how to effectively tell stories using signs and classifiers
- Learn 250+ Signs
- Practice having conversations with other students
- Opportunity for one-on-one signing with instructor with feedback
- 5 Homework Assignments to push your skill to the next level
- Personal feedback on Homework Assignments
- Giveaways each class
- Meet other engaged students of ASL
- Certificate of completion
“This was an amazing intensive. I enjoyed all of the instructors. Highly recommend this course.”
Lauren V
“Best ASL class for someone who has a tiny bit of knowledge but want to improve massively in a short amount of time!”
Beiliang Z
“Personal feedback from Meredith and video interaction with fellow students was helpful. I highly recommend this course!”
Kathryn T
“Meredith, Darla, and Sarah each provided invaluable contributions to the course that ensured the students were introduced to ASL not just through signs, but fingerspelling, Deaf culture, and real-world experiences!”
Hannah S
“This course has really helped me gain confidence in my signing skills and has inspired me to keep going. The LHTS team knows what they’re doing and this course has been so rewarding!”
Julia B
“I LOVED this class! Meredith is a wonderful teacher with great enthusiasm. I am amazed how much I learned in 3 weeks. I can’t wait to sign up for the next class!”
Cathy S
“I had a blast during the three week intensive! Meredith, Sarah, and Darla were engaging an informative. I look forward to signing up for everything that LHTS has to offer in the future.”
Sarah D
“If you’re looking to learn ASL with highly experienced teachers and a friendly community, then LHTS sounds right for you. I highly recommend LHTS’s classes, and hope to continue them myself!”
Emma K
Previous
Next
- Vocabulary: Events/Holidays
- Fingerspelling: Months
- Numbers: Dates/Years
- Grammar: 101 Sentence Structure Review
- Culture: Deaf Experience at Family Gatherings
- Vocabulary: Past/Present/Future
- Fingerspelling
- Numbers: Rule of 9
- Grammar: Time/Rh
- Culture: Technology for Deaf
- Vocabulary: Daily Activities/Vacation Activities
- Fingerspelling: ABC Story
- Numbers: Number Story
- Grammar: Listing
- Culture: Deaf Performances
- Vocabulary: Weather/Seasons
- Fingerspelling: Natural Landmarks
- Numbers: Temperature
- Grammar: Intensity of Signs
- Culture: Deaf Art
- Vocabulary: Around the Town
- Fingerspelling: Names of Businesses
- Numbers: Money
- Grammar: Spatial Organization
- Culture: Famous Deaf People
- Putting it All Together
- Culture: Schooling/Testing/Job Types for Interpreters
About Your Teachers
Meredith has over 20 years of ASL second language experience. She holds a M.Ed. in Special Education with an emphasis in Deaf and Hard of Hearing and B.A. in ASL to English Interpretation. She is a nationally certified education interpreter and state certified ASL Teacher.
Meredith began her career as a full time educational interpreter while taking on community interpreting assignments (doctors appointments, job interviews, etc) after school and on weekends. She continues her interpreting practice by volunteering at her church. She has been an ASL teacher at the High School level for 10 years and recently resigned to work full-time for Learn How to Sign. She is also an adjunct professor at the college level.
Meredith is Co-Owner of Learn How to Sign LLC with her husband Brian. She is responsible for being the main instructor and face of the LHTS brand. Meredith is heavily involved in the strategic planning of the company, and is the main writer and on-screen talent for all courses, videos and social media posts. Meredith feels called to be an ASL advocate and teacher and has dedicated her whole life to doing just that. Learn How to Sign is the most recent chapter of this journey and she is so excited about what the future holds for Learn How to Sign and her family.
Meredith Rathbone
Asl Teacher/Interpreter
Sarah became Deaf at the age of 4 after contracting spinal meningitis. In 1994, she graduated from Texas Christian University with a BA in Deaf Education and then in 1998 received her master’s in school counseling. She spent 5 years in the classroom as a middle school Deaf Education Teacher and 3 years as a School Counselor for the Deaf K-12. She left education to be a stay-at-home mom but returned in 2015 to teach American Sign Language at the secondary level. Sarah has a passion for teaching ASL and sharing her experience as a Deaf person.
She would like her students to be open to ask her anything about ASL and being Deaf. No question is unusual. Part of learning about ASL is learning what it is like to be Deaf so don’t hesitate to ask her anything.
Sarah joins our Intensives as one of the 3 instructors and loves to share about her personal experience of growing up deaf. Students love her stories and perspectives on Deaf culture.
Sarah Martindale
ASL Teacher
Darla is the perfect representation of “it’s never too late to learn something new”. She went back to college in her late 30s to take a step of faith in learning a new language and profession. After her first community class she was hooked and knew this was where she was meant to be and what she was meant to do.
Darla has been a sign language interpreter for 22 years holding her state’s highest interpreting certification and national certification in educational interpreting. She has interpreted in a variety of settings including community, video relay, educational and religious. Darla brings a unique perspective with her years of expertise and variety of settings she has worked in.
Personally, Darla has been married for 39 years and LOVES to travel. She would like to share, she has two beautiful daughters, Meredith and Hilary, and three amazing grandchildren. (Editor’s note: And yes, that Meredith is me. She blessed me with one of the greatest gifts, ASL.)
Darla joins our Intensives as one of the 3 instructors and loves to share about her personal experiences as an ASL Interpreter. Students love hearing her perspectives on the profession as they are often interested in pursuing it as a career.
Darla Lane
ASL Interpreter
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What did people think about our first Intensive?
Reviews of ASL 101 Summer Intensive
How satisfied were you with the Summer Intensive?
4.8/5
(4.8) 62 Reviews
How relevant and helpful do you think it was for your ASL learning journey?
4.8/5
(4.8) 62 Reviews
How satisfied were you with the Live Session content?
4.8/5
(4.8) 62 Reviews
How much did you value our additional teachers?
4.9/5
(4.9) 62 Reviews
Past Intensive Participant Survey Before/After
This graphic shows the results of a survey conducted both before and after our Summer Intensive in June 2022. The Green represents before the Intensive. We measured topic confidence on a scale of 1 – 10. Over 100 students participated in the survey. These numbers represent the average of their results.
- Before The Intensive
- After The Intensive
Topics Surveyed
01 – How confident are you with expressive fingerspelling?
02 – How confident are you with receptive fingerspelling?
03 – How confident are you with expressing numbers in ASL (ex. signing your age)?
04 – How confident are you with receptive numbers in ASL (ex. understanding signed numbers)?
05 – How confident are you with signing and understanding basic ASL vocabulary (ex signs with exchanging information)?
06 – How confident are you with signing and understanding family vocabulary (ex signs about describing your family)?
07 – How confident are you with signing and understanding home signs vocabulary (ex signs around your house)?
08 – How confident are you with topic/comment structure?
09 – How confident are you with ASL question structure (yes/no question, wh questions)?
10 – What is your level of understanding of Deaf culture and its history?
11 – What is you confidence level in understanding a basic conversation in ASL?
12 – What is you confidence level in your signing skill within a basic conversation in ASL?
Intensive Testimonials
My ASL skills have grown so much from this class. The top notch instructors offered different perspectives from all aspects of ASL and Deaf culture. This class solidified my desire to work as an interpreter someday, as well as learn this beautiful language with my family.
Toni N
Meredith and her team are awesome! Their live online course is fun, engaging and full of important information, in addition to effectively teaching this beautiful language. I highly recommend LHTS courses and programs if you’re serious about learning ASL!
Lia F
As a fellow teacher, I get a truly palpable sense of how much Meredith cares about the people she is collaborating with. I will be signing up for pretty much every future course, as a lifelong journey to learning ASL feels like it has officially begun.
Chris C
This course is a great starter to understand the ASL culture, history, language structure, most common and useful words to use in small talk, introductions and daily conversations. There was also a great sense of community and homework was fun.
Malva V
As a teacher, I know the societal pressure put on us to share our gifts for free. I also know, because most of us are a certain type of people, we feel guilty asking for payment for our teaching services. Meredith and her husband could be charging FAR more for the gifts they share. I am a lifetime member now and will be taking any classes she offers in the future. Dr. Jen Aniano, Ed.D.
Jen A
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