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Shelly Hansen  CI/CT/SC: Legal    and    Maria Alcade (Deaf Instructor) 

ESN:  1 1 1 1

RID Certified ASL<>English Interpreter

Phone:  509.554-0564 (voice/text)

Slhansen5@gmail.com

DSHS Contract # 1048-88926

Course objective:

To create a stimulating learning environment that enables students to learn conversational American Sign Language along with knowledge and appreciation of Deaf culture, by focusing on receptive and expressive skills.  Course will incorporate and increase exposure to a variety of language samples through on-line resources as well as guest presenters.  Students are encouraged to participate in local Deaf community events to broaden their social ASL skills!

 

 

You and/or your student(s) will need the following SUPPLIES:

 

1)     Expressive face

2)     Relaxed Body and hands

3)     Mind ready to think visually

4)     Notebook, pencil

5)     Access to a computer with e-mail & internet capabilities

(Homework assignments are accessed on youtube @ EyeSignUSignASL)

• Supply Fee:  $25/student per year (pro-rated if joining the class late)
  
• Textbooks/DVD:

a.       The American Sign Language Phrase Book, Third Edition

by Lou Fant and Barbara Bernstein Fant  (Amazon new: $11.36)

ISBN#  0-07-149713-7

b.      American Sign Language Phrases DVD 

Sign Media, Inc.  Item #AMER20  $19.95  

c.       Talking With Your Hands, Listening With Your Eyes: A Complete Photographic Guide to American Sign Language [Paperback] by     
        Gabriel Grayson

ISNB# 0-7570-0007-X  (Amazon new: $17.35)

  

FOR FEE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE LINKS AT RIGHT ~

Teacher profile/Shelly Hansen:

Nationally certified ASL<>English Interpreter since 1992.  Hold three RID certifications:  two general (CI/CT), one legal (SC:L).  Freelance community Interpreter for medical, legal, business, employment, educational settings.   Attended the University of Washington for two years, and graduated in 1989 with an AAS in Interpreting from Seattle Central Community College.  Adjunct Instructor for CBC’s Early Childhood Education dept:  ASL I, II and III. 

I look forward to meeting you and sharing my love for ASL, Deaf culture and Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Deaf Blind people!