UNIT 6 Gallaudet and Clerc

Okay, So today we're going to go through the process

of working with Galata and Clark.

Um, we'll go over again the signs, and we're gonna

go into the individual sections that we've been discussing in

class. Okay.

Okay. So the story of Gallaudet and Clerc you can

go on to dawn, sign and go to Unit six.

Lesson nine toe watch this story told in whole by

Tyrone Now, I want you to know the story that

you're watching is a modified version of the correct story.

It's shortened and a little tweaked to make it a

little bit more interesting.

But it is essentially, it gives you what you need

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It's a fairly decent go.

Okay, um, starting off with vocabulary.

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Okay, so now we're going to talk about something that

is a huge part of storytelling.

Um, gesture versus sign.

So the question is, what is the difference between a

gesture and a sign?

Okay, So, gesturing the definition for gesturing or the easiest

thing that I have been able to come up with

to make it to where you can understand it is

that gestures are limited.

Set are a limited set of actions of which everyone

understands that the meaning without being taught, people just learned

by watching others.

Okay, so this is like a shrug of your shoulders.

Um, tilt of your head when we verbally speak.

We use our hands to gesture different things and our

upper body well, in and sell, they do, too.

And it's gonna be any type of an upper body

movement, hand movement or head movement that has a universal

meeting across the board.

Um, without that meaning being taught.

Okay, now sign.

We all know sign and we all work with Sign,

um, sign the best definition.

I confined for sign or sign language is, um, sign

languages in all and all purpose method of communication, which

must be learned.

I also saw somebody that had posted or a definition

given that it is a group of movements that has

been agreed upon to a specific meaning, Um, same kind

of concept specific movements that have been agreed upon to

mean a certain thing eso.

Either way, that would be a big difference.

So gesturing is something that could be universal Signs are

are a form of movement that is a specific meaning

behind it that has been agreed upon by a group

of people, so that that makes it a little bit

clear, so you can always tell the difference.

Um, whenever we did timber, we had gesturing.

When we did gum story, we had gesturing, Um, definitely

in here.

We have gesturing.

I mean, if you think about it, the little girl

doesn't even have a language.

All she has is gestures.

Okay, so that's quite important.

And you're gesturing can be a very impactful part of

the story because it can also set a tone, and

that's very important as well.

So now let's go into two person role shift.

Okay? This is not the first time we've talked about

two person role shift.

We've had it in timber.

Whenever the, um, lumberjack is talking to the doctor, we

have a two person role shift there.

We have it in dumb story when we're shifting from

the little boy to his mom or when we're shifting

from the girl and the boy that air.

The couple, one of whom were describing them and what

they're doing, that's a two person role shift as well.

Um, and in Galata and Clark, it's a lot.

There's a lot more of it because you have the

interactions between Gallaudet and the little girl.

And then we also have tthe e interactions between Gallaudet

and Clerc himself.

Um, those are some of the key points of the

two person role shift.

Okay, um, now this is a big, big, big, big,

big thing maintaining maintaining spatial agreement.

Okay, What does that mean?

That means that whenever we have something in our sign

space that we have placed, we have to maintain that

in that place.

And then we have something else that's in a different

area. We have to maintain that.

But also, you need to think about it in a

bigger picture of things.

Like, you know, in this this instance, we're using actual

places we're using America we're using England were using France.

All of those things are are are actual places that

we have to maintain a social or a spatial agreement

with to where they are located.

Because if you think about it like you are looking

at a map in front of you and you're talking

about where America is.

Where is America?

You're looking at the map.

You you've got the Atlantic Ocean sitting in front of

you and you are looking at the map.

So where is America?

Is it to your laughter?

Is it to your right?

It's gonna be to your left, and therefore it's always

gonna be to your left.

So any time that you're gonna be talking about anything

from America, you're going to place it on your left.

But where's England?

It's over on your right.

But is it directly to your right or is it

north on your right?

Which is gonna be up because that's where England and

again, if you look at the map a natural map

or globe, you have America.

And then England is actually over to the east and

up. Okay, so it's northeast of America.

It is not directly across from America.

If you go directly across from America, um, you are

likely to hit either Portugal, Spain or go into the

Mediterranean Sea if I'm correct, which therefore would put you

into like Italy, um, maybe northern Africa.

But you are not going to hit England or France,

OK, eso America is always always always on your left.

And then England is in your north, right?

And then when you talk about when he talks about

France, France is south of England.

So when he's talking about France, he is in England,

so he has to put it below him.

And then whenever he does the trek where he actually

draws the line that goes to France when he decides

to go to France to look at the, um, school,

it does this like, weird as curve because that little

if you look on the right side of England, you'll

see like a little in like, a little indention.

Or like a little mouth looking thing.

That is where the port he's coming out of.

He's got to come out of that port, go around

that little tail, come down through the English Channel, go

down around.

He actually goes down around Portugal and Spain, and comes

up into the bottom portion of France where there's that

little dip, um, up in the bottom, where you can

see maybe a little boat down there.

Um, that is the route he takes.

Mhm cohesion.

Okay, so this is what do we do to make

things tell the story.

Well, um, cohesion part of this is also gonna be

your natural signing rhythm and your natural signing fluidity.

I keep telling you that everybody has their own rhythm.

Everybody does, and you need to find yours.

If you are having a problem telling a story to

your own rhythm, maybe what you need to do is

you need to listen to a song that it seems

to flow well with and then tell the story to

the rhythm of that song.

Um, that will give you a good flow and good

rhythm with it.

But remember that on your transitions, you have to raise

your eyebrows.

You have to have good pauses.

And you have to have engaging the audience, which is

you know, um, I'm keeping I contact and things like

that. Also, you need to make good use of your

science space.

Okay? We are going to make everything super tiny right

in front of us.

We need to make good use of our science space.

Um, uh, Here's some of the transitions one day, man.

Um, place him in his name.

Place him on the right side of his name's Gallaudet.

That's the first transition.

Second transition is Gallaudet wants to teach the girl third

transition Is Gallaudet here?

Have school for the deaf.

When he's saying there isn't one.

The fourth one is all the way over there.

Arrived in England.

Look for the school.

Um, here they have a school in front of France.

Um, arrive at France and look for the school.

Teach right teacher to the right.

And his name is Clark.

Um right.

Both of them Go and get on the boat and

they go left.

Go back to America.

Um, the two of them are sailing on their way

to America.

And then they they arrive in America and they established

the first step school.

Those are all your transitions.

Okay, Um so that in a nutshell, is Gallaudet and

Clerc. Um, it's not super super hard.

It is one of the hardest stories that you would

have had to absinthe.

But I'm being gracious, and I'm not gonna force you

to sign it.

Um, you need to go through and watch the video.

Make sure that you watch it.

Make sure you Duthie forum for understanding Galata and Clark

and answer the questions in the forum and I really

didn't answer any of those here, so I didn't give

anything away.

Um, but yeah, so, you know, enjoy what?

What you can and watching it and learning from it.

Uh, storing telling is a huge part of deaf culture.

It is basically their movies and their entertainment.

So it's basically like their usher.

Like the good storytellers are the equivalent to usher Beyonce,

Lady Gaga, Um, Chris Evans, Chris Pratts, George Clooney, Meryl

Streep. I mean that they're storytellers.

Air that to them.

Okay, so it is super, immensely important.

I have a good afternoon.

Enjoy the rest of your day on, um, took a

job.

UNIT 6 Gallaudet and Clerc

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