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Basic SASL Course Outline
Lesson 7 : Days, Months and Seasons

In the previous lesson, you learnt how to indicate time. Now, let's have a look at how you sign the days of the week and the months of the year.

Days of the week: Videos/Image: How to sign the concept
Day: Monday
Day: Tuesday
Day: Wednesday
Day: Thursday
Day: Friday
Day: Saturday
Day: Sunday

Months of the year: Videos/Image: How to sign the concept
Month: January
Month: February
Month: March
Month: April
Month: May
Month: June
Month: July
Month: August
Month: September
Month: October
Month: November
Month: December

Self-test:

Try your hand at signing the following concepts drawing from all you knowledge of SASL so far. If you need to, refer back to the previous lessons to figure out how to structure your message:

  • My birthday is the 1st of August.
  • September has 4 weeks.
  • There are 12 months in a year.
  • Sometimes February has 29 days.

Miscellaneous Concepts

Here are a couple of other concepts to use in signing.

Concept: Videos/Image: How to sign the concept
Season: Spring
Season: Autumn
Temperature: Hot
Temparature: Cold
Expression: Surprise
Expression: Shock
Expression: Thinking
Expression: Sad

Lesson 8 : Comprehensive Self-test