Fall 2025 Schedule:
Language Dinners:
Monday: 7-7:30 pm
Tuesday: 6-6:30 pm
Wednesday: 7-7:30 pm
Thursday: 6-6:30 pm
Friday: Signing Lunch @ 1:00 pm in Newcomb Pav
Language Corner:
Tuesday: 6:30-7:30 pm
Welcome to Shea House's American Sign Language (ASL) Pod!
2025-2026
Week 1: Painting Door Decorations!
Week 2: Speed Friending
ASL pod members paired up and answered random rapid-fire prompts using sign language to get to know their fellow pod members more!
Week 3: ASL Game Night!
Pod members gathered together to play a variety of games using sign! (HeadBandz, Bingo, Telephone, etc.)
Week 4: Kenyan Global Exchange Program
Pod members become "video pen pals" with deaf children in Kenya, learning more about Kenyan Sign
Language!
2024-2025
Week 1: Painting!
2023-2024
Week 1: Baking in ASL!
ASL pod members baked chocolate chip cookies (vegan, of course) together!
Week 2: Game Night!
ASL pod members played Headbanz as a group, guessing and giving clues in ASL.
Week 3: Sign Languages Across Cultures 2.0!
ASL pod members learned French Sign Language (LSF) and Mexican Sign Language (LSM), fingerspelling their names and practicing basic signs.
Week 4: ASL Valentines!
ASL pod members made and exchanged valentines, some in the "I love you" handshape!
Week 5: ASL in film!
ASL pod members watched the 1986 film Children of a Lesser God and discussed how ASL and Deaf people are depicted.
Week 6: ASL in film, cont.!
ASL pod members continued watching Children of a Lesser God and discussed what they liked and disliked about the film's portrayal of Deaf people.
Week 7 (SPRING RECESS: NO LANGUAGE CORNER!)
Week 8: ASL telephone!
ASL pod members played telephone, practicing receptive and expressive ASL skills.
Week 9: ASL Semester Event!
ASL pod members brainstormed conversation topics and reviewed ASL etiquette for Friday's Signing Lunch @Shea!
Week 10: Slang in ASL!
ASL pod members learned ASL slang words and phrases.
Week 11: Funny stories/jokes in ASL!
To celebrate April Fool's Day, ASL pod members shared funny stories and jokes in ASL.
Week 12: Charades!
ASL pod members played charades with a catch — no signing — to review gestures.
Week 13: Thank you cards!
ASL pod members made thank you cards for ASL department faculty.
