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How to Sign “Homework” in Sign Language

This sign is a compound of the words “home” and “work.” If you are talking about a specific assignment or project, those are different signs.

Signing “Home”

• Hand shape: Form your dominant hand into a bent “O” handshape.
• Hand location: Start with your hand on the side of your face, close to your mouth.
• Movement: Move your hand from your mouth to the top of your cheek.
• Facial expression: Keep a neutral facial expression.

Signing “Work”

• Hand shape: Both hands should be in a fist shape (also known as "S" handshape), with your thumbs resting against the front side of your fingers.
• Hand location: Place your hands in front of you. Make sure your non-dominant hand is facing palm-down. Your dominant hand should be facing outward, so that your wrist touches the top of your non-dominant hand.
• Movement: Use your dominant fist to tap on top of your non-dominant fist a few times at the wrist area.

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How to sign: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

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Similiar / Same: prep , preparation

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This is how you sign Homework in American Sign Language.

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To sign "Homework" in American Sign Language (ASL), you are going to make an O handshape, put it next to your mouth and then bring it up on top of your cheek and whack your non-dominant hand just once.

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How to sign homework in American Sign Language

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This sign is done by signing "home" and then "work". However, in this instance "home" is signed by only pressing your hand on your face once instead of twice. After this, sign "work" by having your non-dominant hand in front of you with your palm orientation downward and your dominant hand tapping against your non-dominant hand 2 times.

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HOMEWORK in sign language

Homework is definitely one of ASL 101 students' first words within the first days of classes. Such an important ASL word to add to your core vocabulary, yea.

ASL sign for HOMEWORK

How to sign "homework" in American Sign Language. Like the English word, this ASL sign is also a compound word.

Meaning: schoolwork that a student is required to do at home; schoolwork assigned to students to be completed outside the classroom.

Pronunciation/articulation: Dominant "flat O" handshape with its fingertips touching on the lower cheek near the mouth and then tapping on the upper cheek a bit away from the mouth; then dominant "S" handshape (palm orientation down) taps twice on the top of the passive "S" handshape (palm orientation down).

My hearing ASL students' eyeballs perk up whenever I use one of those other important ASL words in classroom: TEST , QUIZ , EXAM , ASSIGNMENT .

More: DEADLINE , DUE .

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WORK: The American Sign Language (ASL) sign for: work / labor / employment (and related concepts)     The sign for "work" is made by shaping both hands into "fist shapes" (the letter "s.")  With your palms facing downward, use your dominant fist to tap the wrist or the side of your non-dominant fist a few times. WORK:               Memory Aid:   Think of working with a hammer.     While the sign "WORK" can (in context) be used to mean "job" -- there is a more common way of signing "job." See: JOB   The word "work" has meanings other than just "perform labor."  If you use work in sentences such as:  "That worked!" or "That works!" or "It didn't work!" -- what you really mean is "success," "succeed," or "satisfies a need." If you mean work as in "succeed" then use the sign: SUCCESS If you mean work as in "that works" -- as in that is satisfactory then use the sign for SATISFY If you mean work as in "that didn't work" you could use the sign FAIL     Notes:    You may see people doing variations of  the sign for work. For example you might see this variation. I don't recommend this variation. WORK ( not recommended version) Question : Why don't you recommend that version? Answer :  Because that version of the sign for work somewhat loosely resembles some of the characteristics of a sign that involves a three letter word that starts with "S" and ends with "X." To be clear, the above version of "work" is "not" a dirty or intimate sign regardless of what various juvenile individuals will try to tell you .  Just because two signs share the same basic location, orientation, and handshape doesn't mean that there are not additional significant differences in production (the way you sign it).  People who have not had enough real world experience signing and interacting with the Deaf community (or who learn sign language out of books or from not-so-good internet sources) tend to miss small (yet important) differences between signs and then spread garbage information. Don't be such a person.     Question : A student asks: Is the sign WORK made with "S" hands or "A" hands?   Answer : If a local teacher or Deaf person feels one way or another about it do it their way when you are around them. I recommend leaning toward the "S" handshape it is also common to see a modified "A" hand partway between an A and an S (particularly on the dominant hand, less so on the non-dominant hand which tends to be an "S"). Coarticulatory effects are real. In other words, signs done before and/or after a sign can and often do influence the handshape or other features of that sign. Example: IX GIRL WORK TOMORROW ("That girl will work tomorrow.") Since GIRL and TOMORROW use variants of the "A" handshape it is likely the sign WORK (in that sentence) will be influenced and exhibit an "A" handshape. If you signed: SOCIETY NORMS-(fs) CAN IMPACT WORK (social norms can impact work) ... -- the sign WORK would be more likely to use an "S" handshape.   [Keywords: Coarticulation, coarticulatory effects]     *  Want to help support ASL University?  It's easy :  DONATE   ( Thanks! ) *  Another way to help is to buy something from Dr. Bill's " Bookstore ." *  Want even more ASL resources?  Visit the " ASL Training Center ! "  (Subscription Extension of ASLU)   *  Also check out Dr. Bill's channel: www.youtube.com/billvicars   You can learn American Sign Language (ASL) online at American Sign Language University ™  ASL resources by Lifeprint.com  ©  Dr. William Vicars