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ASL students signing Thank You: 

ASL teachers: 

One of my teaching methods would be interactive learning.  This approach would focus more on pairs and group work.

My students would interact to develop their receptive and expressive skills while I join each pair or group working to check in and give feedback, as needed. Their communicative competence would develop throughout the interactive nature of communication.

With their partners, they could enhance their receptive and expressive skills through their conversations in ASL During the interaction, the topics, such as real-world situations, would be brought up to practice conversation skills and taking turns in the group work. 

At the same time, this approach will prepare the students for actual interaction with other Deaf people at Deaf events. They would practice their actual conversation skills based on their interaction skills acquired from the classroom. This method also could be complicating and challenging to track what the students are learning and at what pace. I will need to stay updated and informed with the real-world situations within the interactive learning.

Brown, H. D., & Lee, H. (2015). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language pedagogy. (4th ed.). White Plains, NY: Pearson Education.

Michael Morpurgo