If two people are involved (e.g., a customer and a clerk), note which side of the signer’s body represents which person.

| Pitfall | Why It Happens | Fix | |---------|----------------|-----| | Signing in English word order | Thinking in English | Think in images and movement first. | | Forgetting facial expressions | Focusing only on hands | Raise brows for topic, furrow for WH-questions, puff cheeks for “too much.” | | Mixing up classifier handshapes | Lack of practice | Drill classifier pairs: CL:3 (car) vs. CL:3-claw (motorcycle). | | Losing spatial consistency | Moving hands randomly | Physically point to the same spot in space each time for the same object. |

You watch a signed story (without voice or captions) and answer 5–7 short-answer questions about what happened. Common questions include: