STUDY 10

Modulation

Proverbs 8:4, 7

SUMMARY: Convey ideas clearly and stir emotion by varying your signing space, the intensity of your facial expressions, and your pace.

Vary your signing space. Increase your signing space to highlight main points and to motivate your listeners. Do the same when reading Scriptural judgments. Decrease your signing space to build anticipation or to convey fear or anxiety.

Do not increase your signing space so often that your listeners feel scolded. Avoid drawing attention to yourself by being overly dramatic.
Vary the intensity of your facial expressions. If appropriate in your language, use more intense facial expressions to express enthusiasm or to indicate size or distance. Use softer facial expressions to express sorrow or anxiety.
Vary your pace. Sign more rapidly to convey excitement. Sign more slowly when stating important points.

To avoid startling your listeners, do not change pace abruptly. Do not sign so rapidly that your signing becomes unclear.