Course Description
Students will build upon sign language skills learned in SIGN 1503. Emphasis is on continued development and refinement of comprehension, production, grammar, and interpersonal skills. Information about Deaf community and Deaf culture will be introduced.
Prerequisite(s)
SIGN 1503 - Must be completed with a grade of C or better prior to taking this course.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Comprehend and express yourself with basic ASL vocabulary and correct grammar in person and through digital technologies.
- Identify and compare the beliefs, values, products and practices found within Deaf communities.
- Converse in person to discuss key concepts in other disciplines. (PLO 1, 2, and 3)
- Compare and contrast your language and culture with those of Deaf communities at basic level.
- Demonstrate an awareness of grammatical features, at a basic level, that make ASL a complex human language.
- Engage and converse in non-classroom and small group settings with Deaf community members.
Topical Outline
- asking for a sign
- fingerspelling
- U.S. states and Canadian provinces
- numbers
- translating questions
- negation
- verb agreement
- directions
- telling where items are located
- describing reactions
- greetings and leave-takings
- interrupting others
- identifying present people
- describing personal items
- describing lost items
- making requests
- agreeing with conditions
- physical locations
- suggesting a place to eat
- giving opinions about tendencies
- giving opinions about personal qualities
- comparing personal qualities
- looking for a misplaced object
- discussing one’s knowledge and abilities
- asking for opinion about someone
- making and canceling plans
- discussing personal goals
- narrating stories
- retelling placement of characters -
- rehearsing agreement verbs with role shift
- rehearsing role shift exchanges between characters