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Oct 31, 2024
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2023-2024 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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AMSL 201 - American Sign Language III
PREREQUISITES: AMSL 102 - American Sign Language II
PROGRAM: World Languages
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 3
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Fall, 2018
Continue the study of American Sign Language for students who have had two semesters of college-level American Sign Language. Students will continue to increase their knowledge of the deaf community, culture, and deaf education in a hearing world while developing increased conversational skill. Complex grammar functions and expanded vocabulary will continue to be incorporated into the use of sign production. Students will also continue to develop a knowledge base of appropriate behaviors and cues in various settings.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be expected to:
- Communicate with sign fluently and with accurate expressions.
- Demonstrate the appropriate spatial agreement when conveying information in a variety of contexts.
- Produce signed conversations at an intermediate level in a variety of situations and subject levels.
- Demonstrate the appropriate register to use in a variety of ASL conversations.
- Explain the Deaf community’s perspective on ASL vs. signed English.
- Analyze cross-cultural communication dynamics between the Deaf and Hearing cultures.
- Discuss the Deaf community’s perspective on hearing loss, deafness, being Deaf, interpreters, hearing aids, and cochlear implants.
- Explain how sign language number systems differ in a variety of contexts and able to use them appropriately.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Agreeing with Conditions
- Identifying Objects
- Comparing Qualities
- Number Systems
- Contrastive Sentence Structure
- Making Requests
- Cultural Topics
- Skill Development
- Describing People
- Spatial References
- Descriptive Classifiers
- Vocabulary Development
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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