ASL 102 - American Sign Language Level I Part B

3 Credits

Outline Effective Date 2024 Fall
9 (2024-2025)

Lecture Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Tutorial Hours: 0

Course Description:
In this course, students are introduced to American Sign Language (ASL), its culture, and to the community of Deaf persons who use this language. Students learn how to have basic conversations as well as use appropriate behaviors within the Deaf Community.

Rationale:
Individuals working with the Deaf community need to develop basic, practical communication and conversational skills. The content of this course provides the foundational knowledge, and skills required to begin interacting with the Deaf community.

Prerequisites: ASL 101
Corequisites: None

Course Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to

Use ASL to
- express how to negate questions or comments
- use appropriate ASL numbers 1-100 and rocking numbers
- express familial relationships and their ages
- formulate how to get meaning across when communicating
- demonstrate understanding of the cultural significance of clear sightlines
- identify and demonstrate fingerspelling nuances
- discuss chores, errands and activities
- modify verbs to show agreement
- demonstrate story-telling skills, including story cohesion, role shifting, spatial agreement, and character development.

Required Resource Materials:
Lentz, E. M., Smith, C., & Mikos, K. (2018). Signing naturally student workbook units 1-6.

ISBN 978-1-58121-210-5

Optional Resource Materials:
Fingerspelled Word Recognition through Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP).

ISBN: 9781581210392

Conduct of Course:
This course has 45 hours of instruction that includes a combination of lectures, video clips, activities, group and individual practices, discussions, reviews, and video-recordings, and skills practice sessions. Students are encouraged to practice outside of class.

Lessons are presented in context. Activities provide students with opportunities to engage in meaningful and exploratory conversations. Each unit builds upon the previous information.

This is an immersion course, which means students should not use their voices in class. The best way to learn ASL is to stop thinking and speaking in an oral language like English. See Appendix B.

Regular attendance and participation in class are essential for success in any course. Openness to accepting and incorporating feedback regarding your ASL skills is important; this in turn will help contribute to your sense of confidence as you develop your skills and feel the excitement of learning a new language.

Absence for any reason does not relieve a student of the responsibility of completing course work and assignments to the satisfaction of the instructor. Students are responsible for catching up on any missed material. Students should exchange contact information with other students to keep up with any missed classes. More than two (2) absences may result in probation.

In cases of repeated absences due to illness, the student may be requested to submit a medical certificate.

Instructors have the authority to require attendance in classes.

Content of Course:
Unit 4: Talking About Family

Unit 5: Talking About Activities

Unit 6: Story Telling

Course Assessments:
The grading system is based on the number of points received for each assignment. Students are required to complete all assignments and assessments. No late assignments will be accepted.

Class Activities	10%
Progress Check 1	30%
Progress Check 2	30%
Progress Check 3	30%
Total	100%

Course Pass Requirements:
A minimum grade of C (60%) (2.0) is required to pass this course. In addition, students must acquire an overall G.P.A. of 2.00 to meet graduation requirements. Students are responsible for monitoring their academic progress and requesting assistance as necessary. Students who do not achieve the minimum passing grade are referred to the Registrar and placed on Academic Probation, and are required to demonstrate successful completion of course goals, within a specified time period, prior to completion of the program.