SRJC Course Outlines

3/28/2024 2:09:43 AMASL 1 Course Outline as of Spring 2011

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CATALOG INFORMATION

Discipline and Nbr:  ASL 1Title:  ELEM AMER SIGN LANG PT 1  
Full Title:  Elementary American Sign Language - Part 1
Last Reviewed:1/25/2021

UnitsCourse Hours per Week Nbr of WeeksCourse Hours Total
Maximum4.00Lecture Scheduled4.0017.5 max.Lecture Scheduled70.00
Minimum4.00Lab Scheduled06 min.Lab Scheduled0
 Contact DHR0 Contact DHR0
 Contact Total4.00 Contact Total70.00
 
 Non-contact DHR0 Non-contact DHR Total0

 Total Out of Class Hours:  140.00Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00 

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  ASL 1A

Catalog Description:
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Intensive instruction in elementary American Sign Language using appropriate linguistic and cultural principles.  Instruction will focus on several broad areas:  exchanging personal information; talking about surroundings and locations; describing families and family relationships; and talking about activities.  

Prerequisites/Corequisites:


Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
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Extensive instruction in elementary American Sign Language using appropriate linguistic and cultural principles.  
(Grade or P/NP)

Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 1A or equivalent
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:Effective:Fall 1991
Inactive: 
 Area:E
Humanities
 
CSU GE:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 C2HumanitiesFall 1991
 
IGETC:Transfer Area Effective:Inactive:
 6ALanguage Other Than EnglishFall 1997
 6ALanguage Other Than EnglishFall 1996Fall 1997
 
CSU Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1991Inactive:
 
UC Transfer:TransferableEffective:Fall 1991Inactive:
 
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable



COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
1.  Synthesize basic receptive and expressive American Sign Language (ASL) skills and participate in a variety of grammatically correct dialogues .
2.  Produce and comprehend a variety of basic commands in grammatically correct ASL.
3.  Analyze a variety of spatial and geographic relationships involving sites and locations and produce a grammatically correct description in ASL.
4.  Prepare a grammatically correct description in ASL of the relationship between the family members in the tree or model.
5.  Produce a grammatically correct description in ASL of dates and activities from a calendar.
6.  Analyze the use of number signs in a variety of situations including computational problems, time designations, and descriptions of multiple objects and produce an accurate ASL description of each situation.
7.  Analyze the use of classifier signs to describe shapes and movements among objects and people and produce accurate descriptions in ASL of a variety of shapes and movements.
8.  Examine the narrative elements and structures of basic short stories in ASL and reconstruct an accurate and grammatically correct version of a story that contains the essential narrative elements and structures of the stories.
9.  Describe some basic Deaf culture rules of social interaction within the Deaf community and apply these rules to produce effective basic communication with Deaf people.
10. Outline the major points of several topics about Deaf culture and Deaf history.

Topics and Scope
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I.    Introducing Oneself
     A.  Asking for and giving names
     B.  Confirming personal information
     C.  Correcting personal information
     D.  Grammatical concepts
         1.  Yes/No and "Wh" questions
         2.  Personal pronouns
         3.  Spatial referencing
     E.  Deaf culture topics
         1.  The central role of American Sign Language in Deaf culture
         2.  How Deaf people use fingerspelling to convey cultural information
II.   Exchanging Personal Information
     A.  Asking if Deaf or hearing
     B.  Asking where learned signs
     C.  Providing basic description of people
     D.  Giving basic commands
     E.  Using facial expressions and non-manual markers
     F.  Grammatical concepts
         1.  Agent marker
         2.  Negation:  "not"
     G.  Deaf culture topic:  The role of the Deaf club in shaping Deaf culture and identity
III.  Talking About Surroundings (includes description of shapes etc. also numbers)
     A.  Asking and telling where
     B.  Giving directions
     C.  Correcting information
     D.  Expressing wants and needs
     E.  Describing simple shapes, objects, and colors
     F.  Grammatical concepts
         1.  Real world orientation
         2.  Non-manual grammatical markers
         3.  Indicating distance through facial grammar
     G.  Deaf culture topic:  A brief history of the origins of American Sign Language and Deaf culture
IV.   Telling Where You Live
     A.  Asking/Telling where you live and what kind of dwelling
     B.  Asking/Telling how you come to class
     C.  Expressing numbers from 1-20
     D.  Grammatical concepts
         1.  "Where" and "How" questions
         2.  Noun-verb pairs
     E.  Deaf culture topic: The role of Gallaudet Unversity in shaping Deaf culture
V.    Talking About Your Family
     A.  Identifying and explaining relationships in your extended family
     B.  Asking/Telling about marital status and children
     C.  Describing events in a family history
     D.  Using basic limb and body classifiers
     E.  Grammatical concepts
         1.  Possessive pronouns
         2.  Negation:  No, not, none
         3.  Grammar of contrastive structure
     F.  Deaf culture topic:  Gallaudet and Clerc, the fathers of American deaf education
         1.  Gallaudet's trip to England and France in search of a way to educate deaf children in America
         2.  Gallaudet's meeting with Clerc and his decision to come to America
         3.  Events leading up to the founding of the first school for the deaf
VI.   Telling About Activities
     A.  Describing events in a calendar of activities
     B.  Making plans for activities together
     C.  Apologizing/Making excuses/Giving reasons
     D.  Expressing numbers from 21-50
     E.  Grammatical concepts
         1.  Time signs
         2.  Multiple pronouns
         3.  Phrasing and listing activities
     F.  Deaf culture topic:  Technology and Deaf culture
         1.  Baby cry signaling systems and other similar devices
         2.  Visual alarm clocks and doorbells
         3.  Closed captioned television
         4.  Telecommunication devices for Deaf people
         5.  Text and video relay services to facilitate Deaf-hearing communication
VII.  Deaf Culture Topic:  Beginning Elements of Deaf Story-telling
     A.  Gallaudet and Clerc
     B.  ABC Gum or Haunted House
     C.  Childhood Story, Level 1
     D.  Grammatical concepts
         1.  Sentence types
         2.  Role shifting
         3.  Limb classifiers
VIII. Deaf Culture Topic:  Rules for Social Interaction
     A.  Getting attention
     B.  Negotiating a signing environment
     C.  Asking for repetitions
     D.  Meeting Deaf people and getting background information
     E.  The role of name signs in Deaf culture

Assignments:
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Assignments:
1.  Reading 15-20 pages per week of informational materials about Deaf culture.
2.  Writing three to four 2-3-page compositions about Deaf culture topics.
3.  Problem-solving assignments
   a.  Completing practice exercises from the workbook, video and teacher-prepared materials.
   b.  Group practice activities, games and other activities.
   c.  Reviewing lessons from the workbook and video and teacher-prepared materials.
   d.  Practicing conversational dialogues in ASL (as individuals and pairs).
4.  Skill demonstrations
   a.  Performing conversational dialogues in ASL.
   b.  two-three Presentations in ASL about Deaf culture topics
   c.  Viewing and interpreting short passages in ASL.
   d.  Performing short stories and narratives in ASL.
5.  Weekly or bi-weekly quizzes, chapter exams and final.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.Writing
10 - 20%
Compositions
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.Problem Solving
10 - 40%
See Problem Solving Assignments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.Skill Demonstrations
20 - 30%
See Skill demonstration assignments
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.Exams
20 - 60%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.Other Category
0 - 0%
None


Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Signing Naturally, Student Videotext and Workbook by Lentz, Mikos
and Smith. DawnSign Press, 1989.  (Level one, Lessons 1-6 and review).
Handbook ASL 1A and 1B (Departmental Reader)
For Hearing People Only, Moore and Levitan, MSN Publications, 2005.
Instructor prepared materials

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