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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
ASL 106 | Title:
ADVANCED ASL PART II |
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| Full Title:
Advanced American Sign Language Part II |
| Last Reviewed:12/3/2007 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 4.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 4.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 70.00 |
| Minimum | 4.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 4.00 | | Contact Total | 70.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 140.00 | Total 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:
Catalog Description:
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Intensive instruction in advanced American Sign Language based on appropriate linguistic and cultural principles. Instruction will focus on several broad areas: considering financial and money issues; making major decisions; discussing health conditions, and presenting storytelling performances. Some short field trips and visits to Deaf community events will be required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ASL 105
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Intensive instruction in advanced American Sign Language based on appropriate linguistic and cultural principles. Instruction will focus on several broad areas: considering financial and money issues; making major decisions; discussing health conditions, and presenting storytelling performances. Some short field trips and visits to Deaf community events will be required.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ASL 105
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/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 this course, the student will be able to:
1. Synthesize advanced receptive and expressive ASL skills and participate in a variety of extended dialogues which deal with such activities as talking about money and financial concepts, making
decisions, discussing health conditions and describing important elements in the make-up and functioning of the human body.
2. Organize and produce a series of presentations in ASL which examine in depth topics in such fields works, making choices that support good health, and other topics.
3. Prepare and present a detailed presentation which provides arguments in support of specific positions or
points of view in fields such as finance, decision-making, health education and other fields.
4. Analyze the elements of various classic stories, legends, myths and other forms of folklore told in ASL and construct a new version of these forms of literature which incorporates major elements of storytelling forms and functions.
Topics and Scope
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I. Talking about money and financial concepts using ASL
A. Basic money vocabulary
B. Purchases and income
C. Banking terminology
D. Discussing banking
E. Debts, bills and contributions
F. Making financial decisions
G. Discussing finances
II. Talking about making major decisions using ASL
A Discussing housing situations
B. Expressing preferences in housing
C. Discussing cars and transportation
D. Describing car features and problems
E. Making life changes
F. Discussing major decisions
G. Describing and justifying one's own decision
III. Discussing health conditions using ASL
A. Describing body parts
B. Explaining normal body processes
C. Describing the human body
D. Dealing with terminology and conditions for symptoms, causes and treatments
E. Describing symptoms, causes and treatments
F. Presentation on health conditions
IV. Storytelling using key elements in signed stories such as:
A. Characterization
B. Narrative structure
C. Use of space
D. Eye gaze
E. Role shift
F. Non-manual markers
G. Cultural information
Assignments:
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Assignments for ASL 106 may include:
1. Writing assignments:
a. Five to six short papers and/or essays on linguistic and cultural
issues
b. Three to four reports on field trips to deaf community events
2. Problem-solving assignments
a. Practice exercises from the workbook, video and teacher-prepared
materials
b. Group practice activities, games and other activities
c. Review of lessons from the workbook, video and teacher-prepared
materials
d. Practice of conversational dialogues in ASL (as individuals and pairs)
e. Practice of story-telling exercises in ASL
f. Viewing and interpreting stories and descriptions in ASL
g. Writing short compositions about ASL and Deaf culture
3. Skill demonstrations
a. Performance of conversational dialogues in ASL
b. Three-four presentations in ASL about Deaf culture topics
c. Viewing short videotaped passages in ASL and preparing written or
paraphrased descriptions
d. Performance of short stories and narratives in ASL which will be videotaped for evaluations
4. Objective examinations
a. Weekly or bi-weekly quizzes
b. Chapter exams
c. Midterms and finals
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% |
| See writing assignments | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
20 - 40% |
| See problem-solving assignments | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
20 - 35% |
| See skill demonstration assignments | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 35% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion, Essays | |
| 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, 2001 (Level three, Lessons 22-25 and review)
Instructor prepared materials
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