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The students will learn:
1. Language functions.
A. Asking what a word means.
B. Giving definitions of words.
C. Describing objects.
D. Asking about weekend plans/activities.
E. Describing weekend plans/activities.
F. Expressing opinions and feelings.
G. Telling about disrupted plans.
H. Directing and maintaining attention.
I. Controlling the pace of conversation.
J. Resuming conversation after an interruption.
K. Responding to new information.
2. Grammar.
A. Descriptive classifiers for shapes, patterns, and textures.
B. Instrument classifiers.
C. Weak hand as reference.
D. Topic/comment structure.
E. Non-manual markers.
F. Money numbers.
G. Temporal sequencing.
H. Time signs with durative aspect.
I. Element classifiers.
J. Numbers 120-1,000.
K. Confirming questions.
L. Locative classifiers.
3. Vocabulary.
A. Approximately 200 signs, appropriate to the topics introduced.
4. Cultural information.
A. Deafness in the family; causes of deafness and how it's
discussed politely.
B. Eye-gaze used to hold one's place in the conversation;
turn-taking skills.
C. Directing one's attention to something; getting everyone in
the room's attention.
D. Gettin attention from outside of group.
E. How deaf people communicate with non-signers.
F. Telling someone's name when you're not sure how it's spelled.
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1. Content.
A. Grammatical forms necessary for discussion of functions
taught.
B. Vocabulary necessary for discussion of functions.
C. Cultural information.
D. Conversational strategies.
E. Narration skills.
2. Topics.
A. Food and cooking descriptive signs; giving cooking directions.
B. Tools, toys and appliances.
C. Symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes (3 dimensional).
D. Defining something by how it is made; by what it looks like.
E. Verbal inflections to indicate frequency of occurance.
F. Seasons of the year; seasonal activities.
G. Feelings about activities.
H. Disruptions and disasters: household problems (flooding,
electrical black outs, hourse broken into, etc.), car
problems, personal problems, job problems.
I. Listing techniques for indicating preferences.
J. Sight-seeing and descriptions of Bay Area landmarks.
K. Recommending places to visit while traveling.
L. Complex classifiers for describing different kinds of air
quality, wind, smoke, running water, rain, snow, fire, lights
and lamps.
3. Scope.
A. Carrying on the kind of conversation friend might have.
B. Narrating stories, including exclaiming over disasters.
C. Resuming the conversation after an interruption or after a
digression.
D. Polite strategies for discussing family background, including
deafness in the family.
E. Appropriate behavior while listening to a narration.
F. Kinds of information given in discussion with an interviewer
contrasted with kinds of information given in discussion with
a close friend (differences in register).
G. Exchanging information involving complex fingerspelling or
complex numbering.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments and skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course. |
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| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
20 - 60% |
| Homework problems, Quizzes, Exams | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
10 - 35% |
| Class performances, Performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
10 - 35% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Completion | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
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SIGNING NATURALLY, STUDENT VIDEOTEXT AND WORKBOOK, LEVEL TWO by Lentz,
Mikos and Smith. DawnSign Press, 1990. (Lessons 16-18 and review)