ASL& 221: American Sign Language IV

Express ideas face-to-face, in front of an audience both inside and outside the classroom or through digital/technological means. This outcome focuses on the presentation of information, concepts, and ideas in American Sign Language that include face-to-face meetings, live presentations, and technological means (e.g., videophone, video mail, video logs).

Follow complex directions (e.g., directions from school to home). Make and follow requests (e.g., invitations to classmates, request a travel itinerary). This outcome focuses on comprehending American Sign Language, that is, visual listening resulting in comprehension. In the area of visual listening, students have a variety of opportunities to develop comprehension abilities, including following classroom instruction, watching guest speakers using ASL, and visually “listening” to ASL signers through technology.

Debate and exchange information and opinions on topics of students’ choosing in one-to-one and group settings both inside and outside of classroom. This outcome focuses on interpersonal communication. In the more advanced ASL 3 and 4 classes, students will begin to engage in-group conversations, exchange information, and grow in their ability to communicate with others in ASL in a culturally appropriate manner with greater fluency involving an increasing number of participants and covering a wider range of topics.

Explore, analyze, and discuss controversial emotions and feelings on a variety of topics (e.g., cochlear implants in Deaf children, audism issues). This outcome focuses on Cultural Diversity.

Demonstrate comprehension of more complex narratives including various types of grammatical structures, including topic shift and role shift, by retelling ASL stories (e.g., Birds of a Different Feather story by Supalla and Bahan, ASL poetry with Clayton Valli, Fables from Signing Naturally). This outcome focuses on comprehending American Sign Language. It also allows students to explore cultural norms and nuances of meaning in expressive products of Deaf culture, this includes ASL literature and the visual arts (e.g., jokes, art).

Demonstrate comprehension of complex ASL syntax by spontaneously using the more complex syntax (e.g., temporal aspects, pronominalization, rhetorical questions and various classifiers).