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AMSL 201 Intermediate American Sign Language I

In this course, students will further advance their ability to apply American Sign Language skills - handshape, palm orientation, location, movement, and non-manual signals - in order to refine their ability to communicate at an intermediate level by exchanging, interpreting, and presenting information in multiple tenses and contexts; to deepen the comparisons of the practices, perspectives, and products of Deaf culture to those of hearing culture; to connect ASL to other relevant disciplines; and to expand their use of ASL outside of the classroom in a variety of contexts. Content and supporting language structures and vocabulary will be theme-based, with outcomes measured in a variety of ways, including task-based activities that support effective communication around the theme.

Credits

4

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Demonstrate an increase in ASL vocabulary by 600 signs from current handbook
  2. 2. Demonstrate the use of sign space and ability to map using a minimum of 4 placements on the vertical
    sight plane and 4 placements on the horizontal sight plane
  3. 3. List and explain at least 5 ASL idioms
  4. 4. Discuss modulation as a key aspect in ASL and give ASL/English examples
  5. 5. Transcribe a short English written paragraph into correct ASL gloss
  6. Define conceptual accuracy as it relates to ASL and to English , and be able to translate modern English
    idioms into conceptually correct ASL

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Demonstrate an increase in ASL vocabulary by 600 signs from current handbook
  2. 2. Demonstrate the use of sign space and ability to map using a minimum of 4 placements on the vertical
    sight plane and 4 placements on the horizontal sight plane
  3. 3. List and explain at least 5 ASL idioms
  4. 4. Discuss modulation as a key aspect in ASL and give ASL/English examples
  5. 5. Transcribe a short English written paragraph into correct ASL gloss
  6. Define conceptual accuracy as it relates to ASL and to English , and be able to translate modern English
    idioms into conceptually correct ASL