Course+Syllabus

American Sign Language One


 * Course Syllabus: **

The purpose of this course is to teach hearing students basic conversational skills in American Sign Language (ASL), and an awareness of various aspects of deafness including heritage and culture. The content will include, but is not limited to, conversational vocabulary and grammatical features of ASL. The educational, social, cultural and historical aspects of deafness are also included.


 * Objectives: **


 * The student with produce to well rehearsed video tapes.
 * The student will attend at least one Deaf social function which members of the Deaf community are present and will be expected to write a two-page document relating their experience.
 * The student will describe background and historical information related to ASL and to the Deaf Community.
 * The students will describe general information related to aspects of deafness.
 * The student will fingerspell the alphabet letters to form simple words and will understand simple fingerspelled words.
 * the student will describe and demonstrate basic linguistic principles of ASL.
 * The student will construct sentences using appropriate ASL syntax.
 * The student will describe and demonstrate the components of ASL including: facial expression, body movement, eye gaze, personality and mood incorporation, signs, using of space, ASL syntax and fingerspelling.
 * The student will demonstrate receptive and expressive mastery of sign vocabulary words totaling approximately 500 concepts.
 * The student will be exposed to short narratives, stories in ASL, and dialogues that are told by the instructor and by students.
 * The student will demonstrate the ability to initiate, conduct and terminate a short complex-specific conversation with Deaf of hearing users of ASL.


 * Extra Credit: **

<span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">You may complete on extra credit Deaf experience to replace a low or missed quiz grade. This can be done by:


 * <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Attending another Deaf social or workshop and writing a one page account of this experience.
 * <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have seven hours of documented lab with the ASL tutor.


 * <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Attendance Policy: **


 * <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make-up Tests will not be given.
 * <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Make-up work needs to be turned in within two days of the absence. If the student fails to turn in this work, he/she will receive the lowest grade earned in the class for that assignment.


 * <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grading: **

<span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each grade will carry equal weight. Students are given a variety of assignments and assessments in order to address their many learning styles. Your grades will be based on receptive and expressive tests, four-part portfolio, classwork, homework, projects, and participation.

<span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grading Scale:

<span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">90 - 100 = A <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">87 - 89 = B+ <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">80 - 86 = B <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">77 - 79 = C+ <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">70 - 76 = CLesson Plans <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">67 - 69 = D+ <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">60 - 66 = D <span style="color: #7d407d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Below 59 = F

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