Provides vocabulary and linguistic principles of American Sign Language at the high intermediate level. Students have opportunities for expressive and receptive practice. Class sessions are conducted predominately in ASL, without voice. Five hours of service learning in the community are required. Course content includes lecture, skill-building activities and lab practice.
Competency 1: The student will acquire approximately 500 new sign concepts. Combined with previously acquired signs, students will have an accumulated vocabulary of approximately 1500 sign concepts.
Competency 2: The student will describe and demonstrate advanced-level linguistic aspects of ASL.
Competency 3: The student will demonstrate knowledge of important issues in the fields of ASL, interpretation and Deaf Studies.
Competency 4: The student will demonstrate advanced-level receptive understanding of ASL vocabulary and sentence structure.