Essential of ASL 1 (Period 9th)

Department
High School
Terms
2016-2017 First Semester (Fall)
2016-2017 Second Semester (Spring)


Assignment Calendar

Course Description

 
 This is ASL 1 course. Students will learn the depth of the linguistic, culture, history and arts.  This course includes the five C's: Cultures, Comparisons, Communities, Communications and Connections.

Learning Outcomes 
Students will learn:
Communication:   
  • ASL Linguistic in grammars
  • Semantics
  • Basic Non Manual Markers
  • Types of speeches: argumentative, persuasive, informative, instructional and entertaining.  
Cultures:  
  • ASL Poetry and A - Z storytelling
  • Hearing culture vs Deaf culture
  • Etiquette in Deaf and Hearing cultures
  • Common Deaf jokes & ASL jokes
  • That Deaf Guy comics
Communities:
  • Deaf community's current events (DTV, IDeafnews, The Daily Moth, etc)
  • Newsletters from Deaf community
  • Social media from Deaf community 
  • History of Deaf Education
Comparisons:
  • To learn about Hearing cultures to find the difference and similar to Deaf culture in United States of America. 
  • Comparing the communication modes to recognize the differences in between ASL and Total Communication/PSE.  
Connections:  
  • Storytelling that applies to the learner's knowledge and experience in Deaf community & culture. 
  • Relevant to other courses (ie: History, Art, Drama, and Literature)