Essential of ASL 1 (Period 9th)
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)