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ASL 2 (Period 8th)

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


Assignment Calendar

Course Description

 This is regular ASL 2 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 
  • Semantics, Phrases & Slang
  • Non Manual Markers
  • Types of speeches: argumentative, persuasive, informative, instructional and entertaining.  
  • Depth of the classifiers
Cultures:  
  • ASL Poetry and visual songs
  • History of Deaf artists, performers, sport players, Deaf educators
  • Hearing culture vs Deaf culture
  • Etiquette
Communities:
  • Deaf community's current events (DTV, IDeafnews, The Daily Moth, etc)
  • Newsletters from Deaf community
  • Social media from Deaf community 
  • Deaf achievers: Deaf business owners, authors, athletics, actors, etc 
Comparisons:
  • To learn about other Deaf cultures in this worldwide
    • British Sign Language & culture
    • Mexican Sign Language & culture
    • Other foreign sign languages & cultures
  • To learn about Hearing cultures to find the difference and similar in United States of America. 
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)