ASL1011 — American Sign Language I
ASL 1011 - American Sign Language I ASL 1011 - American Sign Language I Hours/Week: Lecture 4 Course Description: This course focuses on American Sign Language (ASL) grammatical structures, non-manual behaviors, vocabulary and classifiers, fingerspelling and numbers, communication skills (conversations and discussions), and other language functions. Coursework activities include describing others, making requests, discussing family and occupations, attributing qualities to other people, and talking about daily routines and weekend activities. Supporting activities include attendance at Deaf events, film and video viewing, ASL literary readings, and other analytical activities. MnTC Goals None show knowledge of vocabulary. demonstrate comprehension and conversation facilitating behaviors. demonstrate comprehension and production of regulating behaviors (i.e. attention getting techniques, turn taking signals, and others). demonstrate comprehension of short narratives and stories in ASL. describe the connection between ASL and Deaf Culture. demonstrate awareness about the use of technology to access and exchange information with and within the Deaf community. recognize differences and similarities between spoken languages and the visual/conceptual structure of ASL. sign and comprehend short dialogues/complete short sentences in ASL. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC): Goals and Competencies Competency Goals (MnTC Goals 1-6) None Theme Goals (MnTC Goals 7-10) None Courses and R
Prerequisites: ENGL0950, RDNG0940, RDNG0950, ENGL0090, ESOL0051, ESOL0052