ASL& 223 - American Sign Language VI

5 CR

Continues ASL 222 (prev ASL 202). Students increase their understanding of ASL grammar, expand vocabulary, and engage in refinement of their signing style within a cultural context.

Prerequisite(s): ASL 221 (prev ASL 201) with a C- or better or permission of instructor.

Course Outcomes

Transcribe Signed sentences at an advanced level.
Read and understand Glossed ASL sentences at an advanced level.
Transcribe classifiers to ASL Gloss at an advanced level.
Read and understand glossed Classifiers at an advanced level.
Identify, define and give examples of advanced linguistic properties of American Sign Language.
Engage in culturally appropriate, signed conversations using intricate description, of finances, living situations, automobiles, education, diversity, and life span dynamics.
Engage in culturally appropriate, signed conversations about health, the human body, and medicine.
Demonstrate vocabulary and grammatical acumen to engage in ASL conversation with near-native fluency.
Produce and understand classifiers with near-native fluency.
Produce and understand mouth morphemes, and non-manual markers with near-native fluency.
Direct and manage conversation skills in ways consistent with cultural norms of American Deaf culture.
Understand and appropriately respond to a wide variety of signing styles and registers common in American Deaf culture.
Identify, explain, and effectively apply the topic-comment structure, and supporting non-manual grammatical signals.
Produce and understand numbers in ASL with near-native fluency.
Demonstrate code-switching and register control with near-native fluency.
Demonstrate storytelling techniques with near-native fluency.

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