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Seattle Central Community
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ASL 123 - American Sign Language Level Three
Barb Bernstein Fant, Instructor
SYLLABUS
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PRE-REQUISITES |
To
be eligible for ASL III you must meet one of the
following conditions: (1) Successful completion of ASL
II (ASL 122) with a 2.0 or better; (2) completion of an
equivalent course at another campus; (3) demonstration
of an equivalent proficiency in ASL, or (4) permission
of instructor.
Course Description:
The focus of this course is on
the expressive manipulation of the language in dialogues
and narratives. We will
continue to examine the grammatical features of the
language including verb inflections, compound sentences,
and relative clauses. Attention will
be given to non-manual features including
non-manual grammatical signals, and prosodic features of
intensity and characterization. In
this course, we will continue to study the Deaf
community by exploring
families with Deaf children.
Since ASL is a visual/gestural language; you will need
to develop communication skills using one's hands,
facial expressions, body movement and spatial
referencing. ASL 123 will continue to further
build on both your receptive and expressive skills.
I ask that all students comply with the "Voices Off"
philosophy in the classroom. Please see me after
class if you feel you need extra assistance via other
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REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS |
Signing
Naturally and Videotext Units 7-12
Smith, Lentz, Mikos.
Dawn Sign
Press.
ISBN:
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 The
Signing Family, Stewart and Luetke-Stahlman.
ISBN: 1-56368-069-6
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DVD-RW for recording your expressive stories. Must be compatible with Windows Media Player. |
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COURSE
GOALS |
During
this quarter you will be asked to demonstrate your (1)
receptive and expressive accuracy in and/or (2)
knowledge of each of the following grammatical,
functional, and cultural components of ASL:
Language Functions (Signing Naturally
workbook)
Unit 10: Describing
Families
Unit 11:
Describing Personalities
Unit 12: Describing
Routines
ASL Grammatical Components
Core
vocabulary – SN Units
10 - 12
Idioms and expressions in ASL
Lexicalized Fingerspelling
Role shifting - one character
Prosodic features: intensity and character
Aspect Inflections: temporal and distributional
Numbers - cardinals 1
to 1 billion / movement features
67-98
Sentence Structures - rhetorical questions /
conjunctions and compound sentences / relative clauses/conditional
sentences
Classifiers:
Locative classifiers
Descriptive classifiers
Body classifiers Body part classifiers
Instrument classifiers
Semantic classifiers
Plural classifiers
Limb classifiers
Pronouns:
Possessives
Dual Pronouns
Numbers:
Cardinals - millions, etc.
Ordinals
Money
Labels
Ranges
Number Incorporation
Age
Time
Money
Pronouns
O'clock
Number Forms
Sign Inflection:
Intensity
Character
Temporal Aspect
Distributional Aspect
Sentence Structures:
Compound sentences and
conjunctions
Relative clauses
Rhetorical questions
WH-word questions
- how old, how long, when
Temporal Sequencing
Time signs: frequency (every-_______)
Conditional sentences
Topic-Comment Structure with Classifier predicates
Above/below perspective
Contrastive Structure
Listing principle:
Ranking family members
Cultural Components:
Deaf children, families and education
Deaf-Blind Community
High context cultures:
- maintaining continuity in relationships
- keeping each other informed
- opening and closing conversations
- interrupting conversations
- giving listener feedback
- leave taking
Negotiating environment
Name signs
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TEACHING
METHODS |
People
learn in many different ways and so in class we will use
a variety of instructional styles including brief
lectures, modeling, demonstrations, lab activities,
small and large group activities, props, pictures, Power
Point slideshows, videotapes, and websites.
ASL Zone:
Now that you are in ASL 3, the use of voices in the
classroom will be highly discouraged. You are
ready to use the language to try to talk about most
things. Some activities will entail talking, but
these will be few. Please respect your classmates'
and teacher's wish to keep the environment free of English interference.
Course Website:
Many of your course materials will be accessed via
the course website. You will discover that the website is an
extremely effective and efficient tool for learning ASL. We will
use the site in the classroom, but primarily you will use the site for
out-of-class work. The website will provide you with:
- course syllabus,
- in-class schedule and homework schedule,
- lecture notes, handouts, assignment sheets
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links to supporting resources and supplemental materials
Course
materials will come in several formats:
- web pages - accessible using any
internet service provider,
- Acrobat .pdf files - for easy printing of graphics and forms,
- Power Point .ppt files - for review of class lecture materials
- media files - to view video clips and listen to audio clips
- traditional paper handouts
You can use any student
computer on the Seattle Central campus to access these
resources. The student computer lab is located in
room BE3148, the library in BE2101, and the ASL/ITP lab,
BE1129. Be sure to have your student ID number to
log into computers at Seattle Central. You also
have a student e-mail account and a website if you wish
You will be
expected to check
my ASL 123 website
regularly for updates.
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ASSIGNMENTS |
Skill Enhancement
Exercises
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20%
of your grade
The Skills Enhancement Exercises is another way of
saying "Homework" and are mentioned below:
Signing Naturally
Workbook:
Units 10-12
Receptive
Narratives and Homework Sentences #1 - 3
Spontaneous Dialogues and Expressive Narratives
ASL Idioms and Expressions: In this class, I
will be covering 40 idioms and expressions commonly used in ASL.
This will be a 3-part assignment over the duration of the
quarter in which you will turn in a typed English translation of
the sentences for each part.
Deaf Culture videos:
"For a Deaf Son" and "Sweet Nothing In My Ear"
Books
and articles
: The Signing Family text
Community contact hours: Five hours of community contact for this quarter.
Panel:
I will try to get a day or two of parents of deaf
children to share their experiences.
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GRADING |
The total course grade consists of
the following:
Skill
Enhancement Exercises (20%
of final grade)
- See above
Receptive
and Expressive Assignments, Quizzes and Exams
(80% of the final grade):
Vocabulary,
Numbers and Fingerspelling Quizzes
Expressive
Narratives
Final Expressive Narrative
Receptive Narrative
Midterm and Final
This is the
grade conversion scale
used for the
quizzes and exams:
A
4.0 95%
B 3.0
85%
C 2.0
75%
D 1.0
65%
E 0.0
55%
Late Assignments Marked Down:
Homework is not accepted via email unless a student is sick and is absent from class. Work turned in late will
receive reduced points unless
you have extenuating circumstances AND you contact me or leave me
a message
in advance of the assignment due
date.
My e-mail address is listed on my
course homepage. You CANNOT make-up the vocabulary quizzes (they
are live and in-class), but you CAN make-up the other work
provided you have taken the
responsibility to contact me and inform me that you will need to arrange
a make-up date.
Class
attendance policy:
Attendance is very important in ASL classes as face-to-face time is
vitally important in developing communication skills and fluency.
Participation is counted as part of your grade. Late arrivals to class (20
minutes or more) are not accepted. Each class you
attend is equal to 2 points with a total of 20 classes not counting the first
week of the quarter due to students adding or dropping the class. You can earn up to
60 points. If you are absent,
you lose 2 points. If you have an emergency; exceptions are made
for family, doctor emergencies and work. Paperwork is required for
proof (death certificate, doctor's note, jury summons). Please contact me
in advance whenever possible.
Cell Phones:
The use of cell
phones in the classroom has become a problem therefore a new
policy is in place. If you are using a cell phone in class, you
will have to hand it over to the teacher to be picked up at the
end of class or be asked to leave.
Definition and Consequences of Cheating and Plagiarism
A. Definition:
1.
Cheating: Acquiring
answers during an examination that are not one's own through deceit, fraud or duress.
2.
Plagiarism: To take and use as
one's own the writings or ideas of another person without providing the appropriate citation to the
source.
In this course, both of these actions will be viewed as
not completing the assignment and no grade or homework
points will be entered. A "0" will be used to
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ACCOMMODATIONS |
If you
need course adaptations or accommodations because of a
disability, if you have emergency medical information to
share with your instructor, or if you need special
arrangements in case the building must be evacuated,
please make an appointment with me as soon as possible and bring proof of documented disability.
If you would like to speak to someone about support
services or other questions related to accommodations,
please contact the Disability Support
Services, BE1112 at
206.587.4183. Do not wait until mid-quarter or the end of the quarter to inform me!
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