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ASL 202 - American Sign Language IV

4 Credits, 4 Contact Hours
4 lecture periods 0 lab periods
Continuation of ASL 201 . Includes: use of sign space; conceptual accuracy; directionality; mimetic description; dialects; numerical applications; American Sign Language (ASL) expansions; English words with no direct ASL translation; English passive voice to ASL active voice; rendering ASL and English passages; current cultural issues; and the field of interpreting. Because language and culture are inextricably linked, this course will also demonstrate how ASL conveys the values, beliefs, customs, and history of American Deaf culture.

Prerequisite(s): ASL 201  
Information: Students will be required to perform an additional 5 lab hours outside of regular classroom schedule. The lab experience is designed to provide a “signing only” environment for students to practice classroom skills with ASL fluent ASL lab staff; expose students to communication in a Deaf environment; provide students with real life exposure to the Deaf community. This class is conducted primarily without voice.
Gen-Ed: Meets AGEC - Options and C; Meets CTE - A&H and C.

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Course Learning Outcomes
  1. Employ expressive communicative skills in American Sign Language at an advanced level.
  2. Demonstrate receptive communicative skills in American Sign Language at an advanced level.
  3. Analyze the cultural contexts of the peoples who use American Sign Language.
Outline:
  1. Use of Prosody
    1. Complex modulation/inflections
      1. Tension
      2. Movement
      3. Speed
      4. Face and body expression
        1. Markers and meanings
        2. Body inflections
  2. Placements
  3. Mouth movements
  4. Classifiers
    1. Relationships
    2. Multiple uses
    3. Nuances/inflections
    4. English equivalents
  5. Discrete eye gaze
    1. Status
    2. Height
    3. Agreement
    4. Tracking
    5. Placement
      1. Reality principle
  6. Horizontal mapping
  7. Vertical mapping
  8. Frame of reference
  9. Direct address
    1. Scaling
    2. Sign space
    3. Directionality
    4. Mimetic description
  10. Conceptual Accuracy
    1. English words with multiple signs
    2. American Sign Language (ASL) signs with multiple English translations
    3. English idioms
    4. ASL idioms
    5. Euphemisms/equivocations
  11. Sentence Sequencing/Translation Considerations
    1. English passive voice to ASL active voice
    2. Use of English expansions
    3. Use of complex topicalization
    4. English words with no direct translations
      1. Compounding
      2. Form and function
    5. Use of different discourse styles
  12. Sign space usage
    1. Body inflections
    2. Perspectives
    3. Place holders/reference hands
    4. Agreement
  13. Fingerspelling and numbers
    1. Increase speed and clarity
    2. Acronyms
    3. Lexicalized Fingerspelling
  14. Dialects
  15. Numerical Applications
  16. ASL Expansions
    1. Creating Contrast
    2. Reiteration
    3. Role Shifting
    4. Faceting
    5. Couching/Nesting
    6. Explain by Example Listing
    7. Describe, Then Mime
  17. The Field of Interpreting
    1. Basics Tenets of the Code of  Professional Conduct
    2. Professional Standards and Applications
  18. Deaf History
    1. Current Cultural Issues in the Deaf Community and Education
  19. Deaf Culture
    1. Current Research
    2. Organizations
  20. Communication
    1. Comparisons and Differences between ASL and English
    2. History of ASL