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| Course ID: | AMSL 2010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Sign Language III | Course
Description: | Integrates and refines expressive and receptive skills in
American Sign Language focusing on study of phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics, study of sociolinguistic
variation, and ASL discourse. | | Oasis Title: | American Sign Language III | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in AMSL 2010E | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | | Pre or Corequisite: | AMSL 1020 or AMSL 1020E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | At the end of this course the students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate increased understanding of the structure of American Sign Language.
2. Demonstrate increased understanding of the functions of American Sign Language.
3. Initiate and maintain conversation with native signers while demonstrating: turn
taking, eye gaze, conversational openers, negotiating signing environment, and other
appropriate conversational and cultural behaviors.
4. Demonstrate ability to translate from ASL into English.
5. Demonstrate ability to translate from English into ASL.
6. Explore the linguistic differences and cultural norms and biases between ASL and
other sign languages globally.
7. Compare and contrast cultural variations of sign language vocabulary and grammar
between signs from the United States and other countries where sign language is used.
8. Apply general communication systems (universal global gestures) to communicate
with others in different countries. | | Topical Outline: | I. Phonology of signs
II. Morphology of signs
A. Noun/verb
B. Compounds
C. Loan signs
D. Incorporating numbers
E. Location
F. Classifiers
III. Syntax
A. Sentence types
IV. Sociolinguistic variations
V. ASL discourse
A. Functions
B. Variations
VI. Cross Cultural Issues
(1) Comparative assessments of video feeds of international Deaf community members
for meaning and culture information.
(2) Service learning experience of designing and setting up a culture awareness booth
on campus and/or virtually promoting gestuno communication and culture enrichment.
(3) Explore communication with Deaf communities in both global countries using
gestuno communication. | |
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