AMSL 101 Elementary American Sign Language I

In order to acquire and develop their ability to communicate at the foundational level, students apply language skills in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes in everyday contexts. Students deepen the comparisons of Deaf cultures, practices, perspectives, and artifacts to students’ own cultures; connect American Sign Language to other relevant disciplines; and expand their use of the American Sign Language outside of the classroom in a variety of contexts. Content and supporting language structures and vocabulary will be theme-based, with outcomes measured in a variety of ways, including task-based activities that support effective communication around a theme.

Credits

4

Hours Weekly

4 hours weekly

A graduate should be able to

1. Communicate through application of language skills in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes at the foundational level.
2. Integrate cultural practices, products, and perspectives in language learning.
3. Make connections to other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use language to function in real-life situations.
4. Explain the nature of language and culture through comparisons of the language studied and one's primary language.
5. Interact and communicate with appropriate groups in the target language.

A graduate should be able to

1. Communicate through application of language skills in interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes at the foundational level.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC2
   • OC4
2. Integrate cultural practices, products, and perspectives in language learning.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

3. Make connections to other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use language to function in real-life situations.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC3
4. Explain the nature of language and culture through comparisons of the language studied and one's primary language.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

5. Interact and communicate with appropriate groups in the target language.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • project

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Oral Communication Rubric

   Oral Communication

   • OC1