MLL 231 - American Sign Language III: American Sign Language and Deaf Cultures

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-3B
First course in the second year ASL sequence. Focuses on appropriate cultural behaviors and conversational regulators in ASL.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-3B - Arts and Humanities (Humanities)
Prerequisites: MLL 132.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Engage in group conversations and exchange information and opinions on a variety of topics.
Comprehend and express topics in large group and on video.
Compare and contrast ASL with English and also, Deaf culture with one’s own culture.
Engage in social interactions (through service learning) that are acceptable within Deaf culture.
Develop broader, more informed viewpoints of Deaf people and their life experience through critical thinking and Deafhood concepts.
Engage in large group discussions using ASL to access information about the Deaf community/culture through service learning, which will lead to lifelong learning experiences.
Continue use VGC to develop stronger fundamental skills for visual communication and fluency with a visual language.
Learn and practice ASL’s object-subject-verb (OSV) structure, rather than using English structure: subject-verb-object.

GE-3B. Humanities Learning Outcomes

Evaluate the impact of the humanities on your life.
Examine the cultural and/or historical context(s) of the humanities.
Describe the ways that diverse identities influence experiences in the humanities.