MLL 131 - Elementary American Sign Language 1: Language and Humanities

This course is an introduction to the basic skills in production and comprehension of American Sign Language (ASL). It includes the manual alphabet and numbers. Develops conversational ability, culturally appropriate behaviors and exposes students to ASL grammar.

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


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

1. At the end of this course, the students will able to:

   1. Recognize and produce vocabulary items in each unit.

   2. Demonstrate comprehensive mastery of targeted vocabulary words drawn from class items, lecture, and videos.

   3. Demonstrate comprehensive mastery of target, content-specific commands, questions, and statements in ASL.

   4. Identify grammatical features within short dialogues in ASL as directed by the professor.

   5. Demonstrate comprehension and conversation facilitating behaviors.

   6. Demonstrate comprehension and production of regulating behaviors (i.e. attention-getting techniques, turn-taking signals, and others).

   7. Comprehend short narratives and stories in ASL assigned by the professor, Deaf users of ASL, or viewed on ASL videos.

   8. Demonstrate the ability to create, conduct and terminate a short content- specific conversation.

   9. Analyze and critique competing perspectives of diverse Deaf communities in the United States and Canada, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices, and its history.

   10. Compare, contrast, and interpret differences and commonalities among Deaf and hearing cultures.

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