ASL& 122 - American Sign Language II

5.0 Credits
Continuation of ASL& 121 (was ASL 101). Expands on the grammar, vocabulary and functional uses of ASL. Continuing focus on Deaf culture and community values (was ASL 102). Prerequisite: ASL& 121 (was ASL 101) or instructor’s permission.

Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Understand more complex grammatical structures of ASL, such as pronoun/number combinations, contrastive structures, basic classifiers, and past and future tenses. [REASON]
Demonstrate receptive and expressive signing skills in using conversational ASL. [REASON]
Utilize conceptually accurate signs and idiomatic expressions. [COMMUNICATE]
Demonstrate the ability to initiate, conduct, and terminate short conversations in ASL using appropriate conversational regulator. [EXPLORE]
Use videos to critically observe and analyze their own signing skills. [ACT]
Demonstrate an awareness of Deaf culture through contextual settings in class. [ACT]