AMSL111 American Sign Language II

Department of Language & Literature: American Sign Language

  1. Course Number and Title

    AMSL111 American Sign Language II

  2. Number of Credits

    3 credits

  3. Minimum Number of Instructional Minutes Per Semester

    2250

  4. Prerequisites

    AMSL I (C or better) or equivalent

    Corequisites

    None

  5. Other Pertinent Information

    This course may not satisfy foreign language requirements at transfer institutions.

  6. Catalog Course Description

    This course continues the work begun in AMSL110; students develop visual receptive skills, with a focus on visual memory, visual discrimination, and gestural expressive skills, and learn basic ASL vocabulary and grammatical structures. Students further their association with the American Deaf Community as a linguistic and cultural minority.

  7. Required Course Content and Direction

    1. Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students will:
        1. demonstrate knowledge and awareness of some components of our society’s cultural heritage, such as artistic, historical, linguistic, literary, and philosophical foundations;
        2. compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices.

      2. Core (if applicable)
        3. Category I
        Cultural Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. demonstrate knowledge and awareness of some components of our society’s cultural heritage, such as artistic, historical, linguistic, literary, and philosophical foundations;
        2. compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing world views and practices.

        Category III
        International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives
         Students will:
        1. articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

    2. Planned Sequence of Topics and/or Learning Activities:

      Students:
      1. practice and apply the grammatical forms mentioned below in the communicative context of expressive and receptive signing skills;
      2. acquire and use appropriate vocabulary based on the everyday topics mentioned below;
      3. determine the right way to express themselves in various social settings; and
      4. compare and contrast the various cultural aspects of Deaf culture and community with their own.


      Grammatical topics

      Vocabulary and non-manual grammatical signals for question forms (“wh-“ and rhetorical forms)
      Descriptive classifiers
      Temporal sequencing
      Pronoun relationships (dual-pronouns, reflexives)
      Verb forms (locative, inflected and spatial)
      Non-manual adjectives and adverbs
      Conditionals
      Topic-comment structure
      Numbering systems for ordinal numbers, money and clock time
      Vocabulary and social contexts
      Giving directions
      Describing others
      Making requests
      Discussing family and occupations
      Attributing qualities to others
      Talking about routines

      Vocabulary and Social Contexts

      Giving directions
      Describing others
      Making requests
      Talking about family and work
      Attributing qualities to others
      Talking about routines

    3. Assessment Methods for Core Learning Goals:

      1. Course
        2. Students
        1. take frequent quizzes and unit tests;
        2. complete homework, such as short composition and grammatical exercises;
        3. perform visual comprehension exercises; and
        4. participate in visual interviews and/or presentations that assess proficiency levels

      2. Core (if applicable)
        1. Cultural Perspectives: Quizzes and tests taken in class include the cultural topics presented in the course. Students compare, contrast, analyze, and/or defend differing worldviews and practices of some members of the deaf community.
        2. International, Gender, and/or Minority Perspectives: Quizzes and tests taken in class include the cultural topics presented in the course. Students articulate similarities and differences in the various cultures of the world and demonstrate familiarity with the skills necessary to make informed judgments.

    4. Reference, Resource, or Learning Materials to be used by Students:

      Students use text, multimedia files, and workbook of first-year proficiency-based American Sign Language program. See course format.

  8. Teaching Methods Employed

    Section VIII is not being used in new and revised syllabi as of 12/10/08.

Review/Approval Date -3/98; Core Goals/Objectives added 4/04; Revised 4/2011