Introduction to American Sign Language 102

Catalog description

Second-semester Elementary ASL. Focus on the learning and understanding of basic signing and the cultural values and rules of behavior of the ASL Deaf community. Includes receptive and expressive activities; sign vocabulary, grammatical structures, facial expressions (emotional and grammatical) body/spatial movement, and gestures. Fingerspelling and Deaf culture dos and don'ts. Topics include navigating everyday life and the language of primary interaction.