Singing and Signing: Level II

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This elective will focus on children ages birth to five years, in addition to school age children and adults. Students will learn about and engage in interventions designed to promote language development in pre-verbal, developing-verbal and non-verbal children, in addition to reading skills. There will be an increased clinical focus with practical applications and more in-depth learning about the history of American Sign Language (ASL) in Deaf Education. Highlights will include the use of ASL taught through songs, stories and musical play. There will be creative projects and opportunity for dissecting interpretation choices in signed songs. Students will expand their musical repertoire and increase their sign language vocabulary while learning more of the grammar and syntax of ASL. This course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and can be taken as a vocal elective.