BEGINNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II

Catalog description

Course counts toward Disability Minor. Studies minor. Beginning ASL II builds on what students have learned in Beginning ASL I. Emphasis is on the development and refinement of comprehension, production, and interpersonal skills. Additional information about the Deaf community and Deaf culture will be studied. The use of signing space, non-manual signals, fingerspelling and continued vocabulary development will all be taught in context through narratives, dialogues and ASL literature. The course will be taught in ASL only, without usage of English.