VISUAL GESTURAL COMMUNICATION AND CLASIFIERS

Catalog description

The course is designed to develop understanding of the functions of the different types and uses of classifiers in sign language and the abilities to utilize this linguistic and grammatical component in their receptive and expressive communication. The course also assists the student in acquiring fluent fingerspelling. A brief history of the different manual alphabet will be included. Also develops communication skills that emphasize the use and understanding of facial expression, gestures, body language and manual description of geometrical and organic shapes as an important part of all sign languages. It also develops the student’s ability to think and organize what is communicated using the space. It teaches the students to use mental and semantic mapping to communicate concepts.