Beginning American Sign Language I
Required Sequence: LANG 190 & LANG191
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LANG 190
Fall 2020
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02
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Disability Studies |
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of American Sign Language (ASL), the principal system of manual communication among American deaf people. Not to be confused with Signed English (to which a certain amount of comparative attention is given) or with other artificially developed systems, ASL is a conceptual language and not merely encoded or fingerspelled English. As such, while to some extent influenced by English, depending on the individual signer, it presents its own grammar and structure, involving such elements as topicalization, spatial indexing, directionality, classification, and syntactic body language. By the end of the semester, students should have learned between 700 and 800 conceptual signs and their use. They will also have been introduced to aspects of American deaf culture--sociology, psychology, education, and theater--through a variety of readings and discussions. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA LANG |
| Course Format: Language | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Tom Humphries, Carol Padden: LEARNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, 2nd Edition
Carol Padden & Tom Humphries: INSIDE DEAF CULTURE
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Examinations and Assignments:
In 1913, George W. Veditz, president of the National Association of the Deaf, conveyed in an old movie that American Sign Language (ASL) is at the core of Deaf identity. He is oft quoted when he signed, "As long as we have deaf people on Earth, we will have signs, and as long as we have our films, we can preserve our beautiful sign language in its original purity. It is our hope that we all will love and guard our beautiful sign language as the noblest gift God has given to deaf people. Our classes will be very interactive and focus on the visual/conceptual nature of American Sign Language which is neither spoken, nor written. Prior to the M/W classes, I'll send videos detailing the signed vocabulary and/or practice exercises and dialogues (captioned as warranted) to your Moodle. These videos, along with your ASL textbooks, are your ASL readings. You'll also receive a comprehensive resource document with links (via Moodle) for exploring all things about Deaf culture. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Teaching Apprentice sessions take place during the M/W class times in-person (accessible via Zoom) and are lively, productive, and mandatory. Friday is for discussing your written chapter reactions of Inside Deaf Culture on Zoom (recorded for remote students). As part of your ASL growth, you'll produce a weekly signed video and receive my signed feedback embedded within the same video. And Moodle is your go-to place for all kinds of information! |
| Instructor(s): Basile,Joseph M. Times: .M.W.F. 02:50PM-03:40PM; Location: FISK305; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 6 | FR: 5 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 9 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 1 | Unranked: 3 |
| SECTION 02 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Tom Humphries, Carol Padden: LEARNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, 2nd Edition
Carol Padden & Tom Humphries: INSIDE DEAF CULTURE |
Examinations and Assignments:
In 1913, George W. Veditz, president of the National Association of the Deaf, conveyed in an old movie that American Sign Language (ASL) is at the core of Deaf identity. He is oft quoted when he signed, "As long as we have deaf people on Earth, we will have signs, and as long as we have our films, we can preserve our beautiful sign language in its original purity. It is our hope that we all will love and guard our beautiful sign language as the noblest gift God has given to deaf people.
Our classes will be very interactive and focus on the visual/conceptual nature of American Sign Language which is neither spoken, nor written. Prior to the M/W classes, I'll send videos detailing the signed vocabulary and/or practice exercises and dialogues (captioned as warranted) to your Moodle. These videos, along with your ASL textbooks, are your ASL readings. You'll also receive a comprehensive resource document with links (via Moodle) for exploring all things about Deaf culture. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Teaching Apprentice sessions take place during the M/W class times in-person (accessible via Zoom) and are lively, productive, and mandatory. Friday is for discussing your written chapter reactions of Inside Deaf Culture on Zoom (recorded for remote students). As part of your ASL growth, you'll produce a weekly signed video and receive my signed feedback embedded within the same video. And Moodle is your go-to place for all kinds of information!
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| Instructor(s): Basile,Joseph M. Times: .M.W.F. 01:00PM-01:50PM; Location: FISK122; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 0 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 6 | FR: 5 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 14 | 1st Ranked: 4 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 3 | Unranked: 6 |
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