Beginning American Sign Language I
Required Sequence: LANG 190 & LANG191
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LANG 190
Fall 2021
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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: |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Less than 50% |
| 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 (ASL) which is neither spoken, nor written. Receptive/expressive skill quizzes, video journaling, weekly Deaf culture readings with written reactions, a research project, and a final expressive skills video are all on tap! |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Teaching Apprentice sessions take place once a week and are lively, productive, and mandatory. Moodle is your go-to place for weekly lesson plans, additional requirements, and whatnot. |
| Instructor(s): Vinci,Keith Times: ..T.R.. 02:50PM-04:10PM; Location: SCIE189; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 0 | JR major: 0 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 6 | SO: 6 | FR: 5 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 21 | 1st Ranked: 6 | 2nd Ranked: 4 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 9 |
| 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 (ASL) which is neither spoken, nor written. Receptive/expressive skill quizzes, video journaling, weekly Deaf culture readings with written reactions, a research project, and a final expressive skills video are all on tap! |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Teaching Apprentice sessions take place once a week and are lively, productive, and mandatory. Moodle is your go-to place for weekly lesson plans, additional requirements, and whatnot. |
| Instructor(s): Vinci,Keith Times: ..T.R.. 04:40PM-06:00PM; Location: SCIE189; |
| 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: 18 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 5 | 4th Ranked: 2 | Unranked: 7 |
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