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High School American Sign Language I

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  • N NCAA Eligible
  • H Honors Available
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Suggested Prerequisites

N/A

Description

Get ready to jump-start your journey through Deaf culture exploring the worlds of EARth and EYEth. You’ll dive headfirst into this visual language by learning the basic building blocks of communication. You’ll master the art of effortlessly navigating conversations about family, school, celebrations, food and restaurants, entertainment, and traveling. You’ll make stops along the way, exploring the roots and traditions of Deaf culture. So, buckle up—your journey awaits!All ASL courses require live video conferencing for real-time discussion-based assessments with instructors and contain assignments that require students to record presentational videos.

Module One: Daily Life

-Dominant vs. Non-dominant hand 

-Alphabet and Numbers 

-Fingerspelling 

-History of ASL 

-Parameters 

-Attention-getting 

-Yes/No and WH Questions 

-Numbers 0–20 

-Rule of 9 

-Introductions and greetings 


Module Two: Live and Learn

-Educational Programs for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing 

-DeafSpace 

-Asking for Clarification 

-Oralism 

-Pronouns 

-Past/Present/Future 

-Contrastive Structure 

-Numbers 20–65

-School and Home 


Module Three: Good Eats

-Topic-Comment Structure 

-Shoulder Shifting 

-Listing Technique 

-ASL Literature 

-Preferences 

-Whole Dollars 

-Numbers 65–100

-Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner 

 

Module Four: A Family Affair

-Masculine vs Feminine signs

-Contrastive Structure

-Name Signs

-Indexing and Order of Descriptions

-Time-Topic-Comment

-Numeral Incorporation

-Months

-Family and Descriptions


Module Five: Around the House

-Deaf Home

-Signer's Perspective

-Classifiers vs Handshapes

-Locative Classifiers

-Before/After

-Preferences

-Rooms and Furniture


Module Six: Around Town

-Rhetorical Questions

-Deaf Communities

-Locative Classifiers

-Silent Dinners and Deaf Standard Time

-Real World Orientation

-Near/Far

-Directions

-Around Town and Transportation