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Adult Education American Sign Language I
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This course will jump start your American Sign Language journey by learning the basics of this visual language and exploring the Deaf culture. Get ready to broaden your concept of communication through connections and comparisons to your own culture and community.
Major Topics and Concepts
Segment One:
Identify and use greetings and basic introductions.
Identify and use the manual alphabet and fingerspelling within various contexts.
Identify and use numbers 0–65.
Identify and apply question words to ask and answer questions.
Describe the similarities of Deaf culture to one’s own.
Describe personal and physical characteristics.
Describe your family.
Express dates, including birthdays, holidays, and celebrations.
Identify and apply past, present, and future tense.
Identify and use school schedules, days, months, and classes.
Identify parts of a house and describe home characteristics.
Compare and contrast school systems and routines.
Identify and use numeral incorporations with time signs.
Identify and use Topic-Comment sentence structure.
Identify and describe the history of American Sign Language.
Identify and use appropriate attention-getting techniques.
Identify and apply the five parameters.
Segment Two:
Describe food and drink as well as preferences.
Describe clothing used for different seasons/weather.
Identify and use city, activity, terrain, and map vocabulary.
Identify and use locative, semantic, and descriptive classifiers.
Identify and use spatial relationships and classifiers to provide directions.
Identify and use modes of transportation vocabulary.
Identify and use vocabulary to sign about plans and travel.
Describe different Deaf communities within major cities.
Describe Deaf President now and laws that came as a result and their impact on the Deaf community.
Identify and apply directionality to form verb agreement.
Identify and apply the use of rhetorical questions.
Competencies
Methods for Time
Students will demonstrate an understanding of methods for time by describing the celebration of holidays, describing time-related vocabulary, and explaining ways to express time concepts.
Sign Language for Home and School
Students will demonstrate an understanding of sign language for home and school by explaining ASL vocabulary for daily life, summarizing Gallaudet University's significance, and describing important technologies that assist Deaf people.
The Foundations of American Sign Language
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the foundations of American Sign Language by explaining the elements of American Sign Language, explaining the ASL alphabet and numbers, and summarizing the history of Deaf culture.
Deaf Communities
Students will demonstrate an understanding of Deaf communities by explaining vocabulary related to the outdoors, explaining visual expression through classifiers, and describing the impact of film advancements on the Deaf community.
Deaf Cultural History
Students will demonstrate an understanding of Deaf cultural history by explaining the role of the National Association of the Deaf, describing the influences of Deaf celebrity chefs, and comparing ways to negate signs.
Travel Preparations
Students will demonstrate an understanding of travel preparations by explaining the application of travel-related topics, describing the importance of spatial relationships, and describing the process of providing directions.
