ASL 2 (Period 6th)
Course Description
This is regular ASL 2 course. Students will learn the depth of the linguistic, culture, history and arts. This course includes the five C's: Cultures, Comparisons, Communities, Communications and Connections.
Learning Outcomes
Students will learn:
Communication:
- ASL Linguistic
- Semantics, Phrases & Slang
- Non Manual Markers
- Types of speeches: argumentative, persuasive, informative, instructional and entertaining.
- Depth of the classifiers
Cultures:
- ASL Poetry and visual songs
- History of Deaf artists, performers, sport players, Deaf educators
- Hearing culture vs Deaf culture
- Etiquette
Communities:
- Deaf community's current events (DTV, IDeafnews, The Daily Moth, etc)
- Newsletters from Deaf community
- Social media from Deaf community
- Deaf achievers: Deaf business owners, authors, athletics, actors, etc
Comparisons:
- To learn about other Deaf cultures in this worldwide
- British Sign Language & culture
- Mexican Sign Language & culture
- Other foreign sign languages & cultures
- To learn about Hearing cultures to find the difference and similar in United States of America.
Connections:
- Storytelling that applies to the learner's knowledge and experience in Deaf community & culture.
- Relevant to other courses (ie: History, Art, Drama, and Literature)