Follows ASL-231 and is the second of two intermediate-level American Sign Language (ASL) courses focusing on communication in a cultural context. Further develops knowledge of fingerspelling, vocabulary and grammatical structures, and expands visual receptive and gestural expressive skills in order to comprehend and express a wide range of ideas in ASL.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
ASL-232 is designed to enable students to reach the Intermediate-Mid level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency scale, focusing on language learning through communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities.
- Core vocabulary (approximately 1200 signs)
- Fingerspelling and numbering
- Facial expressions, body language, and non-manual signals
- Grammar
- Conversation
- Narration
- Translation
- Interpretation and reception skills
- Idioms, colloquialisms, and local variations of American Sign Language
- Deaf events
- Deaf history and culture
- Identify and use approximately 1200 signs
- Demonstrate increased fluency and accuracy in fingerspelling and numbering
- Use appropriate facial expressions, body language, and non-manual signals (hand-shape, orientation, movement, and location) in American Sign Language (ASL)
- Demonstrate significant grammatical structures in English and ASL, including: time indicators, questions, classifiers, locatives, negation, and pluralization
- Demonstrate the ability to converse in ASL at an everyday conversational level
- Integrate skills in discourse styles and structures, and apply the concept of contextualization to narratives
- Demonstrate the ability to translate ASL into English text
- Interpret receptive skills from signed videos and ASL exams into linguistically and grammatically correct English
- Recognize and express idiomatic expressions, colloquial signs and local variations in ASL
- Demonstrate understanding of social interaction patterns within the ASL and Deaf culture(s) through participation in cultural activities within and beyond the school setting
- Analyze and discuss the history, lifestyles, and traditions of the diverse cultures that make up the Deaf world
Note: A grade of C- is not transferrable and is not accepted by some programs at HFC.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of academic achievement will be identified and implemented by the class instructor. Methods will include, but not be limited to:
- Participation
- Weekly/regular quizzes
- Homework assignments
- Chapter/unit tests
- Oral/receptive-expressive exam(s)
- Midterm/final exam
All sections of this level will use a textbook (and any accompanying materials) selected by the course coordinator and approved by the World Languages Committee.
Outcomes
- Humanities and Fine Arts
- Humanities
- Category 5: Humanities and Fine Arts