Intro. to American Sign Language (ASL)
Ages 6 and up
Class meets once a week for 90 min. 6 week class.
This is a fun introductory course for students who are interested in learning some conversational signs and phrases, while gaining a general foundation and basic understanding of the “language” that is American Sign Language. The students will learn through games, partner practice, a field trip, and videos. No previous signing needed to take this course. Textbook not required as syllabus and vocabulary lists are included.
Course Objectives
* Learn over 300 conversational signs and several basic phrases and sentences
* Attain general information about Deaf culture, Deaf history, ASL, sign systems, non manual markers, body movement, gesturing, role shifting, and ASL sentence structure
* Develop fingerspelling skills
* Learn basic ASL numbers
* Learn over 300 conversational signs and several basic phrases and sentences
* Attain general information about Deaf culture, Deaf history, ASL, sign systems, non manual markers, body movement, gesturing, role shifting, and ASL sentence structure
* Develop fingerspelling skills
* Learn basic ASL numbers
Texts:None (Teacher will provide vocabulary lists, worksheets, and quizzes.)
American Sign Language I (ASL I)
Ages 13 (6th grade) - adult
Class meets once a week for 2 hrs. 16 week class.
Ages 13 (6th grade) - adult
Class meets once a week for 2 hrs. 16 week class.
The curriculum used in this course is the same curriculum used by most high schools and accredited universities. Learn through classroom instruction, partner practice, games, a Deaf speaker, videos, a field trip, signing a song, quizzes, tests, and a silent dinner. This is a enjoyable way to learn a foreign language and possibly earn dual foreign language college credit by taking a CLEP (College Level Examination Program) test. No previous signing needed to take this course.
Course Objectives:* Learn how to carry on everyday conversations with a Deaf person
* Understand basic ASL grammar rules (classifiers, non manual markers, facial expressions, body language, role shifting, gesturing, eye gaze and listing.)
* Learn over 1,000 signs and over 100 basic conversational phrases
* Develop an awareness of Deaf culture, values and history
* Acquire language fluency at a faster pace through partial immersion (classes taught in both ASL and English)
* Understand basic ASL grammar rules (classifiers, non manual markers, facial expressions, body language, role shifting, gesturing, eye gaze and listing.)
* Learn over 1,000 signs and over 100 basic conversational phrases
* Develop an awareness of Deaf culture, values and history
* Acquire language fluency at a faster pace through partial immersion (classes taught in both ASL and English)
Texts:Signing Naturally Student Workbook and DVD Units 1-6
These materials are not available at homeschool stores, but may be purchased online.
~New ($99 and up) or Used ($69 and up) at Amazon, click here.
~New ($58.46) at Harris Communications, click here. (Harris offers very fast standard shipping.)
Families with more than one student may share a textbook.
These materials are not available at homeschool stores, but may be purchased online.
~New ($99 and up) or Used ($69 and up) at Amazon, click here.
~New ($58.46) at Harris Communications, click here. (Harris offers very fast standard shipping.)
Families with more than one student may share a textbook.
Requires 1-2 hours of studying per week.
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