ASL 102. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II with Lab

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1 ASL 102 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II with Lab PRESENTED AND APPROVED: APRIL 6, 2012 EFFECTIVE: FALL

2 Prefix & Number ASL 102 Course Title: American Sign Language Purpose of this submission: New X Change/Updated Retire If this is a change, what is being changed? Renew/update of course package and change supplemental reading book only. (see course textbook, materials and equipment) Does this course require additional fees? X No Is there a similar course in the course bank? X No Update Prefix Course Description Title Course Number X Format Change Credits Prerequisite Competencies X Textbook/Reviewed Competencies-no changes needed(supplemental reading only) Yes If so, please explain. Yes (Please identify) Articulation: Is this course or an equivalent offered at other two and four-year universities in Arizona? No X Yes (Identify the college, subject, prefix, number and title): U of A SERP 370B, N.A.U. ELECTIVE CREDIT ALSO SATISFIES CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING (CU), A.S.U. SHS 102 Mohave Community College firmly supports the idea that writing can be used to improve education; students who write in their respective content areas will learn more and retain what they learn better than those who don t. Courses in the core curriculum have been identified as Writing Across the Curriculum courses. Is this course identified as a Writing Across the Curriculum course? X Yes 1) The writing assignments should total words. a) A single report which is 1500 words in length or b) A series of essay questions and short papers (example: four 375-word assignments) which total 1500 words could meet the requirement. 2) The writing component will represent at least 10% of a student s final grade in the course. Course Textbook, Materials and Equipment Textbook(s) Title Signing Naturally I: Level I Student Workbook and Videotext (7-12) Author(s) Ella Mae Lentz, Ken Mikos, and Cheri Smith Publisher Dawn Sign Press ISBN Barnes & Noble Price Title Random House Dictionary Author(s) Castillo Publisher Random House ISBN Barnes & Noble Price Title Author(s) Publisher Deaf Heritage: A Narrative History of Deaf America Jack Gannon, Jane Butler, Laura Jean Gilbert National Association of the Deaf

3 ISBN ISBN-13: Barnes & Noble Price Software/ Equipment Modality Check all that apply Video Text CD included with workbook X On-ground On-line Hybrid ITV Web-enhanced Course Assessments Description of Possible Course Assessments (Essays, multiple choice, etc.) 1. Tests of expressive and receptive sign language. 2. Test on culture/class discussion. 3. Participate in group activities, demonstrating accuracy of signs and evidence of studying the assigned material. 4. Paper and oral report/class discussion. 5. Quizzes on fingerspelling. 6 Interview between instructor and individual students is on-going Exams standardized for this course? No Where can faculty members locate or access the required standardized exams for this course? Are exams required by the department? No X Yes If Yes, please specify: Unit tests, midterm, culture awareness, final Academic Chair Office Student Outcomes: Identify the general education goals for student learning that is a component of this course. Check all that apply: 1. Communicate effectively. a. Read and comprehend at a college level. X b. Write effectively in a college setting. X 2. Demonstrate effective quantitative reasoning and X problem solving skills. Method of Assessment Prior courses Quizzes, class activities, demonstrating accuracy of signs and evidence of understanding, testing of receptive and expressive sign language, video comprehension, drama situations, exams, midterm, final. Interviewing between instructor and individual students is on-going. 3. Demonstrate effective qualitative reasoning skills. X Quizzes, class activities, demonstrating accuracy of signs and evidence of understanding, testing of receptive and expressive sign language, video

4 4. Apply effective methods of inquiry. a. Generate research paper by gathering information from varied sources, analyzing data and organizing information into a coherent structure. X b. Employ the scientific method. 5. Demonstrate sensitivity to diversity a. Experience the creative products of humanity. X b. Describe alternate historical, cultural, global perspectives. X comprehension, drama situations, exams, midterm, final. Interviewing between instructor and individual students is on-going. As described below Student will relate an experience using sign language and/or write a report. Student will write a word report on deaf culture. Class discussion Office of Instruction Use only: CIP Code: ONET Code: Minimum Qualifications:

5 COURSE INFORMATION Initiator: Stephen Bruno Date of proposal to Curriculum Sub-Committee: 4/6/2012 Effective Semester/Year Fall 2012 Spring Summer Prefix & Number: 102 Full Title: American Sign Language II Catalog Course Description: Further development of receptive/expressive skills for communicating with deaf people in sign: fingerspelling, vocabulary, grammar and culture SUN Course Number: Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Prerequisite(s) Successful completion of ASL 101 Co-requisite(s) Intended Outcomes/Course Goals By the end of the semester, students will be able to: 1. Primary Goal: To communicate in American Sign Language (given a highly sympathetic and cooperative audience) at a beginning level of proficiency as defined by the Arizona Languages Articulation Task Force. 2. Demonstrate using limited creativity, improvisation, and elaboration Describe objects, places, people, and events. Express feelings, opinions, likes and dislikes Narrate a series of events using the past, present or future timeframes Initiate, respond, and contribute to simple face-to-face conversations. Give instructions 3. From a speaker who uses moderately measured and deliberate speech and somewhat careful articulation, visually comprehend the gist and a few details of Descriptions of objects, places, people, and events on topics containing factual information. Information expressing feelings, opinions, likes, and dislikes. Narrations of a series of events using the past tenses. Follow instructions or commands. 4. Recognize and describe simple cultural norms, beliefs, and regional variations within areas where sign language is used. Recognize and describe key social and cultural traditions.

6 Course Competencies and Objectives By the end of the semester, students will be able to: Competency 1 Demonstrate expressive and receptive mastery of grammatical features of ASL. Objective 1.1. Demonstrate simple sentence structure. Objective 1.2. Demonstrate nouns, classifies, locatives, and temporal aspects. Competency 2. Demonstrate expressive and receptive mastery of targeted vocabulary. Objective 2.1. Identify and produce simple fingerspelled words and loan signs in context. Objective 2.2. Recognize and produce a vocabulary in ASL of about words. Competency 3 Demonstrate ability to communicate (above the survival level) with a fluent speaker of ASL. Objective 3.1. Express basic needs and use basic courtesy expressions. Objective 3.2 Recombine learned vocabulary and structurally simple, formulaic statements and questions into simple but creative communication. Objective 3.3 Initiate, conduct and terminate short conversations in ASL. Objective 3.4 Demonstrate comprehension of high-frequency terms and some limited terms of low frequency of learned vocabulary in structurally simple sentences and questions in a limited number of content rules Objective 3.5. In ASL, communicate short stories, narratives, and dialogues. Competency 4 Demonstrate knowledge of deaf culture. Objective 4.1 Recognize simple cultural norms, beliefs and regional variations. Objective 4.2. Recognize key social and cultural traditions. Objective 4.3. Use sign language in a public setting (store, restaurant, movie theater, etc.) and note how people respond. Write a paper discussing, analyzing and evaluating the experience.