______North Seattle Community College ______Arts, Humanities and ABE Division Course Establishment Form Outline Effective date: Spring 2006 Division: Humanities Program/Dept: World Languages Course Number: ASL 102 Credits: 5 Variable: Course Title: FIRST-YEAR AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE Inst. Intent: 11 Academic Transfer CIP: 230601 Fee: No

Degree/Certificate Requirement: No Name of Degree/Certificate: Distribution Requirement for AA/AS: Yes. Satisfies the “Language and Speech” portion of the “Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts” segment of AA Program Transfer Status to 4-year institution: Yes If yes, please describe: Corresponds to first-year American Sign Language courses offered at the UW and others universities. Course length: One Quarter Class Size: 25 Course Contact Hours: 55 Prerequisite: Yes If yes, please describe: ASL 101 with a 2.0 GPA or higher Required Placement Tests: No If yes, please describe: Comments:

Course Description: Continuation of ASL 101 to build mastery of ASL grammar skills, increase vocabulary, and gain a deeper knowledge and appreciation of Deaf culture. Page 2

Course Goals: ASL 102 students will have gained an appreciation and respect for ASL as a living, unique and vibrant language. Students will also have an appreciation and respect for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf/Blind people as a community with their own set of cultural traditions, norms and values.

NSCC General Education Learning Outcomes and/or Related Instructional Outcomes (for technical courses) Met by Course: 1. Think critically in reading and writing. 3. Communicate creative and critical ideas in writing. 6. Work and communicate effectively in groups. 7. Deal constructively with diversity and conflict.

Course Outcomes/Learning Objectives: Students will be expected to have: 1. Grammatical knowledge – explains and/or describes each grammatical component of American Sign Language (ASL 102). 2. Expressive skills – demonstrate an ability to appropriately apply ASL 102 grammatical components to their signing. 3. Receptive skills – demonstrate an ability to recognize ASL 102 grammatical components when signed appropriately and inappropriately.

Topical Outline and/or Major Divisions: ASL 102 Grammatical Components Core Vocabulary Compounds and contractions Cardinal number 1 – 1,000.000. Money. Labels. Range/approximately Citation form and Variant form with number incorporation Age Time indicators Money Clock time Time indicators – regularity Pronouns – determiners and plurals Verb types – plain, spatial, inflected (directional) Sentence structures – Object subject verb Subject verb object Topicalized sentence with classifier predicate Conditional statement Conditional question Rhetorical question Relative clause. Page 3 ASL 102 Functional/Cultural Components

Rules of listing activities. Rules of providing excuses. Rules of getting attention. Rules of negotiating a signing environment. Rules of giving directions. Rules of identifying/describing others. Rules of making requests. Knowledge of Deaf Culture and Deaf Community Where to meet others in the Deaf Community. The meaning of name signs. The assistive devices used by Deaf and Deaf-Blind persons. Awareness of cross-cultural communication. Familiarity with navigation and guiding. Understanding SSP’s.

Course Requirements (Expectations of Students) Students must attend class regularly and be prepared for participation in small and large group reinforcement activities. Students should take advantage of tutoring and attend out of class study groups. Students should keep a calendar in order to stay abreast of assignments and tests. Advance preparation of assignments and tests is a must.

Methods of Assessment/Evaluation: To be determined by the instructor. A variety of assessment techniques may be applied including (1) quizzes, midterm and final exams, (2) videotape portfolios of student signing, (3) homework worksheets, (4) journal entries of weekly progress, (5) out-of-class Deaf culture activities/ observations and written reports of the experiences, (6) Deaf culture book report, (7) “other – step out of the box” culture experience report, (8) student-teacher interviews, (9) self-peer-teacher feedback/assessments and (10) capstone performances.

Recommended Text(s) and/or Materials: Signing Naturally, Level One Student Workbook and Videotext, 2nd ed., Lentz. Signing Naturally Core Vocabulary Videotape Instructor’s supplemental vocabulary videotape

Supplemental Text(s) and/or Materials: Suggested Videotape Viewing: To be announced

Outline Developed by: Geoffrey A. Mathay (SCCC) Date: January 1995

Outline Revised by: Delores Burks (NSCC) Date: June 2006