ASL 211 American Sign Language 4

Lecture Hours: 4
Credits: 4

Continues development of expressive and receptive skills learned in American Sign Language (ASL) first year. Expands vocabulary and introduces forms of ASL narrative and dialogue. Advances study in complex grammatical structures. Explores issues pertaining to the Deaf Community with appropriate behaviors to interrupt and resume conversations and to interact in environment. Discusses personal goals and plans including subject broach and conclusion. Gives opinions about tendencies, personal qualities, knowledge, and abilities. Increases signing numbers and fingerspelling with appropriate productions. Uses total immersion of ASL for classroom interaction and instruction. Course has an online component that requires students to use internet for coursework and workbook assignments.

Prerequisite: Placement into WR 115 (or higher), or completion of WR 090 (or higher); and completion of ASL 113 within the past year; and internet skills; or consent of instructor. (All prerequisite courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.)
Student Learning Outcomes:

Give opinions by describing tendencies, personalities, and situations to support opinion.
Ask and tell price for different items and respond sign numbers quickly and accurately.
Use correct fingerspelling of name of states in this level.
Translate “wh” questions following word order.
Exhibit where items are located by naming the room and appliance and specify location of item.
Demonstrate Deaf Culture knowledge of interrupting: two people in a conversation and ask to hold on and explain what is distracting; making appropriate decisions to offer interpreting assistance to a Deaf person; and when and where to use signed language.
Discuss by comparing a person’s knowledge of a subject matter to your own; asking hypothetical questions and giving reactions; and making and canceling plans.
Summarize results of survey using horizontal listing.
Narrate the bucket list and story with characters including agreement verb, role shift, classifiers, and narrative structure.

Statewide General Education Outcomes

Interpret and engage in the Arts and Letters, making use of the creative process to enrich the quality of life.
Critically analyze values and ethics within a range of human experience and expression to engage more fully in local and global issues.

Content Outline

Grammar and Vocabulary
- Temporal aspect
- Topicalization
  - “Wh” word question
  - Signer’s perspective
  - Reference points
  - Non-manual signals for distance
  - Contrastive structure
  - List across neutral space and nodding “Wh” word question
- Role shift to describe
- Spatial agreement
- Classifiers
  - LCLs and DCLs to describe parts of the room (house)
  - ICLs
- Horizontal listing
- Repeating for emphasis
- Maintaining agreement among placement of characters
- Orienting eye gaze and signs to match the locations and heights of the characters
Sentence Structures
- Conditional clauses
  - Role shift conditional sentences
  - Sign orientation to reflect location and heights of the character
- Describing characters (movements, interacting with object, contact between characters, talking to itself, integrate reactions after each comment by other characters, object passing between characters, and intentions and thoughts
- When clause
- Relative clause
- Predicate adjectives
- Agreement verb (GIVE-TO)
Numbers
- Combinations of dollars and cents
- Number types (cardinal, age, dollars, cents, clock, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years)
Finger-Spelling Patterns for States