ASL 113 American Sign Language 3

Lecture Hours: 4
Credits: 4

Continues development of expressive and receptive skills learned in ASL 111 and ASL 112. Expands vocabulary and introduces forms of ASL narrative and dialogue. Advances study in complex grammatical structures. Describes people and things in clothing, including sentence translations and appropriate behaviors in greetings and leaving-takings. Makes requests and asks for advice, using agreement verbs and conjunction. Describes places in the neighborhood and suggests a place to eat by giving directions. Expands signing numbers and fingerspelling with appropriate productions. Rehearses different narrative elements and presents a coherent story. 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 112 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:

Identify person in room by body position, appearance, and clothing.
Describe an item that is lost and tell what kind of material it is made of.
Increase fluency in producing numbers 1-100, years, and phone and clock numbers.
Translate yes/no questions, negations, spatial verbs, sentences with “have,” and tag questions.
Exhibit descriptions of neighborhood and type of business, directions to places, and restaurant.
Discuss by making requests, agreeing with conditions, and asking for advice.
Display relay information, using “with” verb modification.
Narrate the story, including the descriptions of three changes to a clothing item and one’s own neighborhood.
Produce correct form and movement for fingerspelling with clothing-related words and months.
Demonstrate Deaf Culture knowledge: Greetings and leave-takings, minimizing interruptions, name signs, and keeping others informed.

Content Outline

Grammar
Topicalization
- Yes/No questions
- Making requests
- Giving advice
- Agreeing with conditions
- Signer’s perspective
- Reference points
- Non-manual signals for distance
- BCLs, BPCLs, ICLs, LCLs, ECLs, and DCLs
  - Describe a person
  - Describe an item
  - Describe a horizontal map orientation
  - Describe parts of the room (restaurants)
- Conditional Clauses
- Semantics
  - Sentences with “Have”
  - Negative statements
- Role Shift
  - Describe awkward conversations
  - Describe person doing something, which they are not supposed to do
- Word Order
  - Ask/tell what it is made of
  - Explain problem using “with” conjunctions
  - Describe item
  - Negation and tag questions
- Numbers
  - 1-100
  - Number types
    - Clock
    - Phone numbers
    - Years
- Fingerspelling Patterns
  - Clothing-related words
  - Months
- When Clauses
- Rhetorical Questions
- Agreement Verb
  - Go
  - Drive
  - Take from
  - Drop off
  - Pick up
  - Carry
  - Tell
  - Phone
  - Send
  - Mail inform
  - Pay
  - Bawl out
  - Bother
  - Tease
  - Borrow from
  - Ignore
Narrate the Story, Including Descriptions
- Three changes to a clothing item and classifiers
Greet Others and Say Goodbyes
Apply Culturally Appropriate Principles of Naming
Interrupt Politely to Explain
- Tardiness
- Leaving early
Inform Reasons for Absences and Tardiness to Class or Event