SPA 152 American Sign Language II 4 credits. Emphasis on receptive and expressive skills to achieve fluency on a grammatically appropriate level. Students are introduced to videotaping as a learning tool. SPA 152L American Sign Language II Labororatory 0 credits. Students are introduced to linguistic principles of ASL and a transcription system for recording and preparing dialogues and texts.
Emphasis is on student generated conversations.
Linguistic features of ASL are expanded, including inflection, spatialization, movement, redundancy, and use of facial expression and body posture. Emphasizes vocabulary development. American Sign Language IV Laboratory 0 credits. An information course emphasizing aspects of deafness and deaf culture that are related to language study and minority group dynamics. SPA 351 American Sign Language V 4 credits.