Basic fingerspelling skills will also be stressed. This course is a continuation of ASL 101 and emphasizes expansion and refinement of the fundamental comprehension and production skills covered in ASL 101, with the acquisition of additional functional grammatical structure and targeted lexical items. Spontaneous, interactive use of American Sign Language is stressed through discussion of Gallaudet-related events and activities, and the student will continue study of information related to everyday life experiences of deaf Americans and deaf people elsewhere in the world. Students learn to describe objects, ask for and give directions, and discuss limited hypothetical issues through the use of gestures. The instructor uses gestures throughout the course.
Students learn to paraphrase, describe floor plans, and develop a skit through the use of gestures.
The instructor uses gestures throughout the course. A study of various methods of teaching sign communication including the direct experience method, cognitive approach, and the total physical response method. Materal development and analysis, lession planning, the writing of course objectives, and evaluation methods will be featured. Students will be expected to demonstrate various teaching methods in the classroom. Observation of ongoing sign communication courses will also be required.