ASL 1150C-1081 American Sign Language II
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT:
Dean: Dr. Martha Campbell
Office Location: LA 159
Office Number: (727)791-5904
Instructor/email:
Course type:
Prerequisites:
Course description:
Office
location:
Office
hours:
Academic Chair: Dr. Shirley Oakley
Office Location: LA 159
Office Number: (727)791-2570
Dr. Beth Carlson
mailto:carlsonbeth@spcollege.edu
classroom and lab
successful completion of ASL 1140C
Intermediate American Sign Language (ASL) is a continuation of the basic
American Sign Language course and expands the student's vocabulary and
signing fluency. Students will have directed practice with media generated
materials, emphasizing receptive and expressive conversational
practice. Lecture - 47 contact hours. Lab – 30 contact hours.
LA 165 (Clearwater)
On Campus
Virtual Hours
Monday/Wednesday: 8:30-9:00;
11:30-1:30
Tuesday: 8:30-1:30
M -Th: 5:45-6:45 am
Phone:
727-791-2746
Disabilities
info:
From Student and Educational Services
http://www.spcollege.edu/addendum/#accommodations
Academic
From Student and Educational Services
and Student Reasonable accommodations are available to students who:
Affairs:
 are otherwise qualified for admission to the College
 identify themselves to appropriate College personnel
 Provide acceptable and qualifying documentation to the College.
It is the student's responsibility to provide notice of the nature of the disability to
the College and to assist in identifying appropriate and effective accommodation.
Students must personally identify the need, provide supporting diagnostic test
results and professional evaluations, participate in planning services, and give
adequate notice in requesting accommodation. A Counselor/Learning Specialist in
the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (OSSD) is assigned to oversee
services on each SPC campus. To call, visit, or e-mail a Counselor/
Learning Specialist, see the list below.
Contact Information by Campus
http://www.spcollege.edu/dr/
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Class
meeting
schedule:
Monday/Wednesday: 9:00-11:30
Clearwater Campus LA 108
Textbooks:
Required:
1. Signing Naturally Level II chapters 7-12 by Lentz, Mikos and Smith
ISBN: 978-1-58121-221-1
2. A Loss for Words by Lou Ann Walker.
Harper Collins Publisher
ISBN: ISBN-13: 9780060914257
3. GoReact by Speakworks
Recommended Text or Other Reading Material:
Library: http://www.spcollege.edu/central/libonline/.
Other
materials/
Media
Protocol:
For this class you must have access to a webcam. Use the ASL Lab.
Protocol for Production of Media Make sure you sign the following information
on each video project.
Your First and Last Name
The Date
The Project Title
When producing visual/gestural material the student must be aware of procedures
that will enhance the production:
Backgrounds
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Color of Clothes should be a solid color that contrasts with a student’s skin
color.
Light skinned students wear darker solid color tops.
Darker skinned students wear lighter solid color tops.
Tops should have sleeves; no tank tops, low cut or sleeveless
tops permitted.
Tops should not have distractions: buttons, emblems, and graphics.
Distractions
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Hair should be out of the face. Do not wear a hat or chew gum.
Jewelry should not be distracting: dangling earrings, shiny necklace,
sparkly pins
 Midriff and/or shoulders should not be exposed
Not following protocol will result in points being deducted from the final grade
of the material produced. Exercises from the Student Textbooks will be assigned
each week. You will be prepared to demonstrate their receptive and expressive
sign skills during the class.
Video Assignments: You will be expected to submit digital assignments for
grading. This work will be recorded through GoREACT. Be sure to set up and save
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your password as soon as you receive my invitation to the class. Webcams are
available in the ASL Lab. Personal webcams are acceptable provided media
protocol is followed.
Course goals
and
objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
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Explain the importance of non-verbal and visual gestural
communication techniques in relation to: a) the origin of signs; b)
the origin of sign language; and c) the culture of the Deaf
community.
Continue to demonstrate 80% competency in expressive
communication skills through conversational signing by using
manual and non-manual grammatical features of sign language.
Continue to demonstrate 80% competency in receptive
communication skills in conversational signing through
comprehension monitoring techniques.
Continue to develop skills in receptive and expressive fingerspelling.
Continue to develop receptive skills and increase the ability to
accurately and appropriately express ASL.
Develop an intermediate level competency in spontaneous
conversational ASL as demonstrated by accurate use of sign
vocabulary, classifiers, and ASL structure.
Recognize and apply a glossing system for describing sign
production and its related characteristics (e.g., facial expression,
location, structure, etc.)
Present signed productions at 80% mastery.
Acquire an additional ASL working vocabulary of approximately
250-300 signs.
Continue to develop an appreciation and understanding of Deaf
Culture and ASL as a language in its own right.
Summarize basic applications of visual and sign communication
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
If you must enter the classroom after class has begun, please do so as quietly as
possible. Exercises techniques used in Deaf Culture for interruption. Because
American Sign Language is a visual-gestural language, it is best learned in a
voiceless environment. You are expected to use only sign/fingerspelling and are
discouraged from using your voices in the classroom. Please make use of
techniques for getting the meaning across rather than attempting to make us of
voice if there is a misunderstanding in meaning. The curriculum and the lessons
are designed to help the class and the program meet the five areas of
Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons and Communities outlined
by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
The curriculum parallels what we know about language development and second
language learning. We focus on introducing language in context and reinforcing
what is learned by engaging you into various interactive activities. A
conversational curriculum requires you to be an active learner. You need to come
prepared to sign with me and other classmates. Our classes are conducted in ASL
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from the very first day. You are immersed in the language to maximize your
language learning. I will use gestures, signs, drawings, and act out situations to get
the point across and your job is to keep trying. This may sound unnerving at first,
but trust me, it works!
1) Communication: Exchange information in ASL using short dialogues about
everyday life such as describing people and things, making requests and asking for
advice, describing places, giving opinions about others, and discussing plans and
goals with other students, the instructor, and through video recording activities.
2) Communication: Develop skills in using facial expressions, gestures and
specialized handshapes (classifiers) for communication and descriptive purposes.
3) Communication: Maintain a conversation in ASL with native signers using both
culturally appropriate content and interpersonal skills, and comprehend basic
conversational questions and short discourses.
4) Communication: Develop understanding and use of ASL grammatical principles
including (a) Use of space for referents, (b) Directionality for verb signs, (c)
Modification of signs for degree, and (d) Communicating about more than one
(plurals).
5) Communication: Develop skills in organizing and delivering narratives in ASL
including (a) Using the appropriate introduction, body, and conclusion, (b)
Grammatical markers for transitions, (c) Role-shifting between two or more
characters, and (d) Use of space.
6) Cultural and Connections: Discuss the view that Deaf people are a culturallinguistic minority group.
7) Comparative: Explore Deaf art and how it expresses the Deaf experience.
8) Comparative: Discuss the rules of social interaction in Deaf culture and compare
them with other cultural norms.
9) Comparative: Understand the Deaf community’s participation in society, and
dispel misrepresentations and stereotypes about them.
10) Comparative: Examine the historical collision between culture and disability in
the Deaf community, including ethical conflicts with the medical model.
11) Comparative: Discuss the intersections which occur within the Deaf
community, the universality of the Deaf experience, and the visions of the future.
12) Community: Attend ASL and Deaf events to continue to develop ASL and Deaf
behavioral norms outside of the classroom.
Attendance
policy:
The college-wide attendance policy is included in the Syllabus Addendum
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm. Since learning a language
requires interacting as with native users and practicing with others on a regular
basis, American Sign Language students will need to attend and participate in all
classes to be successful. Attendance will be tracked during each class and students
who in excessive of four absences will be dropped from the course due to lack of
60% activity time. For extenuating circumstances, documentation must be
presented.
IMPORTANT COLLEGE POLICY REGARDING COURSE DROP-ADD PERIOD AND
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AUDIT INFORMATION
http://www.spcollege.edu/addendum/#drop
FEDERAL GUIDELINES RELATED TO FINANCIAL AID AND TOTAL WITHDRAWAL
FROM THE COLLEGE
http://www.spcollege.edu/addendum/#finaid.
Evaluation
process:
Assignments
2 Signed projects.............................30 points
Unit Tests.........................................30 points
Final Project..........….........................10 points
15 Contact Hours................…...........10 points
Journal/Book Test.............................10 points
In-class performance/progress…..…..10 points
100 points
Grading
scale:
A = 90+
B = 80+
C = 70+
D = 60+
F = less than 60
Grading
policies:
ASL Immersion and No Talking Policy:
The curriculum and workbook are designed with the assumption that you use
English as your first language. ASL will be used exclusively in the classroom for two
reasons. First, it is culturally inappropriate to use voice in an ASL environment, or
to not sign in the presence of any Deaf person. Speaking eliminates the Deaf
person, whether intentionally or not, from the communication around them. In
the classroom, it is critical that the instructor, Deaf or hearing, maintain a
culturally appropriate environment so that you can develop the habit of signing in
Deaf-hearing situations. Secondly, you can only become fluent by constantly using
ASL. The more you rely on English to understand ASL, the longer you will remain in
the limbo of being unable to communicate in ASL. You can’t learn a language by
speaking or listening to another language. No language is a direct translation of
another, and concept formation is enhanced by full immersion. Students will not
learn ASL until they actually commit to using it as a living language. The classroom
will become a microcosm of the living world where all meaning is negotiated in
ASL.
Since ASL does not yet have its own standardized writing system, written English is
used to give instructions, and explain some signs in the student workbook.
However, whenever possible I will use pictures and other ways to minimize the use
of English in the classroom.
Assignments
Students should expect to spend at least six hours outside of the classroom on
homework assignments, social hour, study groups, and other ASL related activities
to perform well in this class. Based on past experience, there is a strong
relationship between a student’s attendance, participation, effort on homework
assignments, and getting a good grade on the exams
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Written Work/Assignments: All work is due on the date specified on the
schedule. It is due at the beginning of the class period. Late work will not be
accepted past the next class period of a missed class without a 50% reduction in
grade. Written work and assignments should include your name, date assignment
is due, and class title. In class assignments may not be made up.
THE LAB component of this class is conducted as an independent study and is
based on classroom requirements and activities assigned by the instructor. NO Lab
assignment will be accepted late and no partial lab assignments will be accepted;
however, a student may turn lab work in early if they wish. All work is due on the
date listed. A grade of “50%” will be assigned for work not submitted on time. At
the time of each test, students need to bring in their completed homework
assignments.
Use this space here to write down contact information from at least three
classmates. And, please, if you must miss a class, please do not contact me and ask
if you missed anything in class; YOU DID! Ask your classmates.
Contact 1: _______________________________
Contact 2:________________________________
Contact 3:________________________________
Contact 4:________________________________
Class
calendar:
Week of:
Assignments:
Introduction/Review of Units 1-6
Textbook and videotape; course goals/requirements; The Building
Blocks of ASL; Strategies for learning ASL
5/18-5/20
Cumulative Review Units 1-6
*View DVD; review vocabulary and textbook exercises
Post Introductions and Complete Re–Defining Deaf Assignment
Unit 7: Describing People and Things: 7.1-7.8
5/25-5/27 *View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
A Loss For Words: Journal entry Chapter 1 (Due 5/24)
6/1-6/3
Unit 7: Describing People and Things: 7.9-7.13
*View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
Unit 12: Lessons 1-2
A Loss For Words: Journal entry Chapter 2/3 (Due 5/31)
6/8-6/10
Unit 8: Making Requests and Asking for Help: 8.1-8.8
*View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
A Loss For Words: Journal entry Chapter 4/5 (Due 6/7)
6/8-6/10
Unit 8: Making Requests and Asking for Help: 8.9-8.14
*View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
Unit 12: Lessons 3-7
A Loss For Words: Journal entry Chapter 6/7 (Due 6/14)
Post unit 7/8 Project in GoReact 6/7/15
Unit 7/8 Test 6/10
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Unit 9: Describing Places: 9.1-9.8
6/15-6/17 *View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
A Loss For Words: Journal entry Chapter 8/9 (Due 6/21)
Unit 9: Describing Places: 9.9-9.14
*View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
6/22-6/24
Unit 12: Lesson 8
A Loss For Words: Journal entry Chapter 10/11 (Due 6/28)
6/29-7/1
Unit 10: Giving Opinions About Others: 10.1-10.6
*View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
A Loss For Words: Journal entry Chapter 12/13 (Due 7/5)
7/6-7/8
Unit 10: Giving Opinions About Others: 10.7-11.6
*View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
Unit 12: Lesson 9
A Loss For Words: Journal entry Chapter 14-16 (Due 7/12)
A Loss For Words Online TEST 7/5-7/8
Unit 11: Discussing Plans and Goals: 11.7-11.13
*View DVD; review vocabulary and complete textbook exercises
7/13-7/15 Unit 12: Lesson 10
Post unit 9-11 Project in GoReact by 7/12/15
Unit 9-11 test 7/15
7/20-7/22 FINAL EXAM WEEK - Present Final Project
Important
Dates:
College Calendar
http://www.spcollege.edu/calendar/
Class
policies:
Academic Honesty
http://www.spcollege.edu/academichonesty/
Classroom Protocol:
Class discussion periods will be conducted in an orderly fashion. If a student must
enter the classroom after class has begun, please do so as quietly as possible. If a
student has a disagreement with an instructor on a particular graded exercise or
exam question, please see the instructor after class.
Because American Sign Language is a visual-gestural language, it is best learned in
a voiceless environment. Students are expected to use only
sign/fingerspelling and are discouraged from using their voices in the classroom.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm#expectations
ONLINE STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND CONDUCT GUIDELINES
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm#onlineguide
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CAMPUS SAFETY AND SECURITY
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm#_Toc200857646
SEXUAL PREDATOR INFORMATION
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm#predatorinfo
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm#accommodations
Assignment Book Blog: A journal will be kept throughout the semester in which the student
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will respond to chapter readings from A Loss for Words. A comprehensive test will
Test details: follow.
Contact Hours: The student will be required to document 15 CONTACT HOURS
during the semester. A Minimum of 10 (or more) of the 15 hours must be spent
interacting with deaf people at deaf culture events, silent dinners and lectures by
Deaf people. The purpose of these Interactive Contact Hours will be to expose the
student to native signers and to allow the student to develop a broader
understanding of the Deaf Community. These activities must result in a student
being able to show improved communication skills. Interactive “Hands On”
activities may include the ASL Club activities; Student Service Activities on the
QUAD, and other community volunteer opportunities. Call the agency for
information about assisting and let them know you are taking ASL I at SPC. Sites
include: Safety Harbor Library: 727 724-1525 X 232 for Rosa Rodriquez; Deaf and
Hearing Connection: 727 399-9983; Blossom Montessori School: 727 539-7879;
Family Center on Deafness: 727-549-6664.
Other events for Interactive Contact Hours include:
1) Attend a religious event at which there is an interpreter: Write five (5) words
or signs you learned while watching the interpreter; after the event, ask the
interpreter for their name and if they have a QA or RID Certification.
2) Attend any public meeting sponsored by a Deaf Organization such as the St.
Petersburg Association for the Deaf (SPAD); the Association of Late Deafened
Adults (ALDA); Deaf Women of Tampa Bay and other local Deaf organizations. List
the names of three (3) Deaf people you met at the meeting and respond to the
blog questions.
3) Attend a Silent Social night at the local area Mall Food Courts. List three (3) new
words and the names of two (2) Deaf people you meet.
4) Attend an interpreted community performance. Write five (5) words or signs
you learn while watching the interpreter; after the event, ask the interpreter for
their name and if they have a QA or RID Certification
5) Information and announcements of events will be posted on bulletin boards in
the ASL lab and provided in class. If a student becomes aware that an event
involves sign language or the Deaf community, please bring this information to
share with your classmates.
Media contact hours may include Web Site assignments and video assignments for
a total of no more than ten (5) contact hours. Information and announcements of
events will be posted on bulletin boards and provided in class. Suggested Sign
Language materials will be found in the Clearwater Sign Language Lab (LA 109).
All Contact Hour Assignments and Activities must be pre-approved by the
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instructor. The instructor will verify all volunteer hours with each agency. If a you
are having any difficulty arranging Contact Hours, please inform the me as soon as
possible and I will arrange for a tutor. Please do not assume that running into a
deaf person with whom you communicate will count for contact hours.
CONTACT HOURS are to be submitted using the format on the Contact Hour
Summary Sheet in My Courses in the Contact Hour Blog folder. Each submission
should be no less than 350 words to receive full credit. Half of the contact hours
(7) are at mid semester. The remaining half (8) are DUE by July 19th. A student
may complete and turn in his/her required Summaries before Due Dates. It is
suggested that these contact hours be included in the student learning log.
Unit Tests: There will be five unit tests this semester. Students need to submit
homework assignments at the time of the test.
The Student will produce three (3) Expressive Skill Projects from Textbook
assignments using GoReact and final project to be completed in class.
Check the Class schedule for the due dates on these assigned projects:
The student will record their projects following instructions for Media Protocol.
Video recordings are to be submitted in Angel in the drop box for each unit. If a
student has a personal webcam and records his or her project on a home
computer, he or she must still consider media protocol. You will record your
projects following instructions below for Media Protocol. Unit projects will be
recorded using webcams and submitted through GoReact.
Other notes: ASL Transferability:
ASL (SPA 1612 and 1613) is recognized as a Foreign Language by many colleges and
universities in Florida and the other forty-nine states and territories. While this
language is generally accepted as an admission requirement at Florida’s public
universities, some university departments require a working knowledge of an
auditory/oral/written language as a graduation requirement. Please check with
the department chair of the program in which you wish to enroll to determine if
American Sign Language credits can be counted toward graduation.
IMPORTANT COLLEGE POLICY REGARDING COURSE DROP-ADD PERIOD AND
AUDIT INFORMATION
http://www.spcollege.edu/central/asa/addendum.htm#drop
Resources
available:
Other Sources of Information related to ASL, Deaf Culture
These links do not count for Contact Hours.
Silent Titans Facebook Page
ASL University
http://www.lifeprint.com/
Signing Savvy
https://www.signingsavvy.com
American Sign Language Browser
http://www.commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/
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Hand speak
http://www.handspeak.com/word/
ASLized
http://aslized.org/