SNLAN 6 – Page 1
Date Approved:
12/12/88
Date Scanned:
5/26/2005
College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: SNLAN 6
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE Conversational Sign Language
LECTURE HOURS: 1.0
LAB HOURS: 2.0
UNITS: 1.5
PREREQUISITE: SNLAN 1 or equivalent
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: None
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
no
CR/NC Only
NONE
Max No. Units 3.0
Grade/CR/NC Option
Maximum Class Size 30
Max No. Enrollments 2
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Designed to provide conversational skills in sign language and signed systems. Both sign language and
finger spelling are studied and practiced.
NOTE: One class of sign language, or experience with hearing impaired, or currently enrolled in sign
class. Repeatable to a maximum of 3.0 units.
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate
some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or
skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include
objectives in the area of “critical thinking.” Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be
able to:
1. Improve his/her signing fluency in receptive skills as well as expressive skills.
2. Improve his/her finger spelling skills.
3. Think in signs and manual alphabet more readily.
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Date Approved:
12/12/88
Date Scanned:
5/26/2005
COURSE OUTLINE:
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Finger spelling 3-letter words; Dialogue Family
Finger spelling 4-letter words; Dialogue Pronouns
Finger Spelling 5-letter words; Dialogue Time
Finger spelling 6-letter words; Dialogue Mental Action
Finger spelling long words into syllables; Dialogue Emotion/Feeling
Finger spelling variations; Dialogue People Occupations
Finger Spelling long; Dialogue Physical Movement and Travel
Finger Spelling variations; Dialogue Opposites
Dialogue Location/Directions
Dialogue Verbs/Related Words
Dialogue Quality, Kind/Condition
Dialogue Quantity, Size/Degree
Dialogue Quantity, Communication and Government
Dialogue Education
Dialogue Miscellaneous
Dialogue Nature
Dialogue Body, Medicine, Health
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
6%
5%
5%
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Date Approved:
12/12/88
Date Scanned:
5/26/2005
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended;
including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title
The Joy of Signing
Required
Alternate
Edition
Recommended
Author
Riekehof
Publisher Gospel Publishers
Date Published 1980
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or
Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale-Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No. Request for Exception Attached
If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why substantial
writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) _____
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify) projects
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) dialogue skills—receiving test as well as expressive test for sign and finger spelling
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
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Date Approved:
12/12/88
Date Scanned:
5/26/2005
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving activity or exercise
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify) develop projects for in-class participation
COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to
independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and
assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc.
Applying the language of sign as a signer and as a receiver, the student must synthesize its vocabulary,
syntax, and grammar. Formulating new sentences within different conversational situations, the student
applies the language principles to new situations.
REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION
The Curriculum Committee Is authorized to determine the appropriateness of entrance skills and
requisites for any given course; to determine whether or not language and/or computational skills at the
associate degree level are essential to success in a given course; to determine what is “college level” in
learning skills, vocabulary, and in the ability to think critically and apply concepts; and to determine on a
case-by-case basis when any departure from the attached guidelines may be justified.
This form may also be used to provide justification for making a course repeatable.
To request an exception, provide the following information:
Sign Language 6
Department and Course No.
Conversational Sign Language
Course Title
NATURE OF THE EXEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE:
ENGL 150 Eligibility
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Date Approved:
12/12/88
Date Scanned:
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Would prevent a student with poor writing skills but with good signing skills to register for the class in
hopes of improving in the Signing Exact English system instead of American Sign Language.
ALTERNATE TEXTS:
Sign Language 6
1. SIGNING—HOW TO SPEAK WITH YOUR HANDS
Costello
Bantam Books
2. SIGNING EXACT ENGLISH
Gustafson
Modern Sign Press
3. A BASIC COURSE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Humphries/Padden/O’Rourke
T. J. Publishers
Certification: Used by two or more four-year colleges or universities