ASL& 122 American Sign Language II

5 credits

This course meets the Humanities  general education distribution requirement.

Prerequisites: ASL& 121  

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

• Demonstrate improvement in existing skills, and express concepts correctly and understandably in American Sign Language
• Demonstrate knowledge and comprehension of core vocabulary appropriate for ASL II
• Explain how sign movements can be modified to change meaning; how and when facial expressions occur; and how body, head, and eye movements are used in phrasing and agreement
• Use vocabulary to discuss locating things around the house, complaining, making suggestions and requests, exchanging personal information and life events, describing and identifying things, and talking about the weekend
• Participate in simple conversations on topics beyond the most immediate needs, e.g. giving directions, describing others, making requests, talking about family and occupations in depth, attributing qualities to others, talking about routines
• Identify, explain, and illustrate the various concepts, rules, and functions of ASL

• Discuss and explain methods of creative expression, social interaction, and aesthetic considerations employed by individuals and societies
• Employ methods of intellectual and creative inquiry central to the selected Humanities course of study, using the vocabulary, concepts, historical perspectives and materials common to the chosen area
• Dependent on the Humanities area selected, interpret specific artifacts from art, film, history, language, literature, philosophy, religious thought, or narrative form and develop one’s own viewpoint or artifact using the techniques common to that area