AMSL-202 Intermediate American Sign Language II
In this course, students will greatly advance their ability to apply American Sign Language skills - handshape, palm orientation, location, movement, and non-manual signals - in order to further refine and expand their ability to communicate at an intermediate level by exchanging, interpreting, and presenting information in complex structures and contexts; to further deepen the comparisons of the practices, perspectives, and products of Deaf culture to those of hearing culture; to connect ASL to other relevant disciplines and current topics; and to expand their use of ASL outside of the classroom in a variety of complex contexts. Content and supporting language structures and vocabulary will be theme-based, with outcomes measured in a variety of ways, including task-based activities that support effective communication around the theme.
Hours Weekly
4 hours weekly
Course Objectives
- 1. Identify at least five significant grammatical differences between ASL and English.
- 2. Identify and explain ASL classifier parameters.
- 3. Identify a minimum of five signs having multiple English translations and a minimum of five English words
having multiple ASL translations. - 4. Describe the process for determining conceptually accurate ASL and English concepts having no designated
ASL signs.
- 5. Demonstrate and define linguistically complex structures in ASL, such as spatial agreement, usage of
discrete eye gaze, temporal aspect of modulation, appropriate non-manual markers, and mimetic description. - 6. Demonstrate adequate knowledge of and appreciation for Deaf culture and history.
- 7. Interpret a signed/video ASL text into correct English.
- 8. Interpret a complex English text into correct ASL demonstration.
Course Objectives
- 1. Identify at least five significant grammatical differences between ASL and English.
- 2. Identify and explain ASL classifier parameters.
- 3. Identify a minimum of five signs having multiple English translations and a minimum of five English words
having multiple ASL translations. - 4. Describe the process for determining conceptually accurate ASL and English concepts having no designated
ASL signs.
- 5. Demonstrate and define linguistically complex structures in ASL, such as spatial agreement, usage of
discrete eye gaze, temporal aspect of modulation, appropriate non-manual markers, and mimetic description. - 6. Demonstrate adequate knowledge of and appreciation for Deaf culture and history.
- 7. Interpret a signed/video ASL text into correct English.
- 8. Interpret a complex English text into correct ASL demonstration.