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.

Credits

4

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.