MCCCD Program Description

American Sign Language III

Course: ASL201

First Term: 2020 Fall

Lecture 4.0 Credit(s) 4.0 Period(s) 4.0 Load
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S - Standard Load

Description: Linguistics of American Sign Language (A.S.L.) including non-manual behaviors and signing English idioms with conceptual accuracy. Emphasis on practical application of A.S.L. skills, expanded vocabulary, and cross-cultural communication.

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Apply expressive and receptive mastery of grammatical features of American Sign Language (A.S.L.) at the intermediate level. (I) 2. Apply expressive and receptive mastery of targeted lexicon. (II) 3. Apply A.S.L. skills in communicating short stories, narratives, and dialogues at the intermediate level. (III) 4. Use appropriate conversational regulators in medium length A.S.L. conversations. (III) 5. Recognize English words with multiple meanings and produce appropriate signs. (IV) 6. Recognize English idioms and produce accurate A.S.L. translations. (V) 7. Recognize and produce basic A.S.L. idioms and provide accurate translations. (VI)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Grammatical features A. Verbs 1. Subjects and objects 2. Modulations 3. Distributional aspect 4. Reciprocal aspect B. Classifiers C. Locatives D. Temporal aspect II. Targeted lexicon III. Application of A.S.L. skills at the intermediate level A. Stories B. Narratives C. Dialogues D. Spontaneous conversations E. Conversational regulating behaviors IV. Words with multiple meanings A. Context B. Conceptual signs V. English idioms and expressions A. Meanings B. Conceptual signs VI. A.S.L. idioms and expressions A. Production B. Translation

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: February 25, 2020

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