BC3 Academic Catalog: 2024-2025
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EDUC 131 - Introduction to American Sign Language 3 Credits: (3 lecture)
Course Description
This introductory course is designed to familiarize students with the dynamics of American Sign Language and expose them to culturally appropriate behavior with respect to deaf and hard of hearing people. The focus will be placed on expressive and receptive facial expression, natural body gestures, and manual communication. This course will provide the foundation needed to converse in American Sign Language.
Text
Humphries, Tom L. and Carol A. Padden. Learning American Sign Language: Levels I and II - Beginning and Intermediate. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2004.
Objectives
The student will be able to
A. Demonstrate proper technique for producing signed vocabulary.
B. Express the manual alphabet.
C. Identify the components of the basic building blocks of ASL as they apply to conversational patterns.
D. Identify current and historical issues concerning the deaf community and the role of ASL therein.
E. Demonstrate various language building readiness activities.
F. Utilize facial expression and body language as they sign manually.
Content
A. Language and culture of deaf people
B. Appropriate production of American Sign Language
C. Cultural norms
D. History of American Sign Language
E. American Sign Language terminology
F. Native language users
G. Interactive dialogue
H. Myths and misunderstandings pertaining to deaf people
Student Evaluation
The students’ final grade will be determined through written, expressive, and receptive examinations, presentations, quizzes, participation and other activities as deemed by the instructor.Bibliography
Buck, D.S. Deaf Peddler: The Story of an Inside Man. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet UP, 2000.
Chamberlain, C., J.P. Morford, and R.I. Mayberry. Language Acquisition by Eye. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2000.
DuBow, S. and National Association of the Deaf. Legal Rights: The Guide for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. 5th ed. Washington, D.C.: Gallaudet UP, 2000.
Fant, Lou. The American Sign Language Phrase Book. Chicago: National Textbook, 1994.
Meadow-Orlans, K.P., P.E. Spencer, C. Erting, and M. Marschark. The Deaf Child in the Family and at School: Essays in Honor of Kathryn P. Meadow-Orlans. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2000.
Sternberg, Martin L.A. American Sign Language Dictionary. New York: Harper Perennial, 1998.
Stewart, David A. American Sign Language the Easy Way. Hauppauge: Barron’s Educational Series, 1998.
Taub, S. Language and the Body: Iconicity and Metaphor in American Sign Language. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000.
Winzer, Margret A. and Kas Mazurek. Special Education in the 21st Century: Issues of Inclusion and Reform. Washington, D.C.: Galaudet UP, 2000.
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