ASL 1 - Elementary American Sign Language

Institution:

Chaffey College

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Description:

Class hours: 64-72 lecture. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC. Study of American Sign Language (ASL) including appreciation of the deaf culture. Introduction to current and historical aspects of the deaf culture, survival skills of the hearing-impaired including special schools, equipment, and lip-reading, parenting techniques, and challenges of living in a hearing world. Skills focus on the basic principles of phrasing, vocabulary, sentence patterns, manual counting and spelling, semantics, and the development of expressive and receptive abilities. Fourteen hours of supplemental instruction in a Success Center that supports this course is required. This course corresponds to the first year of high school ASL. 0850.00

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.chaffey.edu

Phone Number:

(909) 652-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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