ASL 1010 - Beginning American Sign Language I (ALCI)

Institution:

Utah Tech University

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Description:

For beginning students interested in American Sign Language. Native-speakers and students who have acquired proficiency in this language through extended residence, military service, church missions, or other methods may not enroll in this class. Emphasizes principles, methods, and techniques of communicating manually with deaf individuals. Teaches basic receptive and expressive skills, overviews basic grammatical structure in signing, and explores deaf culture. A variety of teaching methods are employed, including drills, videos, and work in pairs. This course partially qualifies students to receive an Associate of Arts degree or Bachelor of Arts degree for some majors. Successful completers are prepared to take ASL 1020. Placement in foreign language classes is at the discretion of the Department Chair. This course is designated as an Active Learning Cultural Immersion (ALCI) course. Students have a unique opportunity to learn another culture as part of the learning objectives of this course. This course requires purchase of software, see instructor for details. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate proficiency in one-to-one conversation and share basic information related to specific instructor-led common topics. 2. Demonstrate comprehension of messages in one-to-one conversation and through electronic means. 3. Express oneself in one-to-one conversations and through electronic means. 4. Identify the beliefs, values, and attitudes within Deaf culture. 5. Demonstrate proficiency in one-to-one conversation using basic grammatical structures of ASL, including topicalization, contrastive structure, ranking and narration. 6. Identify basic products related to Deaf culture and used by Deaf people. FA, SP

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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