I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Conversational ASL

2. Course Prefix & Number:
AMSL 2414

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 1

Lecture Hours: 1

4. Course Description:

This course is designed to promote enhanced fluency in signed and communication in the target language of ASL. Short stories, videos, role play, newspapers, magazines and deaf speakers/language mentors are utilized to enhance receptive comprehension and expressive skills. Grammar review and vocabulary building are structured to the needs of the specific students.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

7. Other Prerequisites

 

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Name of Institution	Course Number and Title	Credits
College of Catherine	ASL 3130 Conversational ASL	4
St. Cloud Technical College	HASL 1450 Conversational ASL	2
University of MN- Duluth	ASL 4298 ASL Skill Building Workshop	1
St. Paul College	ASL Topics: Deaf Villas Trip	1

2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

2. MN Transfer Curriculum (General Education) Courses - This course fulfills the following goal area(s) of the MN Transfer Curriculum:
Goal 8 – Global Perspective

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Expressively and receptively converse in a small group setting.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

Expected Outcome	MnTC Goal Area
Demonstrate knowledge of cultural, social, and linguistic differences.	8
Understand the role of a world citizen and the responsibility citizens share for their common global future	8
Analyze a specific international problem, illustrating cultural differences that affect their solution.	8

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Current Event Discussions (events in the news used to build fluency)
   • national media
   • local media
2. Our community Discussions (Deaf community happenings and responses/concerns)
   • Community events that effect the local Deaf community
3. Our homes discussions (Descriptions and discussions of activities and events in our homes)
   • Practice with describing using classifiers and directional verbs
4. Our families discussions (Descriptions and discussions of activities and events in our homes)
   • Practice with family dynamics as they relate to Deaf people
5. Deaf social norms discussions about differences and similarities in Deaf and Hearing cultures
   • What to expect at Deaf events
   • Cultural sensitivity
6. Deaf Cultural events attendance at a Deaf culture event to practice ASL vocabulary and skill building
   • Native speaker interaction and social norms
7. Advocacy- Deaf culture/community advocacy issues and discussions
   • How can ASL students be allies in the Deaf community
8. Classifiers- Descriptive Verbs using animals, nature, people etc.

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions