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Active as of Fall Semester 2010
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:
AMSL 2414 - Conversational ASL
All Course(s) from the following...
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
AMSL 1410 | American Sign Language I | 4 cr. |
7. Other Prerequisites
9. Co-requisite Courses:
AMSL 2414 - Conversational ASL
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
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
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
- Current Event Discussions (events in the news used to build fluency)
- national media
- local media
- Our community Discussions (Deaf community happenings and responses/concerns)
- Community events that effect the local Deaf community
- Our homes discussions (Descriptions and discussions of activities and events in our homes)
- Practice with describing using classifiers and directional verbs
- Our families discussions (Descriptions and discussions of activities and events in our homes)
- Practice with family dynamics as they relate to Deaf people
- Deaf social norms discussions about differences and similarities in Deaf and Hearing cultures
- What to expect at Deaf events
- Cultural sensitivity
- Deaf Cultural events attendance at a Deaf culture event to practice ASL vocabulary and skill building
- Native speaker interaction and social norms
- Advocacy- Deaf culture/community advocacy issues and discussions
- How can ASL students be allies in the Deaf community
- Classifiers- Descriptive Verbs using animals, nature, people etc.
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
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:
AMSL 2414 - Conversational ASL
All Course(s) from the following...
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
AMSL 1410 | American Sign Language I | 4 cr. |
7. Other Prerequisites
9. Co-requisite Courses:
AMSL 2414 - Conversational ASL
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
- Current Event Discussions (events in the news used to build fluency)
- national media
- local media
- Our community Discussions (Deaf community happenings and responses/concerns)
- Community events that effect the local Deaf community
- Our homes discussions (Descriptions and discussions of activities and events in our homes)
- Practice with describing using classifiers and directional verbs
- Our families discussions (Descriptions and discussions of activities and events in our homes)
- Practice with family dynamics as they relate to Deaf people
- Deaf social norms discussions about differences and similarities in Deaf and Hearing cultures
- What to expect at Deaf events
- Cultural sensitivity
- Deaf Cultural events attendance at a Deaf culture event to practice ASL vocabulary and skill building
- Native speaker interaction and social norms
- Advocacy- Deaf culture/community advocacy issues and discussions
- How can ASL students be allies in the Deaf community
- Classifiers- Descriptive Verbs using animals, nature, people etc.
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions