ASL& 121 American Sign Language I (5 credits)
Distribution Area Fulfilled Humanities; General Transfer Elective
Formerly SIGN 101 - CCN
Course Description
A beginning course in American Sign Language using conversational methods. This includes vocabulary related to exchanging personal information, day-to-day common activities, describing family relationships, and providing basic directions. Basic grammar, finger-spelling, numbers 1–100, the fundamentals of spatial agreement, and an introduction to the deaf culture and its history are also introduced.
Course Content
A. Core vocabulary including units 1–3 topics/functional components: greetings/farewells, giving information about oneself, talking about leisure activities, identifying and describing people, telling where one lives and discussing one’s residence, talking about roommates and pets, and talking about immediate family
B. Cardinal numbers: (1–100 including rules for ‘rocking’ with numbers such as 67 and 76), and ages
C. Pronouns: personal and possessive
D. Sign-specific vocabulary: Sign parameters, dominant/non-dominant hand use, Non-manual Grammatical Markers (NMGM) and Non-Manual Signals (NMS)
E. Finger-spelling rules
F. Spatial agreement: eye-gaze, distance markers with arms/mouth, signer’s perspective, contrastive structure, and real-world orientation
G. Spatial referencing for people and places
H. Sentence types: statements, WH-questions, Yes/No questions, negations, topicalization, and basic commands involving moving an object from one location to another location
I. ASL GLOSS (written transliteration) and a brief introduction of William Stokoe
J. Deaf culture topics: Identify the critical elements of the history of ASL including the origins of ASL, such as Thomas Gallaudet, Laurent Clerc, and Martha’s Vineyard. Plus, other aspects of deaf culture such as Deaf President Now, educational philosophies, Gallaudet University, residential schools, and Relay Service/Video Phone.
K. Deaf Culture strategies: Negotiating a signing environment, asking ‘what is the sign’, and getting others’ attention
L. Classifiers: body classifiers (BCL), instrument classifiers, (ICL), descriptive classifiers (DCL), and perimeter classifier
Student Outcomes
1. Demonstrate receptively and expressively the ability to utilize a vocabulary of 400+ signs to construct basic conversations pertaining to the content of this course, such as: exchanging personal information, including describing basic day-to-day activities, basic family relationships and appearance, traveling to school or work, basic needs, and basic directions of a location or the surroundings.
2. Research, read, and provide information about ASL history, key historical events and people, and topics that are within the scope of the content of this course.
3. Interpret and verify basic directions using spatial agreement, including signer’s perspective, real-world orientation, and eye gaze.
4. Construct basic sentences and questions, and apply NMGM (non-manual grammatical markers) appropriately while asking a yes/no or “wh” question.
5. Demonstrate the various ways to negotiate a signing environment and how to get others’ attention, such as a wave or a light flicker.
6. Construct and comprehend basic sentences using classifiers to show action, size, and shape of a noun.
7. Request and provide information regarding course content both receptively and expressively.
8. Generate, translate, and comprehend NMS (non-manual signals) to show meaning.
9. Finger-spell using correct palm orientation with a slight shift with some letters to demonstrate basic flow and fluency.
10. Identify and use the numbers 1–100 in real-life situations for basic counting and ages.
Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.
Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.
Intercultural Engagement: Graduates demonstrate self-efficacy in intercultural engagement to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion through reflections and expressions of cultural humility, empathy, and social and civic engagement and action. Further, graduates examine how identities/positionalities such as races, social classes, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, and cultures impact perceptions, actions, and the distribution of power and privilege in communities, systems, and institutions.
Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50
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