ASLP 200 - ASL III

(R only)

Development of advanced receptive and expressive skills in ASL, including politeness principles in ASL: fluency, tact, generosity, modesty, and solidarity. This course includes intensive work on conversational maxims in ASL: quantity, quality, relation, manner, and appropriateness. Recommended to be taken concurrently with ASLP 205. PREREQUISITE(S): A grade of C or better in ASLP 110 or equivalent, or consent of department. Three hours each week.

3 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

Analyze, describe, employ, and recognize specific ASL grammatical structures.
Demonstrate a low advanced level of sign production and comprehension of fingerspelled words and integrate numbers in ASL.
Demonstrate a low advanced level of sign vocabulary and sentences, both expressively and receptively.
Demonstrate a mastery of polite conversation strategies to handle interruptions, including those due to sounds in the environment.
Demonstrate enhanced receptive and expressive skills in ASL and appropriately employ grammatical features in conversations of medium length with deaf users of ASL and with the teacher.
Demonstrate an 85% mastery of grammatical constructs and signing skills.
Show competence in the language at the low advanced level through expressive/receptive tests, dialogues, discussions, and question and answer skills.

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