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Oct 05, 2024
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Montgomery College 2024-2025 Catalog
American Sign Language Certificate: 220
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(R): 220
The certificate program in American Sign Language is designed to provide students with a foundation in ASL and would benefit those pursuing business or other service-oriented fields where they might be called upon to communicate directly with Deaf clients. The program also serves students preparing to enter an Interpreter Training Program; students whose first language is ASL and who desire to learn the structure and syntax of the language; and students desiring to improve their understanding of Deaf culture to better communicate with Deaf family, friends, neighbors, and community.
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Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, a student will be able to:
- Integrate and recognize ASL registers.
- Demonstrate competency in ASL expressive and receptive skills at a minimum level 2 proficiency.
- Demonstrate competency in visual gestural communication and finger spelling.
- Demonstrate support and respect for ASL as the visual language of the Deaf community.
- Achieve an overall proficiency rating in all skill areas, both linguistic and pragmatic, of 2.0 on the MC American Sign Language Proficiency Assessment (MC-ASLPA).
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