Deaf Culture and American Sign Language Studies

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• assemble short sentence dialogues which demonstrate receptive and expressive competencies of targeted lexical and syntactical forms of American Sign Language.
• compare and contrast the characteristics of the Deaf community and the Deaf community dynamic with the hearing community.
• utilize appropriate vocabulary and communicative strategies using eye contact, body orientation, and social behaviors related to communication interaction.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• prepare complex dialogues that demonstrate receptive and expressive competencies of targeted lexical items from situations or narratives that occur in daily life activities.
• formulate targeted syntactical forms in ASL in dialogues.
• select appropriate vocabulary and communicative strategies in imitating, conducting, and terminating dialogues.
• analyze social customs and cultural interaction of the various groups within the Deaf community.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• appraise and demonstrate receptive and expressive skills of targeted grammatical features.
• utilize ASL numbers when expressing time, money, counting, dates, and addresses concepts.
• describe frequency verbs when expressing time and duration.
• identify appropriate locative classifiers when describing buildings and floor plans and descriptive classifiers when asked to define and describe furniture, clothing, various objects, and food dishes.
• analyze lexical and grammatical patterns by signing selected or self-developed narratives.
• compare and contrast social norms of Deaf people to those personal cultural experiences in signed narratives.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• appraise and demonstrate receptive and expressive mastery of targeted grammatical markers which include: elaborations in narratives, dialogues, utilizing signs that describe specific facts, generalizations, theories, conclusions; describing major life decisions; discussing health conditions and using money.
• formulate previously learned Deaf cultural experiences into narratives.
• apply expressive strategies in signing longer and more complex narratives including use of characterization and narrative styles.
• compose a lecture in ASL, incorporating complex ideas about health conditions.
• differentiate how people share and describe major life decisions in ASL.
• produce communication processes involving money related signs.
• appraise the facts to explain, rephrase, demonstrate, or draw conclusions to clearly present factual information.
• analyze the effectiveness of ASL performance generated by models, peers, and their own works by applying contemporary theories of performance assessment and peer review.
• compare and contrast Deaf and hearing cultures.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• appraise receptive targeted grammatical markers which include using role shift to enhance a story, maintaining spatial agreement when using role shift, sequencing classifiers, and timing of reactions to coincide with experiences and mishaps.
• generate expressive mastery of targeted grammatical markers which include using role shift to enhance a story, maintaining spatial agreement when using role shift, sequencing classifiers, and timing of reactions to coincide with experiences and mishaps.
• formulate essential skills for storytelling related to narrating unforgettable moments and telling about accidents.
• incorporate key elements used in ASL storytelling to adapt written stories into ASL.
• organize previously learned cultural experiences into narratives.
• apply expressive strategies in signing longer and more complex narratives including use of characterization and narrative styles.
• evaluate the effectiveness of a model, self, and peer ASL performances by applying contemporary theories of performance assessment.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate basic receptive fingerspelling, classifiers, and ASL numbers skills with at least 70% accuracy.
• synthesize basic expressive fingerspelling, classifiers, and ASL numbers skills.
• demonstrate the ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• define culture and apply the definition by using examples of typical social norms of Deaf people.
• identify the rules of social interaction in the Deaf community.
• define language and apply the definition by giving examples brought out from experiences with Deaf people.
• construct a detailed description of the census, racial/ethnic, education, employment, social/advocacy activities, and family environment characteristics of the Deaf community.
• narrate instances of bias connected to Deaf individuals and groups.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• validate an analysis of a topic from a research paper that relates to education of Deaf people.
• distinguish and describe essential components of PL 94-142/Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
• differentiate characteristics of school placement sites for Deaf children and for young deaf adults who transition from a high school education to a post-secondary education.
• list and describe the various hereditary syndromes that occur among Deaf children with additional disability conditions.
• distinguish, assess, and evaluate family dynamics of Deaf children with hearing or Deaf families.
• categorize and evaluate the research done on the effectiveness of the communication systems used by Deaf children in the educational system.
• distinguish and assess developmental processes of cognitive theory as presented by Piaget and of the development of life stages as presented by Erikson.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• evaluate how social processes, social inequality, and social relationships have shaped the experiences of various minority communities and Deaf minority communities in the United States.
• critique the processes of assimilation, accommodation, acculturation, and ethnogenesis.
• identify social processes that lead to conflict and cooperation among Deaf and hearing people in the United States.
• assess the outcomes and identify the origins of prejudice and discrimination against Deaf people in the United States.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• identify basic concepts of language.
• analyze phonological aspects of ASL.
• examine morphological structures in ASL.
• produce appropriate syntactical structures in ASL.
• appraise and incorporate features of ASL discourse.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• analyze and critique genres in ASL literature.
• identify various techniques and styles of ASL literary works.
• produce and perform different genres in ASL literature.
• analyze ASL literary works for historical, social, and cultural messages.
• comprehend literary analysis, significant linguistic and cultural aspects of ASL narratives.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting.
• demonstrate appropriate cultural interaction within the Deaf community.