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.
• demonstrate ability to communicate respectfully in a Deaf culture setting as an anti-audist ally.
• define and examine cultural differences, grammatical rules of ASL and customs of Deaf culture and compare them to those of another language and culture by examining the literary, artistic, and philosophical works of members of various groups within the Deaf community.
• analyze the contributions of Deaf artists, writers, and thinkers as they represent the lived experiences of members of 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.