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Class meets once
a week for 1 hr.
This is a fun introductory course for those
students who would like to learn some basic conversational sentences,
along with gaining a foundation for the language itself. The
students will learn through games, role playing, signing to songs,
skits, field trips, and DVDs. No previous signing needed to take
this course.
Course Objectives
* Learn some basic conversational & religious sentences
* Improve effective communication through facial expressions, body
movement, gesturing, body shifting/direct address, listing, and
ASL sentence structure
* Develop fingerspelling skills
* Sign songs translated into ASL
(They'll learn approximately 250 signs during the year.)
Texts:
None
(Teacher will provide teacher made worksheets)
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American Sign Language I (ASL I) Ages 13-adult |
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Class meets once
a week for 2 hrs.
This is a fun way to earn your
dual foreign language credit
. Even 7th graders can use this
fun curriculum as high school foreign language credit. This
curriculum is used by most high schools and accredited universities, so
one can earn dual college credit - credit by examination.
No previous signing needed. Learn by classroom instruction,
role-playing, DVDs, games, & field trips.
Course Objectives:
* Learn how to carry everyday conversations with a Deaf person
* Understand basic ASL grammatical rules (facial expressions, body
language, body shifting/direct address, listing, eye gaze, classifiers,
and gesturing)
* Develop 'sign to voice' interpreting skills
* Develop an awareness of Deaf culture values
* Sign songs translated to ASL
(By January, the students will be able to converse 2 hours without
talking. They'll learn approximately
600 signs during the year.)
Texts:
Signing Naturally I workbook & DVD (or DVD)
For Hearing People Only 3rd Edition (Deaf culture text)
(The materials are not at the homeschool stores. The
teacher will contact the publisher directly. Cost for workbook, DVD or
DVD, & Deaf culture text = $100. Only one per family needed.)
Requires 2 hours
studying per week.
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American Sign Language II (ASL II) Ages 13-adult |
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Class meets once
a week for 2 hrs.
Prerequisite: ASL I or
teacher approval.
Most Texas colleges
require 2 yrs. of a foreign language for admission. In this
class, the students will continue developing their receptive and
expressive conversational signing skills, along with learning some basic
interpreting skills. Learn by classroom instruction, role-playing,
DVDs, games & field trips.
Course
Objectives:
* Increase conversational vocabulary
* Learn how to translate English sentences to ASL
* Incorporate more non-manual behaviors, classifiers, and gesturing in
their signing
* Continue their awareness of Deaf culture values
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Develop 'voice to sign' interpreting skills
* Translate a song into ASL
Texts:
Signing Naturally II workbook & DVD (or DVD)
For Hearing People Only 3rd Edition
(The materials are not at the home school stores. The
teacher will contact the publisher directly. Cost for workbook and DVD
or DVD = $75. Only one per family needed.)
Requires 2 hours
studying per week.
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American Sign Language III (ASL III) Ages 13-adult |
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Class meets once
a week for 1.5 hrs.
Prerequisite: ASL II or
teacher approval.
Course
Objectives:
* Increase conversational vocabulary
* Continue incorporating non-manual behaviors, classifiers, and gesturing in
their signing
* Continue their awareness of Deaf culture values
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Continue developing 'voice to sign' and 'sign to voice' interpreting skills
Texts:
Signing Naturally II workbook & DVD (or DVD)
For Hearing People Only 3rd Edition
Requires 1.5 hours
studying per week.
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