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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 2-2½ 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 2-2½ hours
studying per week.
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Intro. to ASL
Ages 6-12 |
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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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Fees |
ASL I
(Second child and/or parent can take
the class for $45 month or $200 each semester if paid in Full by the
first day of each semester.) |
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Semester: |
PAY BY SEMESTER: $365
This Includes:
$50 month x 5 months = $250 tuition
$15 Supply fee
$100 book, workbook, DVD/DVD |
PAY BY MONTH: $390
This Includes:
$55 month x 5 months = $275 tuition
$15 Supply fee
$100 book, workbook, DVD/DVD |
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Spring Semester: |
PAY BY SEMESTER:
$250
This Includes:
$50 month x 5 months = $250 tuition |
PAY
BY MONTH: $275
This Includes:
$55 month x 5 months = $275 tuition |
ASL II
(Second child and/or parent can
take the class for $45 month or $200 each semester if paid in Full by
the first day of each semester.) |
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Fall Semester: |
PAY BY SEMESTER: $340
This Includes:
$50 month x 5 months = $250 tuition
$15 Supply fee
$75 workbook, DVD/DVD |
PAY BY MONTH: $365
This Includes:
$55 month x 5 months = $275 tuition
$15 Supply fee
$75 workbook, DVD/DVD |
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Spring Semester: |
PAY BY SEMESTER:
$250
This Includes:
$50 month x 5 months = $250 tuition |
PAY
BY MONTH: $275
This Includes:
$55 month x 5 months = $275 tuition |
Intro. to ASL
(Second child and/or parent can take the class for $25 month or $110
each semester if paid in Full by the first day of each semester.) |
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Fall Semester: |
PAY BY SEMESTER:
$175
This Includes:
$32 month x 5 months = $160
$15 supply fee |
PAY
BY MONTH: $190
This Includes:
$35 month x 5 months = $175 tuition
$15 supply fee |
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Spring Semester: |
PAY BY SEMESTER:
$160
This Includes:
$32 month x 5 months = $160 tuition |
PAY
BY MONTH: $175
This Includes:
$35 month x 5 months = $175 tuition |
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Schedule and Locations
If I am located at a CO-OP, there is a
two part process:
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Register with the CO-OP.
You'll need to click onto their website (listed below), register for my
class, and mail in your registration to them. Some CO-OPs might have an
online registration.
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Register with me. Download my
registration form from my website, then mail my registration form to my
address listed on the form.
TUESDAY
Prep West
Kainos Community Church
19946 Saums Rd.
Katy, Texas
77449
Map
9:30-10:30AM -- Intro to American Sign Language
10:30AM-12:30PM -- American Sign Language I
1:00-3:00PM -- American Sign Language 2
THURSDAY
Tomball Classes
Tomball Bible Church
400 N. Walnut
Tomball, Texas 77375
11:15A - 12:15PM -- Intro to Sign Language
12:30 - 2:30PM -- American Sign Lang. 2
2:30 - 4:30PM -- American Sign Lang. I
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