Description:

This course will focus on continued development of elementary American Sign Language skills beyond those taught in Elementary ASL I. Students will work on developing communication competencies, concentrating on comprehension and production skills. Information about the linguistic and cultural features will be included in the context of language learning experiences. 6 hrs. integrated lecture-lab/wk. FL 181 and INTR 121 are the same course. Do not enroll in both.

Supplies: Refer to the instructor’s course syllabus for details about any supplies that may be required.

Textbook(s): For information see - http://bookstore.jccc.net

Course Fees: NONE

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course the student should be able to:

1. Demonstrate mastery of basic skills in the visual/gestural medium as a channel for linguistic communication.
2. Demonstrate conversational skills with various ASL sentence types and tense.
3. Receive and express information by using varied types of signing structures.

Content Outline & Competencies:

I. Expressive and Receptive Communication Skills:
   A. Use varied sentence types (including Rhetorical and Conditional)
   B. Recognize and practice signs in ASL related to time
   C. Sign properly in pronouns and subject/object relationships in ASL
   D. Describe objects and people with sign classifiers, pluralization,
and locatives
   E. Acquire a basic understanding of temporal and distributional aspects
in conversation

II. Demonstrate Vocabulary Used for Various Types of Language Functions
and Grammar:
   A. Give directions
      1. Ask/tell where, explain needs, interrupt conversations, confirm
and express uncertainty
      2. Use ordinal numbers, topic/comment structure and spatial
referencing in ASL
   B. Describe others
      1. Identify people who are present, confirming and correcting
      2. Use Wh-questions, descriptive classifiers, body part classifiers
and describe clothing 
   C. Make requests
      1. Describe locations and commands, offer assistance, accept/decline
offers and ask for clarification
      2. Use spatial verbs, inflected verbs, spatial reference and role
shift
   D. Talk about family and occupations
      1. Explain relationships
      2. Ask/tell how long and how old
      3. Use possessive pronouns and dual personal pronouns
      4. List principle:  ranking family members      
   E. Attribute qualities to others
      1. Contradict opinions
      2. Use one-character role shifting
      3. Practice contrastive structure
   F. Talk about routines
      1. Solve conflicts
      2.Tell what time and when
      3. Use temporal sequencing, time signs and frequency 
   G. Practice producing and receiving numbers
      1. From 51-98
      2. Multiples of 5, 10, and 11 
      3. Related to money
      4. Related to time on a clock
      5. Related to age 

Methods of Evaluation of Competencies:

Evaluation of student mastery of course competencies will be accomplished using the following methods:

Expressive and receptive tests  75% of grade
Quizzes                         10% of grade
Response papers                 10% of grade
Lab reports                      3% of grade
Class attendance/participation   2% of grade
 Total                         100%

Grading Criteria:
 93 - 100% = A
 85 -  92% = B
 78 -  84% = C
 70 -  77% = D
  0 -  69% = F

Caveats: NONE

Disabilities:

If you are a student with a disability, and if you will be requesting accommodations, it is your responsibility to contact Access Services. Access Services will recommend any appropriate accommodations to your professor and his/her director. The professor and director will identify for you which accommodations will be arranged.

JCCC provides a range of services to allow persons with disabilities to participate in educational programs and activities. If you desire support services, contact the office of Access Services for Students With Disabilities (913) 469-8500, ext. 3521 or TDD (913) 469-3885. The Access Services office is located in the Success Center on the second floor of the Student Center.