LANG191 - Beginning American Sign Language II

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Academic Year 2005/2006

Beginning American Sign Language II
LANG 191 SP

Beginning American Sign Language II will provide a continuation of the work done in LANG 190. The course will cover grammatical and linguistic material in some depth, as well as teaching additional vocabulary. There will also be a focus on students' use of the language in class to improve their conversational abilities. The course will also introduce students to Deaf culture and the signing community, and will include ethnographic and analytical readings related to culture, linguistics, and interpretation.

MAJOR READINGS

Ella Mae Lentz/Ken Mikos/Cheri Smith: SIGNING NATURALLY, LEVEL 1

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Written qizzes for receptive skills testing; Video - Journaling for expressive skills practice and evaluation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Deaf culture readings and responses; Weekly TA session required.

COURSE FORMAT: Language

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: LANG190

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Mullen,Sheila M.

Times: .M.W.F. 09:00AM-09:50AM; Location: FISK116;

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 25)

SR. major: 0 Jr. major: 0

SR. non-major: 7 Jr. non-major: 6 SO: 6 FR: 6

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Last Updated on MAR-30-2006