American Sign Language Level 7B

Course code ASLD 1215

Credit 4.0

Length 70.0 hours

Course outline View

In this course, designed to be a bridge between ASLD 1200 and ASLD 2180, students will continue to develop their abilities to produce ASL narratives that are cohesive and that make visual sense. Students will practice using 3D referential space, topic-comment syntactical structure, constructed action, constructed dialogue and contextualization. They will develop their receptive and expressive ASL skills through a variety of activities including dialogue drills, scripted exchanges, conversational activities and video exercises. ASL grammar features explored in this course will include topicalization and time/tense marking. Students will learn ASL vocabulary related to money, decision-making, health and medical conditions.

Prerequisites

ASLD 1200 or equivalent.

Course type

This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.

  • 1) Sharing Interesting Facts
  • 2) Explaining Rules and procedures
  • 3) Talking about Money
  • 4) Making Major Decisions
  • 5) Discussing Health and Medical Conditions
  • 6) Storytelling

Assessment of ASL skills

Course schedules

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How to take this course

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

If you have any questions, please email at [email protected].

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial.