This course will guide students to develop advanced ASL skills while furthering their ability to analyze and critique their own narrative samples. Students will learn to make clear visual sense, using appropriate time sequence, use of space, facial grammar/affect, and visual detail. Ongoing skill development includes visualization of meaning, use of classifiers, locatives, ASL mouthing, and incorporating humour appropriately. This course is required for students in the Sign Language Interpretation program.
Prerequisites
ASLD 2180 or Assessment.
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.
- Sentence structures, vocabulary and narrative techniques: – Non-manual markers made with the mouth – Facial grammar and emotive affect, including humour – All question and statement types – Constructed dialogue and constructed action – Time/tense markers and use of timelines – Discourse genres: instructional, argumentative, informational, expository & persuasive
- Building knowledge of ASL’s numbering systems: – Variations in context-specific ordinal number formats – Variations in context-specific cardinal number formats – Introductory vocabulary for talking about math
- Making clear visual sense: – Topicalization and contextualization – 7 expansion/contextualization techniques – Consistency in use of referential space – Level of visual detail – Discourse cohesion Overall meaning and intent, including humour
Simulation or actual presentation of a candidate’s abilities, live and/or video-recorded. The demonstration may include, but is not limited to, a variety of language samples.
Course schedules
Select your program to see the available course schedules.
| CRN# | Duration | Delivery | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41840 |
January 6, 2027 to April 20, 2027 |
Lecture | VCC Broadway Building A | See full schedule |
Online courses listed without scheduled meeting times can be completed on your own schedule. All self-paced courses have on-campus tests. Off-site certified invigilation centres may be used at the student's expense.
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.