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ASLD 1200: American Sign Language Levels 5-7
Effective date
September 2026
Department
Sign Language Studies
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
This course builds on ASLD 1100 and guides students to develop and advance their ASL skills with: increasing focus on complex grammatical features and sentence structures, ability to use appropriate time sequence, use of space, facial grammar/affect, and visual detail. In addition, visualization, use of classifiers, locatives, and ASL mouthing are covered.
Credits
6.0
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
ASLD 1100.
Corequisites
ASLD 1210.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe and identify features of ASL semantics to complain, make suggestions, make requests and ask for advice in dialogues.
- Demonstrate a short story in a cohesive manner with appropriate use of ASL and narrative structure, basic role-shift sequence, facial grammar, and including the emotive state of the character(s).
- Apply ASL semantics at level 7 to personal information, decisions, and life events.
- Describe and identify objects/subjects in the immediate surroundings or at another location at ASL level 7.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 75
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 25
Total Hours: 100
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 25
Total Hours: 100
Instructional Strategies
The use of visual media will be used to demonstrate and practice various topics/situations which will be discussed in pairs or in group activities. Dialogue formats will be provided for interaction skills. There will be class presentations and may use video assessment technologies such as GoReact.
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
B- (68%)
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Participation |
0-10% |
Participation |
|
Assignments |
10-20% |
Short expressive assessment |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
15-25% |
Receptive Quizzes - Receptive assessment |
|
Quizzes/Tests |
20-30% |
Expressive Assessment |
|
Final Exam |
25-40% |
Both Receptive and Expressive assessments |
Course topics
- Making request and asking for advice.
- Locating objects.
- Complaining, making suggestions and requests.
- Exchanging information about family and life events such as family members, special events, milestones etc.
- Narrating unforgettable moments incorporating time lines, facial grammar / affect, space, personification, role shifting and characterization.
- Providing details and telling about accidents of referential space.
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.