SIGN 1200: American Sign Language Lab 1
Effective date
September 2018
Department
Sign Language Studies
Description
The lab component of the ASL course is designed for students to practice signing ASL by participating in various communicative activities and experiencing a variety of situations as well as providing vocabulary, fingerspelling, number system and structure review.
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
1) English 12 with C or equivalent, or English Language Proficiency at an English 12 level, or equivalent AND 2) SIGN 1000 or equivalent OR 3) Admission to the ASL & Deaf Studies program.
Corequisites
SIGN 1100, SIGN 1300, SIGN 1400 and SIGN 1500.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Reproduce ASL sentences incorporating basic fingerspelled words;
- Create ASL sentences incorporating basic numeral signs;
- Recognize and categorize basic vocabulary and grammar features;
- Carry out dialogues;
- Construct ASL sentences incorporating classifier handshapes.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 40
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 20
Total Hours: 60
Instructional Strategies
Instructional staff will provide support by giving ongoing feedback during these activities. Some lab exercises will include video recording the students using ASL.
Grading System
Letter Grade (A-F)
Passing grade
C (60%) B- (70%) for certificate
Evaluation Plan
Type
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Percentage
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Assessment activity
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Other
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10
|
Attendance
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Other
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15
|
Pop Quizzes
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Other
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20
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Dialogue Formats
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Project
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25
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Group narration
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Assignments
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30
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Retelling Drills
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Course topics
- 1) Typical Use of Fingerspelling
- 2) Caterogies of Basic Numbering Systems
- 3) Talking About Weekend Activities
- 4) Classifer Handshapes For Nouns, Actions, and Descriptions
- 5) Explaining Rules
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.