Course Outline

Unit 1 - Introducing Yourself

Introduction to the Deaf community

Introduction to the manual alphabet

Greetings, polite phrases

Introduction to wh-questions

Online Discussion

Video Assignment (student-produced)

Unit 2 - Exchanging Personal Information

Introduction to non-manual behaviors

Introduction to numbers 1-10

50 new signs & phrases

Culture Assignment: History of ASL and Deaf Culture

Online Discussion

Video Assignment (student-produced)

Unit 3 - Talking About Surroundings

Introduction to spatial agreement

Introduction to fingerspelling

37 new signs & phrases

Book Report

Culture Assignment: Deaf vs. Hard of Hearing

Online Discussion

Video Assignment (student-produced)

Unit 4 - Telling Where You Live

Introduction to numbers 11-20

Practice spatial referencing

27 new signs & phrases

Culture Assignment: Deafinitions

Online Discussion

Video Assignment (student-produced)

Unit 5 - Talking About Your Family

Introduction to contrastive structure

Introduction to forming negative statements

Fingerspelling practice

49 new signs & phrases

Cultural Assignment: Famous Deaf People

Online Discussion

Video Assignment (student-produced)

Unit 6 - Telling About Activities

Introduction to time concepts

Introduction to numbers 21-30

Introduction to etiquette within the Deaf community

66 new signs & phrases

Introduction to anatomy of the ear

Project: Make and test an eardrum

Cultural Assignment: Anatomy/Causes of Hearing Loss

Online Discussion

Video Assignment (student-produced)

FINAL EXAM