ASL 212 - American Sign Language 5

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Evaluate skills learned from American Sign Language 4 and utilize complex constructs, processes and settings. Construct dialogues about finances, health, multiple role shifts, longer stories and narratives, and hypotheticals. Examine cultural attitudes in the deaf community.

Prerequisite(s): ASL 211 with a grade of C or better or permission of department chair.

Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC)

Term(s) Typically Offered: Spring

Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Communicate in conversations using advanced ASL skills, basic vocabulary, grammar, and non-manual signals to engage in common interactions with Deaf people.
Integrate communication strategies to confirm, correct, react, and describe settings, objects, functions, and processes.
Apply language-learning skills to interact in the Deaf community.
Demonstrate respect for and understanding of Deaf people and ASL, with an appreciation for their linguistic and cultural diversity.
Formulate comparisons between students’ cultural experiences and the cultural products, practices, and perspectives of Deaf communities.