Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
HSLS 2120 - Intermediate American Sign Language II
This is the fourth in a sequence of six American Sign Language (ASL) courses. Focus is placed on the expressive use of ASL through storytelling. Expressive use of ASL grammar is expanded with an emphasis on developing questioning and answering skills. Conversational strategies are learned to help students maintain an ASL conversation appropriately. Includes English/ASL translation of concepts and stories.
Requisites: C- or better in HSLS 2110 or 3870 or DSI 2110 and WARNING: No credit for both this course and the following (always deduct credit for first course taken): DSI 2120
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to demonstrate the use of vocabulary necessary to talk about advanced topics using American Sign Language (ASL).
- Students will be able to demonstrate the translation of concepts between English and ASL.
- Students will be able to identify and use multiple types of ASL classifiers and temporal/distributional features.
- Students will be able to use and comprehend numbers up to millions in relation to money and demonstrate use of various number systems in ASL discourse.
- Students will be able to incorporate different types of role shifting in telling narratives.
- Students will be able to maintain a conversation about life events in ASL.
- Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to translate written English into ASL and ASL into written English.
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