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Division of Arts, Humanities and Wellness
World Languages and Cultures Department
Course Outline
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I
LAN 170
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
LAN 170 American Sign Language, is an introduction to the expressive and receptive skills required for
communication in American Sign Language (ASL).
Through active class use of basic vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, students will begin exploration of
Deaf culture and begin to learn the language of that culture. This course is recommended for students
who have had less than one year of previous study of this language. 3 lectures, 1 lab, 3 credits. General
Education Course.
Student Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the course requirements, students will be able to:
1. Develop and practice basic introductions.
2. Respond and/or ask simple questions.
3. Give and inquire about simple personal information in basic ASL conversations.
4. Discriminate amongst finger spelled words and names.
5. Practice using various non-manual markers/behaviors (facial expression and body
movements), spatial reference and negative statements.
6. Give and correct information in giving directions.
7. Apologize and give simple reasons.
8. Read and comprehend the information in the Deaf World related to Deaf community, sign
language, family issue, education, evaluation, language & literacy of Deaf children and adults.
9. Comprehend and use basic grammatical features of ASL including:
Wh-word-questions, Yes/No questions, Negative responses, Noun-verb pairs, Possessive
pronouns, Contrastive structure and simple role-shifting, Time signs, Numbers 1-100.
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ASSESSMENT METHODS:
Student will be assessed on the interpersonal communication: functional-notional approach, role-play
situation, grammatical structures, and class activities: Each of these situations will be assessed as
follows:
1. A student’s ability to acquire ASL conversations by learning and practicing basic introductions will be
determined by class participation, discussions, and workbook exercises.
2. A student’s ability to respond from English (speaking) to ASL (signing) will be assessed by class
participation, discussions, and workbook exercises.
3. A student’s sign proficiency will be determined by class participation, independent or paired ASL
presentations, daily ASL conversations with other student in class, lab time, and presentations.
4. A student’s ability to develop basic finger spelling words and names in daily ASL conversations.
5. A student’s ability to use appropriate non-manual markers, negation responses, and spatial reference
in daily ASL conversations.
6. A student’s ability to use appropriate basic ASL signs for giving good and clear directions.
7. A student’s ability to respond to other person’s questions with giving answers or simple reasons.
8. A student’s ability to comprehend the information of the Deaf World such as Deaf community, family
issue, education, evaluation, services, language & literacy of Deaf children and adults by reading the first
part of the six chapters.
9. A student’s ability to use and apply her/his knowledge of basic grammatical features of ASL in daily
ASL conversations.
Course Content and Class Schedule (Tentative – schedule is subject to change if necessary)
Week/Date Chapter/Topic/Assignments Lesson Learning
Objectives
Student Learning
Objectives
Week 1 Self –Introduction
Course Introduction
Review the course syllabus
Self-Introduction
Course Introduction
Review the course
syllabus
Pre-Quiz ASL
1, 2, 8
Week 2 Unit 1
Getting to Know You
1. Ask/give name,
2. count off
3. Express pleasure in
meeting
4. Ask/tell what’s
different
1,2,3,4,5,8,9
Week 3 Unit 1
Getting to Know You
1. Identify others
2. Give instructions to
draw
3. Give/follow
commands
4. Follow instructions
5. Get another person’s
attention
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Week 4 Unit 2
Exchanging Personal
1. Ask/tell personal
information
2. Ask/tell how many
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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Information 3. Give instructions
4. Narrate about
language(s) one grew up
speaking and learning
5. Give name
6. Discuss leisure
activities
Week 5 Unit 2
Exchanging Personal
Information
1. Ask/give subtraction
problems
2. Describe shapes
3. Identify person, give
information
4. Give names
5. Ask for a sign
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Week 6 Unit 3
Discuss Living Situations
1. Ask/tell where person
lives, in which area of
the city
2. Give commands
3. Guide others with the
face
4. Ask/tell about
residence; ask/give
opinion
5. Give directions to
places around the
classroom
6. Follow instructions
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Week 7 Unit 3
Discuss Living Situations
1. Count off 1-66
2. Tell about living
arrangements, describe
pets
3. Express need,
ask/give directions,
express gratitude
4. Give names/words
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Week 8 Unit 3
Discuss Living Situations
1. Ask/tell how long it
takes
2. Ask/give personal
information
3. Ask for a sign (review
of Unit 2, Skill 2)
4. Give instructions
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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Week 9 Unit 4
Talking About Family
1. Ask/tell if married
Ask/tell if have children
Ask/tell desires for the
future
2. Count off 67-98
3. Express likes, wants,
and needs
Tell what one has
4. Ask/tell about
siblings:
-who is oldest
-Who close to
Similarities and
differences
5. Give name
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Week 10 Unit 4
Talking About Family
1. Ask/tell age
2. Ask/tell about
parents’ family and
grandparents
3. Ask/tell relationships
Tell how two people are
related
4. Discuss relationships,
talk about changes in
relationships
5. Give the next
number, the number
before, the number in
between
6. Getting the meaning
across
7. Commenting on
family members
8. Check to be sure
everyone can see the
signer
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Week 11 Unit 5
Talking About Activities
1. Ask/tell when
someone did/will do
activity
2. relay information
3. give name
4. Ask/tell what each
person’s household
chores are; ask/give
opinion
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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5. ask if completed tasks
Week 12 Unit 5
Talking About Activities
1. Discuss what errands
one must do in the next
few days
2. Ask/tell how often
person does a specific
chore
3. Talking about what
person’s been doing,
talk about one “out of
ordinary” activity person
did over the weekend
4. Talk about one’s work
5. Invite person to do
something together,
sign simple narrative
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Week 13 Unit 6- Storytelling
“Timber”
One-person role shift, Two-
person role shift, eye gaze,
Instrumental Classifier,
practice, understand, retell
the cohesive story
1. Understand and retell
the story; Instrumental
Classifier (ICL)
2. Practice one-person
role shift to show how
the lumberjack behaved
3. Practice two-person
role shift to show the
interaction between the
doctor and the
lumberjack
4. Practice elements
needed to tell a
cohesive story
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Week 14 Unit 6 – Storytelling
“The Gum Story”:
Understanding the Story
1. Understand and
retell story
2. Practice the
direction of the
character enters and
exits the story and the
placement of the gum
3. Practice one-person
role shift to describe
each character’s
manner of walking (+
attitude) and become
unstuck (+reaction)
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
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4. Practice elements
for tell the Gum Story
well
Week 15 FINAL EXAMINATION Units 1-6 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
COURSE TEXTS / OTHER STUDY MATERIALS:
REQUIRED:
- Lane, Harlan, Hoffmeister, R., & Bahan, B. A Journey into the Deaf World, Part I.
DawnSignPress. ISBN: 0-915035-62-6
- Lentz, Ella Mae, Mikos, Ken, & Smith, Cheri. Vista ASL Functional
Notional Approach, Signing Naturally Student Workbook Level 1. DawnSignPress. ISBN:
0-915035-20-0
RECOMMENDED for further readings:
Moore, Matthew & Levitan, Linda. For Hearing People Only.
MSM Productions, Ltd. ISBN: 0-9634-0163-7
Pizzo, Rose. Growing Up Deaf: Issues of Communication in a
Hearing World. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN: 1-4010-2887-X
*Web/Internet: For more practice and study in ASL*
- http://www.lifeprint.com/aslu
- http:www.signingsavvy.com
- http://www.asl.bz/
- http://www.aslpro.com
PREPARATION EXPECTATIONS:
HOMEWORK/QUIZ/EXAM POLICY:
Late homework, essays, and journals will be accepted no later than one class from the original
due date and will be given half-credit. Quizzes will be given weekly, promptly at the beginning
of the specified class period. Late students will not be given extra time in which to complete the
quiz. There will be no make-up for a missed quiz; missing quiz is the equivalent to a zero.
Student will be permitted to drop lowest guiz grade. A make-up for an exam will be given only in
emergency situation. Official documentation to validate the nature of the absence is required.
COMMUNICATION POLICY:
This course is designed to develop communicative skills in ASL. These skills are most
effectively developed by using the language to communicate. Therefore, with the expectation of
the first class’s orientation, and lectures on Deaf culture, this course will be taught using only in
ASL in the classroom; spoken English will NOT be permitted during class. You may
communicate by WRITING, SIGNING, USING MIME, OR GESTURES. No talking will be
allowed while signing. Students are expected to follow the communication policy. CELL
PHONES MUST BE TURNED DOWN TO VIBRATE OR NO VOLUME; students may not make
calls, answer calls, send or respond to texts during class. If your phone rings, you will be
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asked to leave class and be given an absence for the class meeting. Students who also violate
the communication policy will be asked to leave the class and given an absence for the class
meeting. In order for students to maximize their learning, they are encouraged to respect the
communication policy.
BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATTENDANCE POLICY:
All students are expected to attend punctually every scheduled meeting of each course in which
they are registered. Attendance and lateness policies and sanctions are determined by the
instructor for each section of each course. These will be established in writing on the individual
course outline. Attendance will be kept by the instructor for administrative and counseling
purposes.
ATTENDANCE POLICY IN THIS COURSE:
The study of foreign language necessities that students attend classes regularly in order to
achieve proficiency. Therefore, students are expected to attend and actively participated in
every scheduled class meeting. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class session.
Each student is responsible for all material presented. If absent from a class, students are
responsible for obtaining all materials missed and information on assignments.
WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURES PLACEMENT POLICY:
Students interested in studying a world language course at Bergen Community College may
choose to either begin a new one or continue the language studied previously. Students, who
have studied a world language course in high school and have received a grade B or better,
should enroll in the appropriate Bergen course as follows:
Years of study: Register In:
Up to one year Level I courses: ASL I
Quizzes 20%
ASL Presentation (conversation/storytelling) 20%
Final 20%
Book Report 20%
Homework 10%
Participation & class work 10%
Grading: The final
grade in this course
will be determined
by a student’s overall
mastery of the
subject matter as
evidence on exams,
quizzes, ASL
presentations,
homework
assignments, and
class participation.
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Two years Level II courses: ASL II
Three or more years Level III courses: Intermediate ASL I
STUDENT AND FACULTY SUPPORT SERVICES
Services for Students with Disabilities
A wide variety of services are available to students with documented disabilities through the Office
of Special Services (OSS) [Room L-116; (201) 612-5270; www.bergen.edu\oss ]. OSS is dedicated
to serving students with physical, visual, learning, hearing, and psychiatric disabilities. If a student
has been classified in high school or had a 504 plan, it is highly recommended that the student
contact OSS during the college application process. A more detailed explanation can be found on the
College web site www.bergen.edu Personal information is kept confidential. Examples of the types
of accommodations and services include:
Extended test taking time
Organizational strategies
Tutoring
Career counseling
Adaptive equipment computer labs
Note takers
Sign language interpreters
The Sidney Silverman Library
The Sidney Silverman Library is an integral part of the College’s educational programs. To
support the curriculum, the library acquires, organizes, and provides access to a variety, print,
media, and electronic resources for individual and class room use. It is open whenever classes
are in session and on a reduced schedule when classes are not in session. The library is open
to all students, faculty, and the general public. (BCC Catalog)
The Library’s webpage, www.bergen.edu/library , is available for up-to-date information
regarding library collections and services. All of the required texts for this course will be made
available on the Reserve. Many videos for this course will be made available in the Media
Center. The library also has journals and books that may be useful in your research; please go
to the reference desk for more assistance, or use the website.
GENERAL:
All students are subject to the rules, regulations, and policies set forth in the current Bergen
Community College Catalog.
EMERGENCY CLOSINGS:
In the event that the College will be closed or have delayed opening, official notification is
available from the following source:
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