KERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT – CERRO COSO COLLEGE

ASL C201 COURSE OUTLINE OF RECORD

  1. DISCIPLINE AND COURSE NUMBER:
    ASL C201
  2. COURSE TITLE:
    Intermediate American Sign Language I
  3. CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION:
    This course is designed for students to acquire communicative competency in ASL. The course promotes the shifting from comprehension to production of ASL. With expanded vocabularies and grammatical patterns being exposed, the students continue to develop their ASL competencies in numerous conversational settings. The main emphasis is to bring the student's ASL fluency to a point of self-generated ASL for the purpose of furthering language use in ASL. Deaf culture and Deaf Community are studied as it relates to the course.

  4. GRADING METHOD

    Default:
    S = Standard Letter Grade
    Optional:  
    A = Audit;P = Pass/No Pass
  5. TOTAL UNITS:
    4

  6. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS / UNITS & HOURS:

    Lecture
    72
    Lab
    Activity
    Open Entry/Open Exit
    Volunteer Work Experience
    Paid Work Experience
    Non Standard
    Non-Standard Hours Justification:

  7. REPEATABILITY

    Type: 
    Non-Repeatable Credit
    Limit:
  8. MATERIALS FEE:
  9. JUSTIFICATION:
  10. CREDIT BY EXAM:
    No
  11. CORE MISSION APPLICABILITY:
    Associate Degree Applicable (ADA);UC/CSU Transfer
  12. STAND-ALONE:
    No

  13. PROGRAM APPLICABILITY

    Required: 
    Elective:
    General Education ()
    Liberal Arts: Arts & Humanities AA (AA Degree Program)

  14. GENERAL EDUCATION APPLICABILITY

    Local:
    CC GE Area III: Humanities = Foreign Language;
    IGETC: 
    3B: Humanities;
    CSU:
    CSU GE Area C: Arts, Literature, Philosophy and Foreign Languages = C2 - Humanities;
    UC Transfer Course: 
    CSU Transfer Course:

  15. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES—Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to

    1. Identify and demonstrate Sentence Types, Time, pronominalization, classifiers, pluralization, temporal aspects, locatives, distributional aspects and subjects & objects. This will be assessed by a demonstration, scored with a rubric
    2. Describe and demonstrate American Sign Language grammar structure, facial expression, body movement, Sentence Types, Time, pronominalization, classifiers, pluralization, temporal aspects, locatives, distributional aspects and subjects & objects. This will be assessed by a demonstration, scored with a rubric
    3. Compose Intermediate ASL Gloss translation from English and English translation in ASL Gloss. This will be assessed by a paper, scored with a rubric.
    4. Demonstrate Self-Expression in ASL at beginning level. This will be assessed by a demonstration, scored with a rubric
    5. Examine and analyze the cultural in the Deaf Community. This will be assessed by a paper, scored with a rubric

  16. REQUISITES

    Prerequisite:

    ASL C102

  17. DETAILED TOPICAL OUTLINE:

    1. Sentence Types (A-E)
    2. Time (A-E)
    3. Pronominalization  (A-E)
    4. Subjects and Objects (A-E)
    5. Classifiers (A-E)
    6. Locatives (A-E)
    7. Pluralization (A-E)
    8. Temporal Aspect (A-E)
    9. Distributional Aspect (A-E)
    10. Sentence Type II (A-E)
    11. Time II (A-E)
    12. Pronominalization II (A-E)
    13. Subjects and Objects II (A-E)

  18. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION--Course instructional methods may include but are not limited to

    1. Demonstration;
    2. Discussion;
    3. Group Work;
    4. Lecture;
    5. Other (Specify);

  19. OUT OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:  Out of class assignments may include but are not limited to

    A. Readings: The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community

    B. Reading Essays

    C. Field Trip: California School for the Deaf, Riverside

    D. Self Expressions on Videos

    E. Deaf Culture Events

  20. METHODS OF EVALUATION: Assessment of student performance may include but is not limited to

    A.  Quizzes (A-D)

    Example: Students identify and demonstrate classifiers, grammar structure, facial expression and body movement.           


    B.  Gloss Compositions (C)


    Example: Students contribute terms and accurate definitions to concepts.

    C.  Take-home reading responses on readings as homework (E)


    Example: Write a research paper about Audism vs Deaf Community and Deaf Education.

    D.  Take-home Self Expression Video assignments as homework (D)


    Example: Self Video of interpreting with facial expression, body movement, classifiers, translating in ASL

  21. TEXTS, READINGS, AND MATERIALS: Instructional materials may include but are not limited to

    Textbooks
    Baker-Shenk, Charlotte & Cokely, Dennis . (1991) American Sign Language: The Green Book Series: A Student Text Units 1-9 & 10-18, , Gallaudet University Press
    Lane, Harlen. (1999) The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community, , Dawn Sign Press
    Manuals
    Periodicals
    Software
    Other
  22. METHOD OF DELIVERY:
    Face to face;
  23. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
    Sign Language, American;

  24. APPROVALS:

    Origination Date
    11/05/2010
    State Approval Date
    Content Review
    APP Status Date
    CIC Approval Date
    Board of Trustees
    Last Outline Revision
    CC Approval
    CIPD Approval
    Board of Trustees
    State Approval
    Requisite Validation
    UC Approval
    CSU Approval
    IGETC Approval
    CSU GE Approval