​FLA200   American Sign Language II
Prerequisite: American Sign Language I
This course is a continuation of ASL I focusing on the fundamental elements of American Sign Language.  In American Sign Language II students will continue developing their language receptive and productive skills at a Novice level or higher.This course is designed to continue development of American Sign Language (ASL) skills with primary focus on refining the use of basic ASL sentence types such as pronominalization, classifiers, spatial referencing, pluralization, and temporal and distributional aspects are introduced. Students will learn routine communicative functions of the language: asking, requesting, providing clarification, giving and asking for directions. The student will continue to gain insight and knowledge on the connection between culture and language of the Deaf Community.ASL II has a large emphasis  placed on the progressive development of expressive and receptive skills. Upon completion, the students should be able to comprehend and respond with increasing accuracy to expressive American Sign Language and demonstrate cultural awareness.The course instruction is conducted in ASL (without using spoken English) a significant part of the time.
CREDIT: 1   TYPE: Regular   GRADE: 10-12