ASL 101-02 Syllabus PDF

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Course Syllabus American Sign Language 101-02 Semester: Fall 2021 Number of Credits: 3 Course Meeting Days/Times: MWF 9 - 9:50 AM Course Location: Davidson 208A

Faculty Contact Information Faculty Name: Derek Fraser Campus Email: [email protected] Office Hours: By Appointment

Required Text and Materials

Required texts: Signing Naturally (Student Workbook, Units 1-6), Smith, Lentz & Mikos, ©2008, Dawn Sign Press. ISBN: 978-1-58121-210-5. Student textbook and videotext (DVD). Online vendors such as Amazon. (Check your workbook to make sure it includes 2 DVD’s.)

Note: Computer and webcam with internet access for video sign production assignment. Access to BLACKBOARD Class handouts and reading lists may be posted on BLACKBOARD. You need to check this site frequently. Course changes and news will be distributed to students through BLACKBOARD’s announcement.

Course Requirements There will be five receptive (written) quizzes, five expressive exercises, three movie reaction papers, and two sign production assignments (midterm/final exam) as detailed below.

Final Exam - 25% The final exam will be posted on BLACKBOARD. BLACKBOARD Instruction provided 5 Unit Receptive Quiz -20%: In the quiz, there will be five multiple choice questions based on students' receptive skills and the five questions are based on knowledge of culture from the workbook. 5 Unit Expressive Exercises -15%: The expressive exercises will be posted on BLACKBOARD. There will be five English sentences, and students will create videos to translate English into American Sign Language. 2 Sign Production Assignments -15%: Students will produce two video assignments during this semester. Guidelines for sign production assignments will be provided. Students will create a story in ASL using all the vocabulary and grammar. They have learned in these units. These assignments test students’ signing skills. The video assignments will be viewed and critiqued by the instructor. Students will be graded based on how well they incorporate essential language elements, form signs correctly, use a good range of vocabulary and are able to get the meaning across. 3 Movie Reaction Papers -15%: BLACKBOARD Instruction provided. Attendance/Participation -5%: Students are expected to attend all class sessions. Students are permitted two absences. Any further absences will affect the students’ attendance and participation portion of the grade. DEAF EVENTS -5%: It is required to attend a cumulative of 5 hours in approved Deaf events sponsored by the Deaf Community, either on or off campus during the semester. The purpose of the Deaf activity/event is to observe, and possibly interact with Deaf people and to learn more about Deaf culture and their language. Your experience in attending or being involved in the Deaf community is invaluable to your understanding and learning of Deaf people, and their culture, language and history. Examples of approved events or activities:

• Visits to a Deaf classroom at a public school or at the Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD) • Attend a Deaf social or cultural event (such as a Deaf political meeting, an ASL performance, silent games, or Deaf-related conferences/workshops). • Attend a sign language interpreted event or watch “Switched at Birth” or other Deaf-related videos, vlogs, movies For more information about the Deaf activities/events, you can look up the Deaf Community activities/Kentucky Groups & Organizations listed on BLACKBOARD, or in emails sent by your instructor. Check the websites at: University of Louisville ASLIS Program Kentucky School for the Deaf Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing National Association of the Deaf ASL Connect- Gallaudet University Kentucky Groups & Organizations DeaFestival Kentucky

Course Information Course description from the Catalog:

Introduces the fundamentals of American Sign Language (ASL) used by the Deaf Community, including basic vocabulary, syntax, fingerspelling and grammatical non-manual signals. This class focuses on communicative competence and develops gestural skills as a foundation for ASL enhancement. Introduces cultural knowledge and increases understanding of the Deaf Community. Course Outline: Unit 1 Getting to Know You Unit 2 Exchange Personal Information Unit 3 Discussing Living Situations Unit 4 Talking about Family Unit 5 Talking about Activities Unit 6 Storytelling Essential Skills Outcomes (ESOs):

Course Rationale/Objectives: The purpose of this course is designed to help you develop the study skills you need to learn a language and to review and practice what you are learning in your language class. This may include lectures, small group activities, use of electronic media, going to ASL Lab, and Deaf Events. You will be encouraged to practice your receptive and expressive skills so that you can have a positive experience with your language course. Students are expected to come to class well prepared to participate in daily discussions. The grammatical explanations will be kept to a minimum and students will be required to work in pairs and small groups. Active participation in group work is required for the success of the class. ASL 101: Student Learning Outcomes: a. Vocabulary Development 1. Recognize and produce vocabulary items in each unit. 2. Demonstrate comprehensive mastery of targeted vocabulary words drawn from

class items, lectures, and videos. b. Grammatical Features 1. Demonstrate comprehensive mastery of target, content-specific commands, questions, and statements in ASL. 2. Identify grammatical features within short dialogues in ASL as directed by the professor. c. Conversations and Communication Skills 1. Demonstrate comprehension and conversation facilitating behaviors. 2. Demonstrate comprehension and production of regulating behaviors (i.e., attention getting techniques, turn taking signals, and others) 3. Comprehend short narratives and stories in ASL as signed by the professor, Deaf users of ASL, or viewed on ASL videos. 4. Demonstrate the ability to create, conduct and terminate a short content-specific conversation. d. Cultural Awareness 1. Analyze and critique competing perspectives of diverse Deaf communities in the United States and Canada, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices, and its history. 2. Compare, contrast, and interpret differences and commonalities among Deaf and hearing cultures.

Course Grading A+

100-97%

A

96-93%

A-

92-90%

B+

89-87%

B

86-83%

B-

82-80%

C+

79-77%

C

76-73%

C-

72-70%

D+

69-67%

D

66-63%

D-

62-60%

F

Below 60%

*D represents insufficient mastery to satisfy core degree requirements or prerequisites.

Classroom Expectations and Policies • Attendance, Late Arrivals, Early Departures: If a student arrives late, it is his/her responsibility to get any assignments, schedule changes or assignments given during class from instructor during break or from a classmate. If a student must leave early, he/she should let the instructor know ahead of time, then leave quietly and get any assignments from a classmate. • Cell Phones and Other Electronics: It is required that students turn cell phones or other devices to vibrate or silent mode during class and put them away. Also, sending or receiving text messages is not permitted during class. • Late Work, Make-up Work: All work is to be turned in on time. There is no make-up work nor extra credit allowed. • Time Commitment Information: Time requirement for successful completion of this course is 8 hours of study time per week.

ASL Zone: You are expected to turn your voice off and to practice signing with your peers as that classroom is an ASL zone and remains so until you leave the classroom. If voicing becomes a persistent problem, I will ask you to leave the class, and you will be marked absent for that day.

Course Calendar and Important Dates Key Instructional Dates: • Classes start: Aug. 23, 2021 (Mon) • Last day to drop/add: Aug. 27, 2021 (Fri) • Labor Day holiday: Sept. 6, 2021 (Mon) • Midterm Break: Oct. 4-5, 2021 (Mon-Tue) • Last day to withdraw: Oct. 22, 2021 (Fri) • Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 24-28, 2021 (Wed-Sun) • Last day of classes: Dec. 6, 2021 (Mon) • Reading day: Dec. 7, 2021 (Tue) • Final exams: Dec. 8, 8-10:30 AM (Wed) • Degree Date: Dec. 17, 2021 (Fri) • Commencement: Dec. 17, 2021 (Fri)

Course Calendar: (this calendar is subject to change at the discretion of the faculty member)

Week 1

Date

Unit

8/23-8/29

1 1:1 1:2 1:3

First Day of ASL Class Greetings/Syllabus Unit 1 Introducing Oneself Getting to know you Cardinal Numbers 1-10 Fingerspelling: First letters

1:4 1:5

Same of Different 1 Conversation 1

Review Unit 1:1-5 Cardinal Numbers 11-15 Same of Different 2 Asking Who Specifying Where

2

8/30-9/5

1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9

3

9/6-9/12

1:10

Labor Day Holiday (9/6 No class)

1:11 1:12

4

9/13-9/19

2 2:1 2:2 2:4 2:5 2:6 2:7 2:8 2:9

5

9/20-9/26

2:10 2:11 2:12

Lecture Topic

Assignment Read Syllabus Get Course Material

“A genius is a talented person who does his homework” Thomas Edison

Giving Commands: Objects in the Classrooms Following Instructions Test Your Eye-Q Culture: Getting Attention

Unit 1: Expressive Exercises on BB Post due 9/12

Unit 1 Receptive Quiz in class

Unit 1 Receptive Quiz 9/10

Unit 2 Exchanging Personal Information Giving Information about Yourself Cardinal Numbers 16-1 Narrating Experience with Language Fingerspelling: Up Letters Talking about Leisure Activities Cardinal Numbers 20-29 Describing Three Types of Shapes Identifying People Fingerspelling: Double Letters Culture: Negotiating a Signing Environment Asking What Is the Sign Conversation Strategy

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand” Albert Einstein

Unit 2: Expressive Exercises on BB Post due 9/26 Unit 2 Receptive Quiz 9/24

Unit 2 Receptive Quiz on BB Movie on BB: Hammer

6

9/27-10/3

3 3:1

Unit 3 Discussing Living Situations Telling Where One Lives

Hammer Movie Reaction Deadline: 9/26

Prepare for Sign Production Assignment 1

7

10/4-10/10

MIDTERM (10/4-10/5)

8

10/11-10/17

3:2 3:3 3:4 3:5 3:6 3:7 3:8

Giving Commands: Locations Communicating with the Face Fingerspelling: Moving Letter Z Discussing One’s Residence Basic Directions: Around the Classroom Identifying Which Square 1 Cardinal Numbers 30-36

“Timber”

6 6:1

Unit 6 Storytelling, Part 1 Timber (Review in class)

Sign Production Assignment 1 10/10

6:2 6:3

One-Person Role Shift in Narratives Two-Person Role Shift in Narratives Story Cohesion

3:9 3:10

Talking about Roommates and Pets Giving Basic Directions: Expressing Needs Fingerspelling: Down Letters P, Q, Y

3:11 3:12 3:13

“Down” Letters Telling How Long Travelling to School or Work

Sound and Fury Movie Reaction Deadline: 10/17

Movie on BB: Sound and Fury 9

10/18-10/24

3:14 3:15 3:16

Identifying Which Square 2 Asking What Is the Sign Reviewing Cardinal Numbers 30-66

Unit 3 Receptive Quiz in class 10

11

12

10/25-10/31

11/1-11/7

4 4:1 4:2 4:3 4:4

Unit 4- Talking about Family Talking about Immediate Family Negation 1 Rocking Numbers 67-98 Have, Like What, and Need

4:5 4:6 4:7 4:8 4:9 4:10

Talking about Siblings Moving Letter J Telling How Old Talking about Extended Family Telling Family Members Are Related Negation 2

4:11

Discussing family Variations

Unit 3 Receptive Quiz 10/22 Unit 3: Expressive Exercises on BB Post due 10/24 “With languages, you are at home anywhere”. Edmund De Waal

Unit 4: Expressive

4:12 4:13 4:14 4:15

Review Cardinal Numbers 1-100 Getting the Meaning Across Commenting on Family Members Culture: Maintaining a Clear Sightline Unit 4 Receptive Quiz on BB

13

11/8-11/14

5 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4

Unit 5 Talking About Activities Talking about Everyday Activities Agreement Verbs Fingerspelling: Words with letters G & H Talking about Chores

Exercises on BB Post due 11/7

Unit 4 Receptive Quiz 11/5

Sound of Fury: 6 years later Movie Reaction 11/14

Movie on BB: Sound of Fury: 6 years later

14

11/15-11/21

5.5 5:6 5:7 5:8 5:9

Asking if Done Talking about Errands Telling How Often Talking about Activities with Others Talking about What One Does for a Living

Unit 5 Receptive Quiz in class 15

11/22-11/28

Prepare for Sign Production Assignment 2 Unit 5: Expressive Exercises on BB Post due 11/21

Unit 5 Receptive Quiz 11/19

Unit 6 Storytelling, Part 2 The Gum Story (Review in class)

Thanksgiving Break (11/24-11/28)

16

11/29-12/5

6:5 6:6 6:7 6:8

The Entrances and Exits Character Development Story Cohesion Talking about Activities with Others

Sign Production Assignment 2 12/5

Review for Final Exam Unit 1-6 Final Exam

Reading Day (12/7) Final Exam (12/8-12/14)

Final Exam on BB (Refer to BLACKBOARD for Instruction)

Friday, Dec. 10 8:00AM -10:30AM

Policies STUDENT CONDUCT Students are expected to conduct themselves in a supportive and appropriate manner, which demonstrates respect for the Deaf culture, professor, and fellow classmates. Inappropriate or disruptive behavior or that which violates the syllabus, U of L Student Code of Conduct or infringes upon the educational experience of others may result in student dismissal from that class session. DIVERSITY STATEMENT "The University of Louisville strives to foster and sustain an environment of inclusiveness that empowers us all to achieve our highest potential without fear of prejudice or bias. We commit ourselves to building an exemplary educational community that offers a nurturing and challenging intellectual climate, a respect for the spectrum of human diversity, and a genuine understanding of the many differences-including race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, disability, religion, national origin or military status-that enrich a vibrant metropolitan research university. We expect every member of our academic family to embrace the underlying values of this vision and to demonstrate a strong commitment to attracting, retaining and supporting students, faculty and staff who reflect the diversity of our larger society." ACADEMIC DISHONESTY PLAGIARISM/CHEATING of any kind will not be tolerated. Students will receive a zero on the assignment and be reported to the appropriate authorities. Plagiarism, according to the University, is defined as: · Submitting another’s published or unpublished work, in whole, in part, or in paraphrase, as one’s own without fully and properly crediting the author with footnotes, citations, or bibliographic reference. · Submitting as one’s own, original work, material obtained from an individual or agency without reference to the person or agency as the source of the material. · Submitting as one’s own, original work, material that has been produced through unacknowledged collaboration with others without release in writing from collaborators. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to, material/web pages found on the internet, as well as in traditional libraries, magazines, journals, books, brochures, advertisements, and friends’ notes. Further, plagiarism includes any rehearsed interpretations (any form of a site translation) for cold assignments (recorded interpretations). Cold assignments are to be completed without extensive review or evaluation, the interpretation should not have benefited by revision or preparation (other than prediction methods approved by the instructor). STUDENT DISABILITY STATEMENT The University of Louisville is committed to providing access to programs and services for qualified students with disabilities. If you are a student with a disability and require accommodation to participate in and complete requirements for this class, contact the Disability Resource Center (Stevenson Hall, 852-6938) for verification of eligibility and for a determination of the specific accommodations that can be made.

TITLE IX/CLERY ACT NOTIFICATION Sexual misconduct (including sexual harassment, sexual assault, and any other nonconsensual behavior of a sexual nature) and sex discrimination violate University policies. Students experiencing such behavior may obtain confidential support from the PEACC Program (852-2663), Counseling Center (852-6585), and Campus Health Services (852-6479). To report sexual misconduct or sex discrimination, contact the Dean of Students (852-5787) or University of Louisville Police (852-6111). Disclosure to University faculty or instructors of sexual misconduct, domestic violence, dating violence, or sex discrimination occurring on campus, in a university-sponsored program, or involving a campus visitor or University student or employee (whether current or former) is not confidential under Title IX. Faculty and instructors must forward such reports, including names and circumstances, to the University’s Title IX officer. For more information, see the Sexual Misconduct Resource Guide (http://louisville.edu/hr/employeerelations/sexual-misconduct-brochure). SEXUAL HARASSMENT The University of Louisville strives to maintain the campus free of all forms of illegal discrimination as a place of work and study for faculty, staff, and students. Sexual harassment is unacceptable and unlawful conduct and will not be tolerated in the workplace and the educational environment. Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment, even when carried out through computers or other electronic communications systems. Students and Instructors are protected from Sexual Harassment according to the Affirmative Action policy (http://louisville.edu/hr/employeerelations/eeo-affirmative-action), the Student Code of Conduct (,http://louisville.edu/dos/students/codeofconduct) and the UofL Computer Account Usage Agreement (http://louisville.edu/it/policies/computer-account-usage-agreement). Anyone experiencing Sexual Harassment should refer to the links above and/or contact the PEACC Program at 852.2663 and an advocate will explain your choices. This is a free and confidential service. Anyone who would like to receive more information or provide training to a classroom can contact a PEACC representative at 852.2663 and may use the educational modules provided by the PEACC Program (http://louisville.edu/peacc). I believe that all students should have the opportunity to learn in an environment free of the fear of sexual harassment. There are some behaviors that do not necessarily rise to the technical definition of harassment but are still inappropriate in an educational environment. Be respectful and professional when interacting with others.

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