Core Vocabulary Videotape / Directory

During this quarter you will be asked to demonstrate your (1) receptive and expressive accuracy in and/or (2) knowledge of each of the following grammatical, functional, and cultural components of ASL:

Grammatical Components
Core vocabulary – SN Units 10 - 12
Idioms and expressions in ASL
Prosodic features:  intensity and character
Aspect Inflections:  temporal and distributional
Numbers - cardinals 1 to 1 billion / movement features 67-98
Sentence Structures - rhetorical questions / conjunctions and compound sentences / relative clauses/conditional sentences

Functional Components
Describing family and relationships / sibling ranking
Describing occupations
Describing personalities and characteristics
Describing typical routines

Cultural Components
High context cultures - maintaining relationships, keeping each other informed
Name signs
Deaf children, families and education
Deaf-blindness – Primary causes / modes of communication / navigation and guiding

ASL Zone:  Now that you are in ASL 3, the use of voices in the classroom will be highly discouraged.  You are ready to use the language to try to talk about most things.  Some activities will entail talking, but these will be few.  Please respect your classmates' and teacher's wish to keep the environment free of English interference.

Course Website: Many of the lectures and class activities will include the use of Power Point slideshows and web-enhanced instruction. You will have access to the lecture notes and class activities along with additional class information, special announcements, related links to other web sites.  You will be expected to check my ASL 103 website regularly for updates.

The Skills Enhancement Exercises is another way of saying "Homework" and comprises of the 7- 8 parts (highlighted in orange) mentioned below:

SN Workbook (40 points):  We will be covering Units 10 - 12 and CR 7-12  in our textbook and videos.  You will turn in the corresponding worksheets from your workbook/videotext. 

Practice Stories and Mental Mapping (140 points):  We will have  homework assignments each containing:

 A) Receptive practice  Homework sentences #1 - #3;  each assignment based on  SN Unit 10 - 12  respectively and;

 B) Expressive practice stories (two only) using mental mapping, and selected grammar, functions, and vocabulary taken from Units 10 - 12.

Receptive Translations (160 points):  We will have (four) receptive translations this quarter.  In order to receive full credit for each ASL narrative you will need to create a mental map in lab and then type the final English translation to be turned in on the due date. Each assignment will be 40 points and the breakdown is as follows: Your lab attendance and a neat and completed mental map (10 points); typed translation (20 points); and a self- assessment (10 points).

ASL Idioms and Expressions (60 points): In this class, I will be covering 40 idioms and expressions commonly used in ASL.  This will be a 3-part assignment over the duration of the quarter in which you will turn in a typed English translation of the sentences for each part.

Deaf Culture and Deaf Community - this quarter we will look more closely at families with deaf children. We will look at the experiences of the parents and the choices they need to make.  We will look at the views of deaf children now grown.  We will look at the views of professionals.  We will use videos, books, articles, and possibly a panel.

Deaf Culture videos (45 points): For a Deaf Son, Sound and Fury, Children Of A Lesser God

Books and articles (55 points) : The Signing Family text (45 pts); Children Of A Lesser God play script (10 pts)

Community contact hours (100 points) : Five hours of community contact for this quarter. 

Panel  (5 points):  I will try to get a day or two of parents of deaf children to share their experiences. 

Extra Credit (up to 50 points) – If you find that you have fallen behind in your assignments you can earn up to 50 points in "extra credit" exercises. The instructor must approve all extra credit exercises BEFORE you begin them. Extra credit activities include any additional receptive translations or community contact hours.

Note:  Extra credit can only be applied to the homework portion (Skills Enhancement Exercises) of your grade, and not to your skills (vocabulary quizzes; expressive stories and  the final receptive translation) areas.

Late Assignments Marked Down: It is important that your work is turned in on time. You will not be able to earn full credit for late homework unless there are extenuating circumstances AND you have discussed your circumstances with me in advance.  Please use my e-mail address:  bbernstein@sccd.ctc.edu to contact me.

Skill Enhancement Exercises (25%) – Your 605 points of homework will account for 25% of your overall grade. Remember that the effort you put into these activities will influence your final projects grades.

Core Vocabulary, Numbers and Fingerspelling Quizzes (10%) - four quizzes all together. One per unit and a cumulative quiz.  You can throw out one of the first three scores but not the final quiz.  Note: For the summer quarter, we will do 3 quizzes instead.  The first quiz will cover Unit 10 and ASL  Idioms 1 - 13, the 2nd will cover Unit 11 and ASL Idioms 1 - 27 and the Cumulative quiz will cover Units 10 - 12 , CR 7-12 and ASL Idioms 1 - 40.  None of the quiz scores will be thrown out.

Expressive Stories (15%) - You will acquire homework points for the two expressive stories in part 2 of the Skills Enhancement Exercises.   The same two stories will also count as 15% of your course grade. 

Final Story Presentation (20%) – Your ability to produce the learned language structures for this quarter will be evaluated in this final project of the quarter. 

Receptive Translation Final (30%) – Your receptive skills will be evaluated from a  receptive translation taken during the final exam schedule. 

Definition and Consequences of Cheating and Plagiarism
A. Definition:
     1. Cheating:    Acquiring  answers during an examination that are not one's own through deceit, fraud or duress.
  
     2. Plagiarism:  To take and use as one's own the writings or ideas of another person without providing the appropriate citation to the source.

In this course, both of these actions will be viewed as not completing the assignment and no grade or homework points will be entered.  A "0" will be used to compute that portion of a student's grade.

If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information to share with your instructor, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. If you would like to speak to someone about support services or other questions related to accommodations, please contact the Disability Support Services, BE1140 at 206.587.4183