It is a visual language that does not translate word-for-word into the English language.
ASL (American Sign Language) is the native language and culture of a large proportion of deaf people, and is an expressive language based on conceptual signs and a unique sentence structure.
It is a visual language that does not translate word-for-word into the English language. Basic everyday communication using conversationally relevant signs and grammar principles will be studied using the D.E.M. (Direct Experience Method), and will include topics such as: fingerspelling, ASL terminology, expressive and receptive vocabulary, basic sentence structure, spatial locations, parameters, and an examination of the history of sign language as well as issues in Deaf culture.
This course will be conducted entirely in ASL. Speaking with one's voice is not permitted in the classroom.
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American Sign Language (ASL) is the third most popular foreign language, leading third in language course enrolments in post-secondary institutions in the U.S. after Spanish and French, according to Modern Language Association (2016).
Level One is for beginning students, and includes the alphabet, numbers, meet and greet,
This course provides opportunities for students to develop interpreting skills and practice professional skills under supervision
In our ASL classes, workshops ,and 1 on 1 sessions we use the Signing Naturally curriculum that was originally developed at a California College.
Our ASL courses are “no voice zone”, full immersion classes taught by qualified Deaf instructors, whose first language is American Sign Language
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