ASL101

Kapiolani Community College

ASL 101 Elementary American Sign Language I (4)
KCC AA/HSL (formerly AA/FL)
3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab per week
ASL 101 introduces students to the use and study of American Sign Language (ASL), including its rules of grammar and the cultural aspects of the Deaf Community. Emphasis is on building elementary receptive and expressive ASL vocabulary, and syntax, including appropriate grammatical and affective facial expressions.

Upon successful completion of ASL 101, the student should be able to:

• Demonstrate basic, functional conversational skills in ASL.
• Show an elementary understanding of ASL syntax including: basic sentence structures such as affirmations, negations, confirmations, interrogatives, commands and declaratives.
• Use simple temporal markers, pronominalizations, numbers, spatial referencing, basic noun-verb pairs, and contrastive structure.
• Exchange elementary level introductions, personal and family information.
• Participate in discussions about their surroundings and personal activities.
• Interact with Deaf people in informal social situations in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Discuss aspects of the Deaf Community, including its culture, how Deaf and hearing people have interacted historically and the role of ASL in the lives of Deaf people.
• Demonstrate the role of storytelling and creative signing plays in ASL.
• Produce basic level transcriptions of short ASL texts.
• Provide feedback to classmates during large and small group activities.

	ASL 101 Elementary American Sign Language I (4) KCC AA/HSL (formerly AA/FL) 3 hours lecture, 2 hours lab per week ASL 101 introduces students to the use and study of American Sign Language (ASL), including its rules of grammar and the cultural aspects of the Deaf Community. Emphasis is on building elementary receptive and expressive ASL vocabulary, and syntax, including appropriate grammatical and affective facial expressions. Upon successful completion of ASL 101, the student should be able to: • Demonstrate basic, functional conversational skills in ASL. • Show an elementary understanding of ASL syntax including: basic sentence structures such as affirmations, negations, confirmations, interrogatives, commands and declaratives. • Use simple temporal markers, pronominalizations, numbers, spatial referencing, basic noun-verb pairs, and contrastive structure. • Exchange elementary level introductions, personal and family information. • Participate in discussions about their surroundings and personal activities. • Interact with Deaf people in informal social situations in a culturally appropriate manner. • Discuss aspects of the Deaf Community, including its culture, how Deaf and hearing people have interacted historically and the role of ASL in the lives of Deaf people. • Demonstrate the role of storytelling and creative signing plays in ASL. • Produce basic level transcriptions of short ASL texts. • Provide feedback to classmates during large and small group activities. Kapi'olani Community College - © 1999, 2006. All Rights Reserved.