ASL 1300-American Sign Language Structure - 1459
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT:
Dean: Dr. Martha CampbellAcademic Chair: Dr. Shirley Oakley
Office Location: LA 159Office Location: LA 159
Office Number: (727)791-5904Office Number: (727)791-2570
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Course type: / Lecture Blended
Prerequisites: / ASL I, II, III and Deaf Culture
Course description: / ASL 1300 is a course for the intermediate or advanced signer with
limited exposure to American Sign Language (ASL), as used by Deaf adults.
ASL will be studied with an emphasis on the phonological, morphological,
semantic, syntactical, idiomatic and metaphorical aspects. Current research in the field is examined and discussed.
There are 47 contact hours.
Office location: / LA 109
Office hours: / On Campus / Virtual Hours
Monday/Wednesday: 8:00-9:15; 12:30-1:45
Tuesday(Tarpon): 8:45-9:15/10:45-11:00
Tuesday (Clearwater): 11:45-1:00; 2:45-3:00
Thursday (Clearwater): 11:45-1:45 /
Monday-Thursday: 5:45-6:45 am
Friday: 7:30-8:30
Phone: / 727-791-2746
Disa-bilities info: / From Student and Educational Services
Academic and Student Affairs: / From Student and Educational Services
Reasonable accommodations are available to students who:
- are otherwise qualified for admission to the College
- identify themselves to appropriate College personnel
- Provide acceptable and qualifying documentation to the College.
the College and to assist in identifying appropriate and effective accommodation. Students must personally identify the need, provide supporting diagnostic test results and professional evaluations, participate in planning services, and give adequate notice in requesting accommodation.A Counselor/Learning Specialist in the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (OSSD) is
assigned to oversee services on each SPC campus. To call, visit, or e-mail a Counselor/Learning Specialist,seethe list below.
Contact Information by Campus
Class meetingschedule / Tuesday 1:00-2:45
LA 109
Textbooks / Required:
1) Linguistics of American Sign Language 5th Edition by C. Valli, C. Lucas, Kristin
Mulrooney & M. Villanueva
ISBN 978-1-56368-507-1
2) American Sign Language Series (The Green Series):
A Teacher's Resource Text on Grammar and Culture by D. Cokely and C. Baker-Shenk
ISBN 0-930323-84-X
3) GoReact by Speakworks
Recommended Text or Other Reading Material:
*Deaf Tend Yourby B. Bridges and M. Metzger
*Language in Motion by Schein and Stewart
*Sign Language and the Deaf Communityby Stokoe
*The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Languageby Crystal
*A Journey into the Deaf Worldby H. Lane
*Later Language Developmentby Nippold
* ASL Grammatical Aspects(with video) by Cassell
*The Deaf Experience: Classics in Language and Educationby H. Lane
*Everyone Here Spoke Sign Languageby Groce
*Deaf in Americaby C. Padden
*Inside Deaf Cultureby C. Padden and T. Humphries
*Seeing Voicesby O. Sacks
*What's Your Sign for Pizza?by C. Lucas, R. Bayley, & C. Valli
*Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communitiesby C. Lucas
*Introduction to American Sign Languageby H. Hoeman
Other materials/
Media
Protocol: / For this class you must have access to a webcam. Use the ASL Lab.
Protocol for Production of MediaMake sure yousign the following information on each video project.
Your First and Last NameThe DateThe Project Title
When producing visual/gestural material the student must be aware of procedures that willenhancethe production:
Backgrounds
- Colorof Clothesshould be asolidcolor that contrasts with a student’s skin color.
- Light skinned students wear darker solid color tops.
- Darker skinned students wear lighter solid color tops.
- Tops should have sleeves; no tank tops, low cut or sleeveless
tops permitted. - Tops should not have distractions:buttons, emblems, and graphics.
- Hair should be out of the face.Do not wear a hat or chew gum.
- Jewelry should not be distracting: dangling earrings, shiny necklace, sparkly pins and piercings must be hidden.
- Midriff and/or shoulders should not be exposed.
- If tattoos are present on the arms, cover your arms with longs sleeves.
Video Assignments:You will be expected to submit digital assignments for grading.This work will be recorded throughGoREACT.Be sure to set up and save your password as soon as you receive my invitation to the class.Webcams are available in the ASL Lab.Personal webcams are acceptable provided media protocol is followed.
Course goals and objectives: / Upon completion of this course, the student will acquire:
- Knowledge of the historical development and changes in ASL
- General information related to linguistic research and various types of research
- Knowledge of linguistic publications which serve as resources in the study of ASL
- Understanding of the phonological and morphological process of ASL
- An understanding of the semantic features of ASL as related to conceptual signing
- An understanding of the syntactical rules and aspects of ASL
- An understanding of the idiomatic and metaphorical aspects of ASL vocabulary
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
Structure of the Grammar of Language:
The study of the grammar of a language deals with the basic forms and structure of words/signs (phonology), the derivation and meaning of words/signs and their parts(morphology), and their customary arrangements in phrases, sentences (syntax) and "utterances" (sense of the sentence or pragmatics). The term "structure" of languageis formally used to denote all levels of language study, including phonology, morphology, semantics (word/sign meanings), syntax and pragmatics or sociolinguistic usage. ASL structure is a study of ASL used by Deaf adults with a minimum of English influence!
Attendance policy: / The college-wide attendance policy is included in the Syllabus Addendum Since learning a language requires interacting as with native users and practicing with others on a regular basis, American Sign Language students will need to attend and participate in all classes to be successful. Attendance will be tracked during each class. Because this is a blended class, missing two face to face class will be deemed excessive and without extenuating circumstance with documentation, studentswill be dropped from the course due to lack of 60% activity time.
IMPORTANT COLLEGE POLICY REGARDING COURSE DROP-ADD PERIOD AND AUDIT INFORMATION
FEDERAL GUIDELINES RELATED TO FINANCIAL AID AND TOTAL WITHDRAWAL FROM THE COLLEGE
Evaluation process: / Sentences Glosses / 10
Chapter Quizzes / 10
Group Project / 10
Definitions / 10
Written/Final Test / 20
Research Article Summaries / 20
Homework/Discussion / 20
Grading scale: / A = 91-100 B = 81-90 C = 71-80 D = 61-70 F = less than 60
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS
Written Work/Assignments:
* All work is due on the date specified on the schedule. You may have one late
pass for which your work will not be considered late. You must notify the instructor and title your late assignment with "free late pass" added in the drop box. All other late work will automatically count as 50% off the grade.
* Missed in-class assignments cannot be made up but can be submitted for a 50% grade.
* Written work and assignments should include your name; date assignment is due
and class title.
* Failure to revise an assignment or post a late assignment within one week from the posted grade will result in zero points for that assignment.
* Plagiarism or cheating in any form will result in an automatic "F" for the given assignment.A second occurrence will result in departmental documentation to be shared college wide.
Written Work/Assignments: All work is due on the date specified on the schedule. It is due at the beginning of the class period or online not later than 11:59 pm. Late work will not be accepted past the next class period of a missed class without a 50% reduction in grade. Written work and assignments should include your name, date assignment is due, and class title. In class assignments may not be made up. In class work may not be made up.
Classroom Courtesy:
Students are expected to conduct conversation in the classroom using American Sign Language.If you must enter the classroom after class has begun, please do so as quietly as possible. Exercise techniques used in Deaf Culture for interruption. Because American Sign Language is a visual-gestural language, it is best learned in a voiceless environment. You are expected to use only sign/fingerspelling and are discouraged from using your voices in the classroom. Please make use of techniques for getting the meaning across rather than attempting to make us of voice if there is a misunderstanding in meaning. The curriculum and the lessons are designed to help the class and the program meet the five areas of Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons and Communities outlined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL).
Use this space here to write down contact information from at least three classmates. And, please, if you must miss a class, please do not contact me and ask if you missed anything in class; YOU DID! Ask your classmates what you missed.
Contact 1: ______
Contact 2:______
Contact 3:______
Contact 4:______
Class calendar: / Week of: / Assignments:
Week of: / Assignment:
8/18 / Introduction to the course;Requirements; Discussion on
defining language. Informal receptive and expressive measure.
8/25 / Reading assignment: Cokely: Ch. 1& 2 What is Language?
What is ASL?(pp. 31-45; 47-61)
Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva:Part 1: Introduction:Defining
Language and Defining Linguistics
(pp. 1–15)
In class discussion: Language Files 1.1–1.4(pp.205–241)
VLOG # 1 Due
Module 1 (8/25)
9/1 / Cokely: Ch. 4 Sign Formation and Variation (pp. 79-101);
Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva:Part 2: Phonology(pp. 21–54);
In class homework assignment (pp. 26, # 1–4; 27 #1–4)
Article Summary # 1 Due
Module 2 (Due 9/1)
9/8 / Cokely: Ch. 5 Sign Types (pp. 103-120);
Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva: Part 3:Morphology (pp. 57–82)
In class discussion: Language Files5.1–5.4 (pp. 342–347)
Select group projects
Module 3(9/8)
9/15 / Cokely:Ch. 6 Sentence Types (pp. 121-164)
Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva: Part 4: Syntax
(pp. 89–119)
Sentence Glosses in Class Assignment
Definitions #1 DUE 9/15
Module 4 (9/15)
9/22 / Group work
Cokely : Ch. 7 Time(pp. 175-194);
Ch. 8 Pronominalization(pp. 205-236);
Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva: Part 4:Syntax:
(pp. 120–133):
Sentence Gloss #1 Due
Module 5 (9/22)
9/29 / Cokely:Ch. 9 Subject/Object (pp. 247-275)
Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva:(pp.133–147)
Article Summary # 2 Due (2/24)
Module 6(9/29)
10/6 / GroupProjects
Vlog 2
Self Analysis and RatingDue (10/6)
10/13 / Cokely: Ch. 10 Classifiers/Locatives (pp. 287-350)
Valli, Lucas, Mulrooney, Villanueva Part 5: (pp. 151-161)
In class discussion: “Semantics: The Analysis of Meaning”; pp.431-458
Module 7 (10/13)
10/20 *All College Day! / *All College Day – No classes
10/27 / Cokely: Ch. 12 Plurals (pp. 361-388); Ch. 13 Temporal Aspects
(pp. 401-415);
Ch. 14 Distributional Aspects
(pp. 427-434)
Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva: Part 5:(pp. 163-168)
Definitions # 2 DUE 10/27
Module 8 (10/27)
11/3 / Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva: Part 6(pp. 171-186)
Sentence Gloss #2 in class
Module 9 (11/3)
11/10 / Cokely: Ch. 3 (pp. 63-73)
Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva: Part 6(pp. 187-194)
In class discussion: “Language Contact and the American
Deaf Community”
pp. 542-564
In class analysis of writings/Language Attitudes Activity
Module 10(11/10)
11/17 / Valli, Lucas & Mulrooney, Villanueva: Part 6(pp. 195-201)
VLOG # 3 Due
Metaphor in American Sign Language
Supplemental reading (handouts)
Heart of the Hydrogen Jukebox
Module 11 (11/17)
11/24- / Thanksgiving Holiday
12/1 / Heart of the Hydrogen Jukebox
ASL Personal Story
12/8 / Final Exam (optional objective) 1:00-2:50
Important Dates: / COLLEGE CALENDAR
* Dates/assignments may change at the discretion of the instructor
Important Dates: / College Calendar
Class policies: / Academic Honesty
Classroom Protocol:
Class discussion periods will be conducted in an orderly fashion. If a student must enter theclassroom after class has begun, please do so as quietly as possible. If a student has adisagreementwith an instructor on a particular graded exercise or exam question, pleasesee the instructor afterclass.
Because American Sign Language is a visual-gestural language,it is best learned in a voicelessenvironment. Students are expected to use only sign/fingerspellingand are discouraged from usingtheir voices in the classroom.
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS
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SEXUAL PREDATOR INFORMATION
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
Assign-ments
Test details: / This course will be conducted in a blended format, demonstration, seminar, class discussion, student presentation and hands-on activities will occur in class. Text assignments, exercises, required readings and other assigned outside readings will support the class discussion and will occur on D2L. Students will be held responsible for all material discussed.
1. Students will team in a collaborative effort to research and present agroup projectfalling into one of three areas of study:
A. Language Developmentand Deafness
B. Phonological and/or Morphological Processes in ASL
C. Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Deaf Community
D. Universal characteristics of signed languages
E. ASL Literature
Students will develop a researched perspective of their topic asapproved by the instructor.
The project will be presented to the class using Power Point and will include appropriatehandouts, audio-visual aids or other supplemental materials. The project will be evaluated on presentation and delivery, content accuracy, support materials, development of theory and application of the research. Members will reflect in writing on their own efforts and the contribution of team members to the project.
2. Each student will be responsible for writingtwo 1-2 page summaries of relevant
research articles from referred journals, i.e.Sign Language Studies, Journal of Deaf
Studies and Deaf Education, American Annals of the Deaf.These articles may be
used as references for the case study research project. Articles are available inD2L
and are to beformatted inAPA format.
3. Each student will complete twoDefinitions Assignmentsto identify vocabulary,
terminology and concepts covered in the course. These definitions will be uploaded
to a D2L drop box. The definitions should be thorough and applied to ASL.
4. Each student will be responsible for completingSentence Glossexercises.
These assignments will be in class assignments. A tutorial also exists in D2L.
5. Each student will be responsible forweekly quizzes and discussion forum postingsprovidedin the D2L modules; other unannounced quizzes may be used to reinforce material being presented and discussed.
6. Students will be responsible forthree Video Blogs. Instructions will be distributed
in class. It is expected that these blogs will recorded through a webcam following media protocol.
7. Student teams will be responsible for preparing and presenting supplemental
reading presentations in class on a weekly basis.
8. TheFinal Examwill consist of a take-home five page essay; two options exist for
the content. There will also be an optional objective test for those who need it.
More about this will be discussed in class.
9.Additional assignments may be given at the discretion of the instructor.
Other notes: / ASL Transferability:
ASL (1140C and 1150C) is recognized as a Foreign Language by many colleges and universities in Florida and the other forty-nine states and territories. While this language is generally accepted as an admission requirement at Florida’s public universities, some university departments require a working knowledge of an auditory/oral/written language as a graduation requirement. Please check with the department chair of the program in which you wish to enroll to determine if American Sign Language credits can be counted toward graduation.
IMPORTANT COLLEGE POLICY REGARDING COURSE DROP-ADD PERIOD AND AUDIT INFORMATION
Resources available: / Other Sources of Information related to ASL 1300
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics (ASL links)
Signing Savvy
Deaf Studies Digital Journal
/ Glossary of Linguistic Terms
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