Faculty and Staff Sign Language Program - Course Details

Comparison of ASL & English #398-03

Description

    This course provides a review of some basic grammar rules in American Sign Language and English, and introduces some of the metalinguistic terms used to discuss each. The approach is of ongoing contrast and comparison of how ASL and English each express and structure similar concepts. Students are provided with opportunities: a) to make a series of entries (filmed for personal use) that summarize this information and include examples, and b) to practice using these concepts at the individual sign, phrase and single utterance levels. Some discussion of the rules for manually coding English is included. Students work on both expressive and receptive skills from ASL to English (signed and written) and from English to ASL. This course is appropriate for students who want to know more about why utterances are signed or written as they are.

Prerequisite: Completion of ASL 1A, 1B, 1C, Structure of ASL, and/or SLPI of Intermediate or above, or recommendation of ASL instructor.