Faculty and Staff Sign Language Program - Course Details

ASL Lunch: Conversational Practice #399

Description

    The course meets during lunch time on specified days. The course is provided for students of American Sign Language to participate using ASL in real conversations on a wide range of topics in a non-threatening situation. Participants give facilitators permission to provide them with immediate feedback on their skills. Strategies for getting attention, turn-taking, question/answer dialogues, descriptions using Classifiers, and storytelling are observed and practiced. Faculty and Staff benefit from having organized opportunities in the environment to use ASL in real conversations on a range of topics. Practice with immediate feedback on their skills in a non-threatening situation is very motivating to participants. This course provides the opportunity for additional practice time that can't always occur during classes. It also provides a wider variety of additional participants to interact with.

Prerequisites:
Member of the RIT educational community