AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

School of Humanities and Liberal Arts

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASLG)

ASLG-01 BEGINNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2)
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

This course is an introduction to understanding and signing American Sign Language and appreciating the basic elements of the Deaf culture.

Emphasis is on obtaining a practical command of the language, including major grammatical components, basic ASL sentence structures, nonmanual gestures, expression of spatial relationships in a visual-gestural language, and beginning conversational skills. (09/21)

ASLG-02 HIGH-BEGINNING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
(CSU breadth area C2)
Prerequisite: ASLG-01.
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

This course provides high beginning practice understanding and signing American Sign Language and appreciating the basic elements of the Deaf culture. Emphasis is on obtaining a practical command of the language including major grammatical components, basic ASL sentence structures, non-manual gestures, expression of spatial relationships in a visualgestural language, and high beginning conversational skills. (09/21)

ASLG-03 INTERMEDIATE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE

3 units: 3 hours lecture.
CSU & UC Transferable
Prerequisite: ASLG-02.
Advisory: ENGL-01A.

This course provides intermediate practice in understanding and signing American Sign Language and insights in the basic elements of the Deaf culture. Emphasis is on obtaining a practical command of the language, including major grammatical components, basic ASL sentence structures, non-manual gestures, expression of spatial relationships in a visualgestural language, and intermediate conversational skills. (05/19)