LINGUIST 3DS3

ASL & DEAF STUDIES

Undergraduate

Winter 2026 · C01

Readings

Don't Just Sign. Communicate! A Student's Guide To Asl And..
Michelle Jay · Required
ISBN 9780984529438

Winter 2026 · C01

Introduction to ASL
Deaf Culture
Understanding the Form of the Sign & Use of Space Test 1 (20%)
Compounds, Lexicalized FS, Numeral Incorporation
ASL Sentence Structure
Classifiers and Role-Shifting Video Assignment 1 (20%)
Idioms in ASL & English
Expressing Time and Aspect in ASL
ASL in Professional Settings (Intro)
ASL in Other Contexts (Arts, Visual, Vernacular (VV), Poems, Religion) Video Assignment 2 (20%)
Cross-Cultural Communication Strategies/ Refining Conversational Fluency & Storytelling
ASL in Professional Settings (Advanced) / ASL Careers
Submit Final Video Assignment 40%

Don't Just Sign... Communicate!: A Student's Guide to ASL and the Deaf Community
Michelle Jay · July 1 2011 · Required
Judea Media LLC · ISBN 9780984529438
Jay, Step 1 p. 20-38 Step 3
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Jay, Step 2. p.41- 56
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Supplementary reading provided
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Jay, Step 4 & 5
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