AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE 4
Upper intermediate-level communication skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Expand vocabulary, improve grammatical accuracy and conversational fluency. Develop greater confidence using complex structures such as classifiers, role shifting, and spatial referencing. Cultural topics explore Deaf identity, community, and current issues.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: LINGUIS 353 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Frgn Lang - 4th semester language Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and produce vocabulary items in each content unit. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Comprehend content-specific commands, questions, and statements in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify grammatical features within dialogues in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate comprehension and production of regulating behaviors in ASL (i.e. attention-getting techniques, turn-taking signals, and others). Audience: Undergraduate 5. Comprehend narratives and stories in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Initiate, conduct, and terminate content-specific conversations. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Analyze and critique competing perspectives of diverse Deaf communities in the United States and Canada, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices, and their history. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Compare, contrast, and interpret differences and commonalities among Deaf and hearing cultures. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize and produce vocabulary items in each content unit. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Comprehend content-specific commands, questions, and statements in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify grammatical features within dialogues in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Demonstrate comprehension and production of regulating behaviors in ASL (i.e. attention-getting techniques, turn-taking signals, and others). Audience: Undergraduate 5. Comprehend narratives and stories in ASL. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Initiate, conduct, and terminate content-specific conversations. Audience: Undergraduate 7. Analyze and critique competing perspectives of diverse Deaf communities in the United States and Canada, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices, and their history. Audience: Undergraduate 8. Compare, contrast, and interpret differences and commonalities among Deaf and hearing cultures. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027