American Sign Language 2 (SIGN 2100)

In this course, the student will continue to build on their knowledge of ASL with increasing focus on more complex grammatical features and sentence structures. The student will increase their communicative competency in ASL through a variety of situations and activities. The balance of the course will be supplemented by dialogue drills, scripted activities, conversation skill activities and DVD exercises. Reinforcement or tutorial sessions will be provided during the lab sessions. ASL grammar features explored in this course will include aspects and inflections. Defining phonology and morphology, and the history of ASL will also be discussed.
Course code: SIGN 2100
Credits: 5.0
Length: 96.0 hours
Course outline: view https://www.vcc.ca/vccphp/courseoutline?subject=SIGN&number=2100

Prerequisites

SIGN 1100.

Corequisites

SIGN 2200, SIGN 2300, SIGN 2400, SIGN 2500.
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Additional Information

  • 1) What Is Linguistics?
  • 2) What is Phonology? What are Phonological Processes?
  • 3) Phonology - Signs have Parts
  • 4) Phonology - The Stokoe System
  • 5) Syntax - Verb Types
  • 6) Structures of Explanation and Types of Response
  • 7) Structures of Complaints, Suggestions and Requests
  • 8) Morphological Types
  • 9) Structures of Time and Types of Aspect
  • 10) What is Difference Between Personal Qualities and Predicative Adjective?
  • 11) Basic Role Shift Sequence for Narrative Structure About an Unforgettable Moment
  • 12) Movement Agreement and Position Changes for Narrative Sequence About an Accident
  • 13) Types of Categories for Translation Guide in Narrative Structure About Interesting Facts

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

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