American Sign Language (ASL) at Wytheville Community College
Distance Learning
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- ASL 101 - Beginning American Sign Language I
- Introduces cultural awareness, comprehension and production skills, and emphasizes basic sentence structure in American Sign Language with a focus on interactive communicative competence. Part I of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.Lecture 4 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
4 credits - ASL 102 - Beginning American Sign Language II
- Introduces cultural awareness, comprehension and production skills, and emphasizes basic sentence structure in American Sign Language with a focus on interactive communicative competence. Part II of II. This is a UCGS transfer course.Lecture 4 hours. Total 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ASL 101 or by placement test.4 credits - ASL 115 - Fingerspelling and Number Use in ASL
- Provides intensive practice in comprehension and production of fingerspelled words and numbers with emphasis on clarity and accuracy. Focuses on lexicalized fingerspelling and numeral incorporation as used by native users of American Sign Language.Lecture 2 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ASL 101 or permission of instructor.2 credits - ASL 125 - History of the U.S. Deaf Community
- Examines the history of the Deaf Community. Presents an overview of various aspects of Deaf culture, including educational and legal issues in American historyLecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - ASL 220 - Comparative Linguistics: ASL and English
- Describes ASL (American Sign Language) and spoken English on five levels: phonological, morphological, lexical, syntactic, and discourse. Compares and contrasts the two languages on all five levels using real-world examples. Documents similarities between signed languages and spoken languages in general. Describes the major linguistic components and processes of ASL and English. Introduces basic theories regarding ASL structure. Emphasizes the status of ASL and English as natural languages by comparing and contrasting similarities and unique differences between the two languages.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ASL 1023 credits
