Standard syllabus
American Sign Language (ASL) · Undergraduate · Languages
Learning objectives from the American Sign Language (ASL) syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Foundations and proficiency goals
- Map personal goals to ACTFL-aligned Can-Do statements — Map personal goals to ACTFL-aligned Can-Do statements
- Master high-frequency vocabulary and classroom interaction language — Master high-frequency vocabulary and classroom interaction language
- Practice handshape, location, movement, non-manual markers, and finge... — Practice handshape, location, movement, non-manual markers, and fingerspelling to automaticity appropriate to level
- Use spaced repetition and deliberate practice logs — Use spaced repetition and deliberate practice logs
- Participate actively in seminar/lab with risk-taking — Participate actively in seminar/lab with risk-taking
Interpretive communication
- Identify main ideas and details in level-appropriate texts/media — Identify main ideas and details in level-appropriate texts/media
- Develop receptive and expressive fluency, including classifiers and n... — Develop receptive and expressive fluency, including classifiers and non-manual signals
- Infer meaning using morphology, context, and discourse markers — Infer meaning using morphology, context, and discourse markers
- Summarize sources accurately without patchwriting — Summarize sources accurately without patchwriting
- Distinguish factual information from opinion/stance — Distinguish factual information from opinion/stance
Interpersonal communication
- Sustain conversations on course themes with increasing independence — Sustain conversations on course themes with increasing independence
- Ask clarifying questions and paraphrase to repair breakdowns — Ask clarifying questions and paraphrase to repair breakdowns
- Adjust register for classmates vs instructors — Adjust register for classmates vs instructors
- Complete collaborative tasks (interviews, role-plays, debates) — Complete collaborative tasks (interviews, role-plays, debates)
- Write interactive correspondence (email, forum, chat) as assigned — Write interactive correspondence (email, forum, chat) as assigned
Presentational tasks and culture
- Deliver oral/signed presentations with clear organization — Deliver oral/signed presentations with clear organization
- Write multi-paragraph academic and personal genres as assigned — Write multi-paragraph academic and personal genres as assigned
- Integrate citations when using outside sources — Integrate citations when using outside sources
- Analyze cultural products, practices, and perspectives — Analyze cultural products, practices, and perspectives
- Make informed cultural comparisons without stereotyping — Make informed cultural comparisons without stereotyping
What each unit includes
Open a unit below for full materials. Typical resources:
- Study guide
- Exam Strategy
- Common Mistakes
- Worksheets
- Word problems
- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
Study units
Each unit includes a study guide, worksheets, review, practice test, and answer key. One unit is free; subscribe for the full class.
- Foundations and proficiency goals
Map personal goals to ACTFL-aligned Can-Do statements
Coming soon - Interpretive communication
Identify main ideas and details in level-appropriate texts/media
Coming soon - Interpersonal communication
Sustain conversations on course themes with increasing independence
Coming soon - Presentational tasks and culture
Deliver oral/signed presentations with clear organization
Coming soon
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