Upon sucessfuly completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Interpersonal Skills
  1. Communicate in spontaneous signed conversations on familiar topics at a close to normal speed.  

  2. Show evidence of the ability to engage in simple conversation, ask discreet questions that initiate conversation, and use high frequency words in interpersonal communications.

  3. Use some or all of the following strategies to maintain communication: initiate modeled words, use facial expressions, repeat words, ask for repetition, and/or indicate lack of understanding.

  4. Shows awareness of most obvious cultural differences, as well as awareness of basic information of the communities that use the target language.
• Interpretive Skills
5. Begin to derive meaning through using structural patterns used in both familiar and new contexts.
6. Rely primarily on vocabulary to derive meaning from context
7. Use skills, such as scanning, recognizing Stokoe parameters (cognates), predicting meaning based on context, and/or recognizing linguistic roots to comprehend dialogue that is highly contextualized.
• Presentational Skills
8. Present evidence of the ability to express one's own thoughts and preferences.
9. Create structured narratives in contexts relating to practiced or familiar contexts.
10. Produce understandable words and phrases in frequently practiced questions and statements to the course level.
• Intercultural Communication
11. Interact in a culturally appropriate manner and at a survival level in everyday contexts with individuals who use American Sign Language.
12. Identify practices to help students understand perspectives in Deaf subcultures