Foreign
Language Department
AMERICAN
SIGN LANGUAGE 102
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Quarter |
Summer
Quarter 2007 |
Credits: |
5 |
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Title |
ASL 102 |
Item #: |
1480-A |
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Session
Hours |
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Room: |
R-101
(Mailbox : R230) |
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Instructor |
Michael
A. Cooper |
Email: |
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Office
Hours |
Email
or by Appt. |
ASL 102-A |
Total
of 14 classes |
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Welcome
to ASL 102! J J J J
In this
course, the student will continue to refine and improve their ASL skills
acquired from the previous course (ASL 101).
The students will continue to learn more ASL grammar rules and deepen
their expressive and receptive skills in ASL.
We will also cover Deaf Culture in greater depth and discuss the current
deaf community topics.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Master
ASL! Level One Textbook, 1st Edition. and
Master ASL! Fingerspelling, Numbers and Glossing Student Companion, 1st Edition. (by Jason
E. Zinza) – Please bring both books to class
everyday.
1001
Uses of ASL Signs DVD/workbook, Volume 2 (by Rick Mangan, ASL
program Coordinator) - can be purchased in BCC bookstore – Please only
bring the DVD workbook everyday.
Deaf
Culture Log Paper
– This log paper is for you to document all deaf culture events. The Deaf
Culture log paper is posted on the ASL 102-A class webpage for you to print
out. It is your responsibility of checking upcoming Deaf Culture events
at www.aslsilentvoices.com which
is sponsored by ASL BCC Club. For more information, contact Joshua/Taylor,
the ASL Club President. His email address can be found in the ASL Silent
Voices website.
Four
Scantron Test Quizzes and #2 pencil for the Culture Book/Grammar
Quizzes
Stapler: For you to staple your reports.
RECOMMENDED
MATERIALS:
Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary
(Hardback Edition)
– a good Sign Language Dictionary
Quick Study: Academic: “New” American Sign Language by BarCharts, Inc. For more information, go to www.quickstudy.com (Good “Study
Guide” for ASL 101/102/103)
Websites to check out for additional information:
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
http://www.hsdc.org
GRADING:
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A |
96% |
Your
grade is a numerical reflection of the effort and dedication that you invest
toward your learning of this subject and your ability to apply what you have
learned. You are the only person responsible for your grade. The
sum of all of your work points comprises this numerical value that is your
grade. As per BCC policy, you will receive a letter grade after the
completion of the quarter. This letter grade is assigned as an
equivalent to your total earned numerical points. You must have no less
than 60% of all possible points to receive a passing grade in this class. You
must achieve a minimum of a C grade to transfer to the next level of ASL. There
is a total of 1030
points possible for this quarter. Your grade will be a fraction of that
number. |
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A- |
90% |
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B+ |
87% |
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B |
83% |
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B- |
80% |
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C+ |
77% |
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C |
73% |
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C- |
70% |
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D+ |
67% |
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D |
63% |
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D- |
60% |
POSTING ON BOARD:
I will be posting all assignments/guidelines/syllabus all
on the ASL 102-A class website. I will explain to class on how you can
create your own student email account and use that account to access to all of
my documents/assignments. When you have successfully access to my ASL
102-A class website, I would like for you to write a brief introduction of
yourself on the Discussion Board.-
10 points = Introduction of yourself= Discussion
Board
TESTS:
We will be covering Units 5 through 8 in Master ASL! Textbook and
Master ASL! Student Companion.. The tests will be from Master ASL! Textbook,
Master ASL! Student Companion and
BCC’s 1001 Uses of ASL DVD disk
and workbook. There will be four tests. There will be no make-up
tests. The last test will be
cumulative.
Topics of Each Chapter:
Unit 5 = School Days! (MASTERASL) and Unit 4 (BCC’s
1001 Uses of ASL DVD disk/workbook, Vol. 1)
Unit 6 = Sports and Activities and Unit 6 (BCC’s
1001 Uses of ASL DVD disk/workbook, Vol. 2)
Unit 7 = My Daily Routine and Unit 7 (BCC’s 1001
Uses of ASL DVD disk/workbook, Vol 2.)
Unit 8 = Describing People and Unit 8, (BCC’s 1001
Uses of ASL DVD disk/workbook, Vol 2.)
4 tests = 50 points each= 200 points total for Tests
DEAF CULTURE PRESENTATION
PROJECT
In this
project, all students are required to create a presentation using Microsoft Powerpoint software regarding
selected topics provided by the Instructor on Deaf Community/Culture. The
Instructor will post the selected topics and the Deaf Culture Presentation
project guidelines on the ASL 102-A website. The instructor will also
provide guidelines on how to use powerpoint
for students who are not familiar with Powerpoint. There will be no make up
for this assignment.
1 Deaf Culture Presentation Project
= 100 total points.
EXPRESSIVE PROJECT ASSIGNMENT
ASL
requires a person to practice their expressive signing skills. For this
assignment, all students are required to have an expressive skills project
designed to help the students utilize their expressive signing skills. For
this project, the students will be allowed to pick selected topics that the
teacher will provide in the guideline. The teacher will submit the
assignment guidelines to students. There will be no make up for this assignment.
1
Expressive Signing Assignment = 100 total possible points
FINGERSPELLING:
We will have six fingerspelling
Quizzes. ASL 102 students are expected to master their fingerspelling skills. Each fingerspelling
quiz will consist of ten points. There will be no make-up quizzes.
6 Fingerspelling Quizzes =
20 points each quiz = 120 points total for Fingerspelling
CULTURE BOOK/GRAMMAR QUIZ:
We will be using a new book called Master ASL! Level One
Textbook and Master ASL! Student Companion by Jason E. Ziinza. The class will have four tests. Each test is worth
25 points.. I will post the study guides on the ASL
102-A class websites and will inform to the class when the study guides are
posted. There
will be no make up Culture Quiz.
4 Culture Quizzes = 25 points each = 100 points
total for Culture Quiz
DEAF CULTURE EXPERIENCE:
The
best means of mastering ASL and understanding the Deaf Culture is to attend
Deaf Culture events and use ASL. It is for this reason why I require you
to have 4 Deaf Culture contact
experiences. The
instructor will submit a detailed guideline for how to succeed in your Deaf
Culture contact experiences. For each Deaf Culture contact you have acquired,
please document this in your Deaf Culture Log Paper and write a 2- 3 pages paper documenting and detailing your
experience with Deaf Community for this quarter. The 2-3 pages paper will
be typed and covers the entire Deaf Community
experiences you have acquired during this particular quarter. If it is not typed, I will
return the paper back to you. The information of upcoming Deaf Culture events
will be from www.aslsilentvoices.com
and the teacher also will announce other upcoming Deaf Culture events in the
class. The Instructor will also post upcoming Deaf Culture events in the ASL
102-A class website. Please document
each of your Deaf Culture contact with an evidence
(ticket, receipt of where the event is, an ASL officer’s signature, etc).The deadline for the Deaf Culture Log Paper and the 2-3-pages report will be on the last day of the
course. Late papers will not be accepted. The teacher
will not accept Deaf Culture Report papers via email.
4
Deaf Culture Contact Experiences = 100 points total for Deaf Culture Experience
Repot AND Deaf Culture Log Paper
HOMEWORK PROJECTS:
Homework
projects will be assigned to you as a take home learning/practice
experience. I will provide homework semi-weekly. Late work will not
be accepted. There will be no make-up homework. Homework is due at the beginning of the class. Homework projects pertain to the
topics we discuss during the course.. I prefer for you
to submit to me the hard copy, not to me via email. If you do not have printer,
you can use a printer at any computer that is available to students throughout
5
homework projects = 20 points each = 100 points total for Homework project
CLASS PARTICIPATION/ATTENDANCE:
Your
attendance is required if you are to succeed in any sign language class.
ASL 102 is no exception. Your attendance will be recorded and your
percentage of attendance will be added to your final grade. 100 percent
attendance will earn 100 attendance points. If you are not able to show
up the class, you are required to inform me via email. My email address is mcooper@bcc.ctc.edu.
If the student arrive class late, I will give a warning and if the student is
late repeatedly, I will count the excessive tardiness as an absence. If the
student leaves the class and not come back after the break, I will count this
as an absence. For only emergencies, feel free to email to my portable
sidekick 2 pager at ECUgrad96@tmail.com
Total
maximum attendance points = 100 points for perfect attendance
MAKE-UP POLICIES:
No make ups will be allowed for homework, quizzes, tests and other
assignments. Only exceptions can a student have a make up such as:
1) Your
required participation in BCC school events (such as BCC sport events) or High
School school events if the student is in the Running
Start program. Please submit me a note of your BCC school/HS
school schedule and a signature of your sport coach/program director
that sponsor the event
2) Accidents
or other illness that require you to be confined in home/hospital setting.
For that, I require you to submit a doctor’s note.
3)
Death in your family. For that, I need you to submit me a note from a
funeral director.
In case
if you meet these exceptions, it is your responsibility to approach me and make
arrangements to schedule a make-up day/time.
ASL 102-A CLASS WEBSITE:
It is the Student’s responsibility to check the class
website frequently for resources and class materials.
www.bcc.ctc.edu/artshum/materials
Click on Summer
Quarter 2007
Click on World
Languages
Click on
American Sign Languages
Click on ASL
102-A (Cooper, M)
NO VOICES/NO CELLULAR PHONES:
ASL is
best mastered if the students turn off their voices because by not using voices
will enable the students to develop better receptive ASL skills. This is
the reason why I prohibit students to use voices at all times. You can
use your voice only during the break. Whispering is not allowed. You are
expected to assist your classmates and facilitate their effective learning by
letting them wrestle with their own questions. Whispering answers
to them do not help them learn anything .I will
give 2 warnings to students who use voice during class. For 1st
warning, I will give a verbal warning and write the warning on paper and if the
students use voice for 2nd time again, I will ask the student to
please leave the class for the day.
Students
are not permitted to use cellular phones during the class for the reason that
cellular phones do disrupt the class.
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT:
All
BCC students are required to adhere to BCC Policy on Student Code of Conduct. If you are uncertain of
what is the BCC Policy on Student Code of Conduct, please go to http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/catalog/policies/studentcode.asp
or go to BCC Student Services Department to obtain the 2006-2007 College Catalog. In starting, I will give you the benefit of
the doubt that you as an adult can handle responsibility for your
actions. I will expect courtesy, attentiveness, and a willingness to
learn. In so doing, you will earn my respect as a responsible adult and
be treated accordingly. I will not tolerate any ridicule, harassment,
distracting noise or behavior, cell-phone use, whispering, insults,
cruelty. Sometimes, in class, when we make signing mistakes that these
mistakes can be funny and laughter follows naturally, good-natured laughter is
welcomed, especially where we learn to laugh at ourselves – with our classmates
not AT them. Keep in mind that no one feels free to take risks in an
environment where they fear being ridiculed or criticized where you, yourself,
feel free to make mistakes, and find understanding and support from those
around you.
ACCOMMODATION/ACCESSIBILITY:
If you
require accommodation based on a documented disability, emergency medical
information to share, or need special arrangements in case of emergency
evacuation, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. You
will find that Bellevue Community College has many resources for its students
with learning differences or disabilities have many options for developing
strategies that for academic success.
If you
would like to inquire about becoming a DSS student, you may call 564-2498 or go
in person to the DSS (Disability Support Services) program office at B-132 or
check out their website (http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/dss).
INCLEMENT WEATHER INFORMATION:
In case
of inclement weather, check the status of BCC opening/closing by going to web: http://status.bcc.ctc.edu or call (425)
401-6680 to obtain recorded message regarding the status of BCC
opening/closing. In case of the inclement weather on the day when the class
is taking the test, the test will be postponed till the next class.
ASL CAN BE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!:
American
Sign Language is said to be one of the most beautiful languages in the
world. It literally is an art. It is a visual-spatial language
which enables you to express yourself in 3-D. In ASL, it is very natural
for students to make mistakes. By learning from
mistakes students to master ASL much faster than they would by trying to avoid
them. Learning ASL also can be fun! We will have lot of group
activities and play games. J
J J J
SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE
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MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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1ST week |
JUNE25 FIRST DAY OF ASL 102 J J Introduction/ Begin Unit 5-MasterASL |
26 |
27 Intro. Posting on Discussion Board –MyBcc.Net-Due
BY Fingerspelling Quiz #1 |
28 |
29 |
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2nd week |
JULY 2 HOMEWORK#1 DUE
(See Web for Assignment) |
3 |
4 NO CLASS |
5 |
6 |
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3rd week |
9 Fingerspelling Quiz #2 Culture Book/Grammar Quiz #1/#2 from
MASTERASL UNIT 5 and UNIT 6 |
10 |
11 MASTERASL TEST#1 (UNIT 5 AND VOCAB.TEST ON UNIT 4 FROM
1001 USES OF ASL-DVD, VOL.1) |
12 |
13 |
|
4th week |
16 HOMEWORK DUE #2 (See Web for
Assignment) |
17 |
18 Fingerspelling Quiz #3 |
19 |
20 |
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5th week |
23 HOMEWORK #3 (See Web for Assignment) |
24 |
25 Fingerspelling Quiz #4 MASTERASL
TEST #2 (UNIT 6 AND VOCAB.TEST ON UNIT 6 FROM
1001 USES OF ASL-DVD, VOL 2.) |
26 |
27 |
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6th week |
30 HOMEWORK
#4 (See Web for Assignment) ASL POWERPOINT AND EXPRESSIVE PROJECTS DUE (See
Web for Guideline) |
31 |
AUGUST 1 Fingerspelling Quiz #5 MASTERASL TEST #3 (UNIT 7 AND VOCAB.TEST ON UNIT 7 FROM
1001 USES OF ASL-DVD, VOL 2.) |
2 |
3 |
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7th week |
6 HOMEWORK #5 (See Web for Assignment) Fingerspelling Quiz #6 Culture Book/Grammar Quiz #3/#4 from
MASTERASL UNIT 7 and UNIT 8 |
7 |
8 DEAF CULTURE LOG PAPER AND DEAF CULTURE
REPORT DUE TODAY MASTERASL TEST#4 (Unit 8 AND VOCAB.TEST
ON UNIT 8 FROM 1001 USES OF ASL-DVD, VOL 2.) (LAST DAY OF COURSE) |
9 |
10 |