Adv American Sign Language I

Catalog description

This advanced American Sign Language course is specifically designed to refine and further develop the expressive and receptive skills of students pursuing collaboration with the Deaf community. Advanced linguistic structures are explored and practiced. Colloquial and advanced discourse features and strategies are explored and practiced. Activities include delivering live presentations, narrating personal and others' life experiences, discussing current events and global topics, and lab exercises that provide students with opportunities to apply their advanced linguistic and cultural knowledge. For community engagement, students are expected to engage in the diverse Deaf community in order to learn their places and develop networking within the Deaf community here in and beyond Chicago.