- Grade 9
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
2 SEMESTERS
Students in this course are introduced to American Sign Language and Deaf culture, focusing on frequently used signs, basic rules of grammar, introductory finger spelling, and nonmanual aspects of ASL (e.g., facial expressions.). Upon completion of the course, students will be able to demonstrate a beginning conversational level of comprehension when receiving ASL and a beginning level of expressive fluency when using ASL. This course incorporates many experimental activities and successful second language acquisition among students with a variety of learning styles
Prerequisite: Preference is given to students with language-based learning disabilities