SL 155 - Fingerspelling

Description
Fingerspelling is designed to provide the student with instruction and practice focused solely in both expressive and receptive fingerspelling skills as well as concentrated instruction in the use of numbers in American Sign Language. This course is intended for students that wish to explore the field of Sign Language interpreting.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: SL 171 (C or Higher)
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: Yes
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
None

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:
1. Use proper handshape and position in fingerspelling to avoid injury and increase clarity.

2. Identify circumstances in which fingerspelling is commonly used.

3. Demonstrate the ability to express and receive fingerspelling within conversational/ contextual usage.

4. Demonstrate the ability to express and receive numeric information within conversational/contextual usage.

5. Demonstrate the ability to comprehend cadence and rate of speed necessary for clear, readable expression.

6. Identify morphologic elements in fingerspelling toward the goal of reading and expressing fingerspelling in whole morphemes as opposed to individual phonetic utterances.
Course Outline:
I. History of Fingerspelling, usage, and preventing repetitive motion injury

II. Numbers and Numeral Incorporation

III. Closure Skills, States, Developmental Shapes, Making a Whole From Parts, Double Letters, Words Per Minute

IV. Thousands, Million, and Billion, Telephone Numbers, Zip Codes

V. Handling Spelling Errors, Lexicalized Fingerspelling, Developmental Shape Drills, Let’s Get Personal, States, Embedded Fingerspelling, Leading, Ending and Mixed Shapes

VI. Time and Age, Time Measurement

VII. Developmental Shape Drills, Acronyms, Finger Twisters

VIII. Decades and Centuries, Drills, Money and Percents

IX. Developmental Shape Drills, Business Cards, Alphabet Questions, Half and Half, Advertising Slogans, Categories, Personal Questions

X. Pronoun, Height and Measurement, Fractions

XI. Developmental Shape Drills, Categories, Order, Words Per Minute, Visual Discrimination

XII. Ordinal Numbers, Numbers in Sports

XIII. Additional Closure Skills

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 10-20%

Facilitated Discussion: 20-25%

Mediated Discussion: 10-20%

Group Work: 10-15%

Other: 0-30%
Mandatory Course Components:
Homework

Class Participation

Bi-weekly Quizzes

Final Exam
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
None

Course Type:
Elective- Offering designed to expand learning opportunities for degree seeking students. May or may not be required for students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture - 1:1
Total Lecture Hours Per Week: 3
People Soft Course ID Number: 102987
Course CIP Code: 16.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 27
High School Articulation Agreements exist?: No
If yes, with which high schools?: NA
Non-Credit GRCC Articulation Agreement With What Area: No
Identify the Non Credit Programs this Course is Accepted: NA

School: School of Liberal Arts
Department: Language & Thought
Discipline: SL
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Other (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
Required Credentials: Bachelor’s Degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university

Required Credentials: documentation of one of the following: BEI, Sign Language Proficiency Interview (SLPI) level Advanced or ASLPI Level 4, EIPA 4.0+, ASLTA, NIC, NIC Advanced, NIC Master, CI/CT, CSC, CDI (Certified Deaf Interpreter)

Preferred Credentials: Bachelor’s Degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university in Sign Language or in any field with a minimum of 18 semester / 27 quarter hours coursework in the discipline

Preferred Experience: College level teaching Sign Language

Major Course Revisions: Credit/Contact Hours
Last Revision Date Effective: 20230223T14:29:06
Course Review & Revision Year: 2027-2028