SL 173 - American Sign Language III

Description
This course is designed to increase knowledge and use of American Sign Language idioms, vocabulary and grammar in a conversational context. Students in this course examine grammatical elements in ASL, and acquire proficiency, receptively and expressively, in the use of an additional 300 ASL signs, 20 ASL idioms and 60 English idioms. Students with previous ASL experience should contact the Department of Language and Thought for information regarding placement.

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: SL 171 (C or Higher) and SL 172 (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. Demonstrate the ability to use extensive contextual ASL vocabulary.

2. Demonstrate the ability to use an additional 300 new signs and their modifications.

3. Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and use correct ASL sentence construction.

4. Demonstrate the ability to identify various sentence types in ASL, i.e., comparative, conditional, and rhetorical sentences.

5. Demonstrate the ability to comprehend signs being used by multiple deaf individuals.

6. Demonstrate the ability to receptively translate advanced level signed ASL sentences to proper written and verbal English form.

7. Demonstrate the correct use of manual and facial grammar, body language, and correct use of numbers in ASL.

8. Demonstrate the ability to analyze a story or paragraph and translate it into ASL using appropriate ASL concepts.

9. Demonstrate the ability to translate English idioms into grammatically correct ASL structure and context.

10. Demonstrate the ability to translate ASL idioms into grammatically correct written and verbal English.

11. Demonstrate understanding of the difference between sign language interpreting and sign language transliterating.

12. Demonstrate conceptual accuracy when signing words/phrases in ASL that have multiple meanings in English.

13. Create a written summary of the main ideas extracted from information gathered.

14. Complete work accurately, with attention to detail.
Course Outline:
I. Fingerspelling and Number usage, Conditional Sentences, Yes/No, Wh and Rhetorical Questions. Evaluate student’s individual signing skills, Idioms (first set)

II. Walking and signing in pairs, Instrument classifiers, Conditional Sentences, Idioms (second set)

III. Element Classifiers, Complex sign and sentence structure, Describing things that can be abstract and subjective

IV. Locative Classifiers, Idioms (third set)

V. Semantic Classifiers, Idioms (fourth set)

VI. Body Classifiers, Idioms (fifth set)

VII. Body-part Classifiers, Idioms(sixth set)

VIII. Descriptive Classifiers, Idioms(seventh set)

IX. Plural Classifiers, Idioms(eighth set)

X. ASL Film night

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

Facilitated Discussion: 5-10%

Mediated Instruction: 30-40%

Group Work: 30-40%

Other: 0-15%
Mandatory Course Components:
Homework

Class Participation

Presentation delivered in ASL

Journal Assignments(2)

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
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: 103256
Course CIP Code: 16.16
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

Last Revision Date Effective: 2017-04-19 15:20:36
Course Review & Revision Year: 2025-2026