Resolving Conflicts

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

World Languages

Grade(s)

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

In this intermediate mid to intermediate-high ASL activity, students will practice discussing the concept of time in American Sign Language. They will also focus on discussion time conflicts through interpersonal conversations. The activity asks students to each select a prepared card that includes the details of their assignment and serves as a guide to keep the students on task as they converse. A Google slide show is included to walk the teacher and student through each step of the activity.

Note: This lesson was created to use in an online environment but can easily be adapted to the face-to-face classroom.

World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - American Sign Language

WL17.ASL.L3.1

Exchange information on familiar topics with a variety of words, phrases, and simple sentences in a variety of time frames.

UP:WL17.ASL.L3.1

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Deaf people tend to stand or sit in a way so that everyone can see each other.
  • appropriate turn-taking in conversations.
  • appropriate ways to ask questions, especially if students do not understand something.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • participate successfully in conversations with members of the Deaf community using ASL.
  • describe the importance of face-to-face conversation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
  • the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
  • ASL can be used to engage in conversations to share information.
  • interpersonal communication requires the knowledge of linguistic elements.
World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - American Sign Language

WL17.ASL.L4.1

Communicate and share on familiar and new topics in various time frames and moods.

UP:WL17.ASL.L4.1

Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies to initiate, maintain, and conclude a conversation by using the appropriate vocabulary and non-manual markers.
  • the use of ASL discourse, space and cultural considerations that affect communication.
  • markers of different registers.
  • markers of different time frames.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • communicate in various time frames.
  • communicate using different registers.
  • communicate.
  • communicate about different topics and subjects of interest.
  • use their communication skills to gain information about similarities and differences with Deaf peers.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • effective communication requires knowing how when and why to say what to whom.
  • the purpose of language study is to communicate so one can understand others and be understood.
  • ASL can be used to engage in conversations to share information.
  • interpersonal communication requires the knowledge of linguistic elements.
World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - American Sign Language

WL17.ASL.L4.4

Explain perspectives through practices of the Deaf culture.

UP:WL17.ASL.L4.4

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how greeting, leaving, and exchanging information show different types of relationships, e.g., family, friends, or professional.
  • appropriate cultural behaviors for communicating in different environments.
  • the social norms of the Deaf community so they can participate in activities.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • greet, leave and exchange information using various types of activities related to the appropriate relationship.
  • address other appropriately.
  • interact in various environments using appropriate communication and social skills.
  • identify, explain, and use social norms of the Deaf community to participate in activities appropriately.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • the Deaf community is also part of the American community.
  • Therefore, they function in both the American culture and the Deaf culture.
  • the basis of Deaf culture lies in its visual orientation.
  • An ability to communicate in another language fosters a better understanding of my own language and culture.
  • recognizing the different practices in the Deaf community can lead to a better understanding of their viewpoints.

CR Resource Type

Learning Activity

Resource Provider

Other

License Type

BY-NC-SA

Resource Provider other

OER Commons
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