Standards - World Languages

WL17.ASL.L1.4

Identify practices of the Deaf culture.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • basic appropriate gestures, such as greetings and farewells, used in common interactions.
  • strategies to identify Deaf cultural and communication behaviors at home and in the community.
  • strategies to identify typical daily activities in the home.
  • strategies to identify events, and celebrations of the Deaf culture locally and nationally.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • use appropriate gestures for attention-getting, greetings, and farewells.
  • give examples of Deaf cultural and communication behaviors in a variety of environments.
  • give examples of typical daily activities, events, and celebrations of the Deaf culture.

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.

WL17.ASL.L1.5

Identify products of the Deaf.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies to identify tangible products of the Deaf culture.
  • strategies to recognize the characteristics of Deaf art.
  • strategies to recognize graphic representations of Deaf culture.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • give examples of tangible products of the Deaf culture give examples of the basic characteristics of culture in Deaf art.
  • recognize the basic concepts of Deaf culture in the graphic representations.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • the Deaf community creates products that reflect their culture.
  • An ability to communicate in another language fosters a better understanding of my own language and culture.
  • Custom and tradition vary within a culture, as well as between cultures.

WL17.ASL.L1.6

Connect with other disciplines while using American Sign Language.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • ASL vocabulary for other school disciplines.
  • ASl vocabulary for other school topics.
  • ASl vocabulary for cities, states, and countries where ASL is used.
  • why ASL is used in those cities, states, and countries.
  • which African nations ASL was spread into by Andrew Foster.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • use ASL to refer to other school disciplines.
  • use ASL to talk about topics from other school subjects.
  • locate cities, states, and countries where ASL is used.
  • identify why ASL is used in those cities, states, and countries.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Proficiency in ASL is a vehicle to gaining knowledge that can only be acquired through that language and its culture.
  • ASL can be used to learn all school subjects.
  • Learning ASL can reinforce their knowledge of other disciplines and topics.
  • ASL is not universal, but is used in many locations in the world.

WL17.ASL.L1.7

Locate information related to diverse perspectives in the Deaf culture.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies to navigate the internet to explore websites and materials.
  • strategies to recognize Deaf cultural topics in short stories, poetry, and content-related materials.
  • strategies to recognize and understand words and phrases in the target language related to Deaf cultural issues.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • locate information from various documents related to diverse perspectives in the Deaf culture to exchange ideas, interpret and show how they are related to Deaf culture.
  • explore/examine authentic ASL websites and materials to interpret and show how they are related to diverse perspectives in the Deaf culture.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • cultural issues affect the Deaf community's perspective.
  • to identify diverse perspectives of the Deaf community, it is only available through studying ASL.

WL17.ASL.L1.8

Identify characteristics of the Deaf and hearing cultures.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • ASL is a visual language.
  • English is a written and spoken language.
  • greetings and farewells used in Deaf and hearing cultures.
  • strategies to identify topic/comment word order in ASL.
  • strategies to identify yes/no questions in ASL.
  • strategies to use head shake, facial expressions and signs to negate a statement.
  • strategies to understand and demonstrate person-classifiers, transportation classifiers in the singular and plural states in ASL.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • observe the language characteristics of the Deaf and hearing cultures.
  • give examples of formal and informal forms of language, common ASL word order, and noun-related classifiers in ASL.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • by learning another language one can better understand how the native language works.
  • other understandings will depend on theme taught.
  • ASL and English are produced in a different modality.
  • ASL is not a signed version of English.
  • the language characteristics of ASL differ from English.
  • ASL word order differs from English word order.

WL17.ASL.L1.9

Identify products, practices and perspectives of the target culture and their own.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • social behaviors of the Deaf and hearing cultures.
  • celebrations of the Deaf and hearing cultures.
  • strategies to navigate a website to find the interactive requirements for games, toys, and media.
  • strategies to identify visual and auditory requirements for games, toys, and media.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify if social practices, cultural practices, and children's products belong to the Deaf community or the hearing community.
  • identify which social practices are acceptable in the Deaf and hearing communities.
  • identify game, toy, and media features which add a visual component.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • custom and tradition vary within the Deaf culture, as well as between Deaf and hearing cultures.
  • by studying another culture, one can better understand and appreciate their own.
  • other understanding will depend on theme being taught.
  • there are products specifically designed for Deaf people.
  • Deaf culture is different from hearing culture.
  • identifying the products, practices, and perspectives of a culture can help one understand the people.

WL17.ASL.L1.10

Communicate using American Sign Language within the classroom and community.

COS Examples

Examples: Communicate with Deaf guest speakers in person or virtually.

Identify professions that utilize American Sign Language.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • ASL vocabulary for asking yes/no and 'wh' questions.
  • ASl vocabulary for making comments or answer questions.
  • ASl vocabulary to receptively understand the answers to those questions.
  • strategies to recognize the topic being discussed.
  • strategies to ask for clarification.
  • strategies to navigate a website to find professions requiring American Sign Language .
  • strategies to navigate a website to find professions which require the knowledge of American Sign Language.

Skills

Students are able to communicate effectively in person or via video phone/device using questions, statements or comments.
  • identify and list professions utilizing American Sign Language.
  • Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • ASL is used daily by Deaf people as their primary and preferred mode of communication across all parts of their lives.
    • ASL can help one better understand the world around them.
    • The study of ASL expands one's opportunities.
    • ASL is a tool to connect with the world.
    • interacting with native users helps increase language and culture skills.
    • ASL is a life-long learning tool for communication throughout their personal and professional lives.

    WL17.ASL.L1.11

    Identify opportunities to use American Sign Language beyond the classroom environment.

    COS Examples

    Examples: Plan real or imaginary travel to a Deaf community event.

    Explore the internet to find sites of personal interest where ASL is utilized.

    Attend or view Deaf friendly events in person or virtually.

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    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • websites containing Deaf events.
    • strategies to navigate the internet to locate ASL sites of interest.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • locate and identify Deaf events in the community.
    • plan and attend a real Deaf community event.
    • plan and role play an imaginary trip to a Deaf community event.
    • plan and view virtually a Deaf community event.
    • explore the internet and find sites where ASL is utilized.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Deaf community events are opportunities to use the target language outside of the classroom setting.

    WL17.ASL.L2.1

    Communicate and share using American Sign Language on familiar topics with a variety of words, phrases, and simple sentences in the past time frame.

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    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • strategies to expressively ask for and receptively understand directions.
    • strategies to communicate using phrases and simple topic/comment sentences.
    • strategies for asking and answering yes/no and 'wh' questions.
    • strategies to communicate about daily activities and personal preferences using phrases, simple sentences, and/or listing.
    • strategies to describe an event in the past time frame.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • use ASL to gain information to meet basic survival needs, such as locating a bathroom or a place to eat.
    • expressively and receptively communicate on familiar topics using a variety of phrases and simple sentences.
    • ask and answer questions on factual information using the appropriate ASL sentence type with the correct non-manual markers.
    • communicate about their daily activities and personal preferences.
    • describe an event in the past time frame with the correct ASL word order.

    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.

    WL17.ASL.L2.2

    Comprehend and interpret live or recorded American Sign Language on familiar topics using the past tense.

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    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • strategies to comprehend and restate/retell information.
    • strategies to locate key information.
    • strategies to receptively understand words, phrases, and simple sentences related to daily activities strategies to comprehend information presented in the past tense.
    • strategies to comprehend and understand time, including numerical incorporation, for time in the past tense.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • receptively comprehend and expressively restate information from viewed ASL presentations or Vlogs using the past tense.
    • receptively comprehend, locate and state key information from live or recorded announcements and messages connected to daily activities using the past tense.
    • receptively comprehend time, including numerical incorporation, in the past tense.

    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.

    WL17.ASL.L2.3

    Present information on familiar topics with a variety of words, phrases, and simple sentences in American Sign Language using past or present time frame.

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    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • strategies to present information to an audience or a recording device.
    • ASL vocabulary for people, activities, and anecdotes.
    • strategies/rules to represent the frequency or duration of the temporal aspect of the verb.
    • familiar ASL anecdotes.
    • strategies to present anecdotes, including conversations, using body shifts, contrastive structure and spatial referencing.
    • strategies/rules to present information in the past or present time frame.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • present to an audience or recording device basic information about people and activities using words, phrases, and simple sentences.
    • recite to an audience or recording device brief memorized anecdotes using target vocabulary and grammar.
    • use the past or present time frame to present information.
    • present some verbs showing duration and frequency correctly.
    • produce high frequency words and vocabulary words to present information.
    • present familiar anecdotes with accurate representation of information through body shifts, contrastive structure, and spatial referencing.

    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.
    • information is often expressed in the target language with live audiences or via recorded devices.
    • the Deaf community has familiar anecdotes which hearing students can also memorize and recite.
    • ASL has past and present time frames.
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