Standards - World Languages

WL17.ASL.L4.4

Explain perspectives through practices of the Deaf culture.

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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.

WL17.ASL.L4.5

Explain perspectives through products of the Deaf culture.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • types of technology used by Deaf individuals.
  • types of art, crafts, and graphic representations produced by the Deaf community.
  • Deaf culture perspective topics target language vocabulary for ASL films and Vlogs.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify and analyze Deaf technology to show Deaf culture perspective examine tangible products to identify Deaf cultural perspectives.
  • understand vocabulary for ASL films and Vlogs.

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.L4.6

Connect with other disciplines while using American Sign Language in a variety of time frames and moods.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • the way to present different types of numbers related to various subjects.
  • appropriate parameters for correctly signing a number.
  • Numerical signs for incorporating numbers.
  • Numerical signs for showing quantity and frequency.
  • Number placement related to meaning.
  • target language vocabulary to present views on various topics.
  • how to research and show the importance of influential Deaf figures.
  • present information using the past, present and future time frames by using space and time signs.
  • present information using grammar to show the appropriate mood.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • present subject related information which includes numbers signed appropriately.
  • use numerical rules to create signs to represent numbers for the correct category and meaning.
  • use past, present, and future time frames to present views on topics in the target language.
  • identify figures in Deaf culture and present information on their importance to the Deaf community and other disciplines.

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.

WL17.ASL.L4.7

Acquire information related to Deaf culture perspectives in a variety of time frames and moods.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • internet sites and publications which report Deaf events.
  • srategies for locating print, online, and television advertisements related to Deaf culture and hearing culture.
  • strategies for analyzing advertisements to show similarities and differences.
  • major Deaf events which impacted the language, social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, values, and/or educational institutions of the Deaf.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • identify internet sites and publications used to report Deaf current events.
  • comprehend and explain information reported concerning Deaf events.
  • show the similarities and differences in Deaf and hearing advertisements.
  • research major Deaf events and relate them to current Deaf culture perspectives and practices.

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.L4.8

Compare characteristics of the target language and their own language in a variety of time frames and moods.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies to identify and use different categories of classifiers.
  • strategies to identify and use different types of non-manual markers, including mouth morphemes.
  • the temporal aspects used in ASL and English.
  • the grammatical structure of sentences in ASL and English.
  • the formation of similar verbs and nouns in ASL.
  • the characteristics of verbs, nouns and pronouns in ASL and English.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • use different types of classifiers and non-manual markers to represent appropriate concepts.
  • use different types of non-manual markers, including mouth morphemes, to represent appropriate concepts.
  • use various temporal aspects of verbs to represent and compare different aspects of the action.
  • identify and list the similarities and differences in syntax, verbs, nouns, and pronouns in ASL and English.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • by learning another language one can better understand how the native language works.
  • 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.L4.9

Compare products, practices, and perspectives of the target culture and their own in a variety of time frames and moods.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • personal experiences of Deaf and hearing cultures.
  • the daily activities experienced in the Deaf culture.
  • art, literature, and film produced by and about the Deaf community and the hearing community.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • show the similarities and differences in personal experiences in growing up as a hearing person and as a Deaf person.
  • identify and compare the daily activities, including the use of technology, in the Deaf and hearing cultures.
  • identify and compare art, literature, and film in the Deaf and hearing cultures.

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.
  • there are products specifically designed for Deaf people.

WL17.ASL.L4.10

Interact using American Sign Language within the classroom and globally in a variety of time frames and moods.

COS Examples

Examples: Exchange information with speakers of ASL in person or virtually in a variety of time frames and moods.

Simulate interactions and personal experiences that would occur in the Deaf culture.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • target language vocabulary and grammatical structures to communicate with native speakers.
  • a variety of tenses and moods to communicate in real-world interactions.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • use target language vocabulary and grammatical structures to communicate with native signers using past, present, and/or future time frame.
  • use role-play or technology to demonstrate Deaf cultural interactions.
  • communicate in a variety of moods.

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.
  • American Sign Language is a life-long learning tool for communication throughout their personal and professional lives.

WL17.ASL.L4.11

Explore opportunities to use American Sign Language beyond the classroom environment in a variety of time frames and moods.

COS Examples

Examples: Establish interpersonal relationships with ASL users.

Explore the internet to find authentic websites of current events and Deaf culture interests.

Attend cultural events or social activities that reflect Deaf culture.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to locate deaf cultural events on the internet on Deaf event sites.
  • target language vocabulary and grammatical structures to communicate with native signers.
  • Deaf organizations/agencies which sponsor Deaf events.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • locate sites which list Deaf social events.
  • locate sites which list interpreted events.
  • communicate with native users with appropriate vocabulary, grammatical structures, time frames, mood, and cultural practices.

Understanding

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