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WL17.ASL.NHP.5

Link American Sign Language and other subject areas to acquire information and develop diverse cultural perspectives.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • age-appropriate ASL vocabulary that applies to school content outside the ASL classroom.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • use age-appropriate ASL vocabulary that applies to school content outside the ASL classroom.

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.NHP.6

Investigate, analyze, and reflect on similarities and differences between American Sign Language and English.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • ASL has no widely accepted written form.
  • idiomatic expressions are found in both English and ASL.
  • what register means in reference to language.
  • English and ASL often have different word order.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • compare similarities and differences in writing systems of ASL and English.
  • recognize some simple idiomatic expressions in ASL and English.
  • recognize ASL and English has different patterns of communication.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • by learning another language one can better understand how the native language works.
  • other understandings will depend on theme taught.

WL17.ASL.NHP.7

Investigate, analyze, and reflect on similarities and differences between Deaf and hearing cultures.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies to hypothesize about relationships between cultural practices and cultural perspectives.
  • how to identify Deaf culture patterns of behavior in a variety of settings.
  • strategies to speculate as to why certain products originate in the Deaf culture.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • hypothesize about relationships between cultural practices and cultural perspectives.
  • identify Deaf culture patterns of behavior in a variety of settings.
  • speculate as to why certain products originate in the Deaf culture.

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.

WL17.ASL.NHP.8

Acquire the ability to interact in the Deaf community beyond the classroom and set goals for life-long learning.

COS Examples

Examples: Attend or use media to view events that highlight the Deaf community and ASL.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • there are places where Deaf people and hearing signers meet for social interaction.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • connect with Deaf people outside of the classroom in real or virtual ways.

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.

WL17.ASL.ILP.1

Exchange simple information in American Sign Language.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • the signs for ASL vocabulary taught.
  • to use eye gaze for viewing ASL.
  • NMMs for asking simple questions.
  • basic conversational turn taking rules in ASL.
  • combinations of vocabulary to help create and express basic sentences in ASL.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • converse on familiar topics using basic sentences.
  • ask and answer simple questions on factual information familiar to the student.
  • understand viewed basic ASL statements and questions.
  • retell information with basic details on what is viewed.
  • create and express a series of basic sentences on familiar topics.

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.
  • other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.

WL17.ASL.ILP.2

Demonstrate an understanding of live and recorded American Sign Language information presented on familiar topics.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • strategies for understanding taught ASL vocabulary in a video or live presentation.
  • strategies to describe with some details the main theme of viewed ASL.
  • strategies to find basic information in recorded ASL.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • react to signed information on a current issue.
  • describe with some details main themes of viewed ASL about a topic of interest.
  • find basic information in recorded ASL.

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.
  • other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.

WL17.ASL.ILP.3

Present information to an audience of viewers in American Sign Language.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • appropriate use of eye gaze for a presentation.
  • correct production of ASL vocabulary on familiar topics.
  • correct ASL grammar for simple sentences.
  • a basic story or joke in ASL.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • present information to an audience of viewers.
  • present information on familiar topics using a variety of simple sentences.
  • present a basic story, joke, or dramatic reading.
  • present in a basic way about topics of interest.

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.
  • other understandings will depend on the theme being taught.
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