Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- strategies to use various and appropriate attention-getting techniques.
- strategies to use various and appropriate eye gaze to show meaning in ASL.
- strategies to negotiate a signing environment by entering, going between, and moving to be seen better, etc.
- strategies to demonstrate different communicate strategies used with the hearing community.
- celebrations in the Deaf community and can describe the Deaf community perspectives/viewpoints related to these.
Skills
Students are able to:
- use appropriate attention-getting techniques for a single individual or a third person's attention.
- use eye gaze to show meaning and maintain communication appropriately.
- negotiate a signing environment with various numbers of ASL signers.
- describe and list strategies to communicate with the hearing community.
- identify celebrations and describe how these affect the perspectives of the Deaf community.
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.
