Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- strategies to recognize target language vocabulary in live or recorded ASL presentations or narratives.
- strategies to identify the main characters, themes, and ideas.
- what is a non-manual cue/non-manual marker (NMM).
- how meaning of a NMM influences the meaning of the sign, sentence, or concept.
- strategies for comprehension of time expressions, including numbers, used to show the present tense.
Skills
Students are able to:
- view a live or recorded ASL narrative or presentation and identify the main characters, themes, and ideas.
- view a live or recorded ASL presentation and identify words, phrases, and simple sentences.
- view a live or recorded ASL presentation and locate and interpret the meanings of the NMMs.
- comprehend time expressions, including numbers, used to show the present 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.
