WL17.ASL.L1.8

World Languages (2017) Grade(s): 07-12 - American Sign Language

WL17.ASL.L1.8
Identify characteristics of the Deaf and hearing cultures.

Unpacked Content

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.

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