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

WL17.ASL.L2.4

Identify perspectives through practices of the Deaf culture.

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.
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