Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- ASL has linguistic features which are not present in English.
- strategies to identify ASL parameters.
- strategies to identify meaning changes with parameter changes.
- strategies to create facial expressions to match the non-manual markers.
- strategies to use non-manual markers to create questions.
- strategies to use non-manual markers (basic mouth morphemes) to add descriptive meaning.
- strategies to differentiate personal and possessive pronouns.
- when to use personal and possessive pronouns.
Skills
Students are able to:
- identify the ASL parameters of location, movement, and non-manual markers.
- show how to use non-manual markers for questions and descriptive meanings.
- demonstrate the appropriate use of personal and possessive pronouns 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.
- American Sign Language has linguistic features which have no equal in English.
- ASL is a visual language which uses facial expressions for grammar.
