Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- some English idioms and their meaning.
- some ASL idioms and their meaning.
- the meaning of formal and informal registers and when they are used.
- how to use past, present, and future tense in English.
- how to use past, present, and future tense in ASL.
- time oriented cultures.
- event oriented cultures.
Skills
Students are able to:
- understand some English idioms.
- understand some ASL idoioms.
- compare idiomatic expressions of ASL and their own.
- compare formal and informal registers of language.
- compare the use of different time frames in ASL and Deaf culture.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- by learning another language one can better understand how the native language works.
- other understandings will depend on theme taught.
