WL17.ASL.L4.2

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

Students know:

target language vocabulary related to daily activities and school related topics.
strategies to identify gestures, non-manual markers, visual cues, and selected classifiers to restate the communicate message accurately.
strategies to identify and understand cultural nuances in various products.
how the expressive products of Deaf culture preserve the language.

Students are able to:

view messages in the target language and restate information about daily activities and school related topics.
view messages in the target language and use the information given by gestures, non-manual markers, visual cues, and classifiers to restate information accurately.
view expressive products of the Deaf culture and identify and show an understanding of cultural nuances of Deaf culture such as symbolism and signing styles.
identify how the products of Deaf culture preserve the language.

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.
ASL can be used to engage in conversations to share information.
interpersonal communication requires the knowledge of linguistic elements.