WL17.ASL.L4.8

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

WL17.ASL.L4.8
Compare characteristics of the target language and their own language in a variety of time frames and moods.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

strategies to identify and use different categories of classifiers.
strategies to identify and use different types of non-manual markers, including mouth morphemes.
the temporal aspects used in ASL and English.
the grammatical structure of sentences in ASL and English.
the formation of similar verbs and nouns in ASL.
the characteristics of verbs, nouns and pronouns in ASL and English.

Skills

Students are able to:

use different types of classifiers and non-manual markers to represent appropriate concepts.
use different types of non-manual markers, including mouth morphemes, to represent appropriate concepts.
use various temporal aspects of verbs to represent and compare different aspects of the action.
identify and list the similarities and differences in syntax, verbs, nouns, and pronouns in ASL and English.

Understanding

Students understand that:

by learning another language one can better understand how the native language works.
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.

Aligned Learning Resources

ASL Using Classifiers to Describe What Happened

Design by Adaptive Theme