Integrates and refines expressive and receptive skills in American Sign Language (ASL), including recognition of sociolinguistic variation. A practice-oriented approach to language acquisition with demonstration of more sophisticated grammatical features of American Sign Language (ASL). Increases fluency and accuracy in fingerspelling and numbers.

Required Texts/Materials/Websites: 

1. ACC course Blackboard - https://acconline.austincc.edu (Use your ACCeID to login)
2. TRUE+WAY ASL e-Workbook: Unit 15, 16, 17, & 18** with Dictionary. Third Edition

• • First, go to the Blackboard and start with the TRUE+WAY ASL (TWA) student join link to connect your workbook directly to the course. The ‘TWA student join link’ will be posted in the Blackboard Announcement. You will do most, if not all, of assignments, quizzes, and tests in there. 
  • When you register for the eWorkbook, you will be prompted to pay or put in codes (you can pay directly or get codes from the ACC bookstore).
  • **You need to get all 4 units otherwise, the link will not work. 
  • Note: When you first set up an account with TRUE+WAY ASL, be sure to use your first and last name. 

1. GoReact app, an online video recording feedback tool platform [ACC license - no cost to students. Be sure you use your ACC Gmail!

• • This is a separate application from TRUE+WAY ASL. But do this inside TWA eWorkbook with your first video assignment, you will be prompted to create your GoReact account within TWA eWorkbook, and you must use your ACC Gmail address. Under any circumstances, do not go to the GoReact.com's website. The GoReact app is inside the TWA eWorkbook.

The invitation links will be posted in the Blackboard Announcement before the semester starts. 

Additional websites:

1. 1. ASLIT Lab, https://pss.austincc.edu/aslit/lab/#
   2. “Like” the Austin Community College: ASL & Interpreter Training Facebook page
       (for ASLIT and/or Deaf community-related notifications)

Course Outline:

Unit 15 History

Unit 15.1: US and Canadian History

Unit 15.2: US and Canadian Deaf History

Unit 15.3: Breaking Records

Unit 15.4: Museums and Historical Tours

Unit 16 The Human Body

Unit 16.1: External Parts

Unit 16.2: Internal Parts

Unit 16.3: Medical Procedures

Unit 16.4: Personal Hygiene

Unit 17 Sports and Activities

Unit 17.1: It's all about the Movement

Unit 17.2: Individual Sports and Activities

Unit 17.3: Team and Competitive Sports

Unit 17.4: Sporting Facts and Statistics

Unit 18 Animals and Terrains

Unit 18.1: How Animals Move

Unit 18.2: Mammals, Birds, & Arthropods

Unit 18.3: Fish, Reptiles, & Amphibians

Unit 18.4: Interesting Animal Facts

A. Vocabulary Development

1. The student will be exposed to a targeted set of vocabulary items.

2. Given a set of targeted vocabulary items drawn from course items and videos, the student will demonstrate comprehensive mastery of vocabulary items.

3. Students will be able to expand ASL vocabulary and the ability to utilize ASL expansion strategies when specific vocabulary is unknown.

B. Grammatical Features 

1. Grammatical features of ASL will be utilized in all conversational exchanges and class exercises. Student is encouraged not to think in English form.   

2. The student will demonstrate expressive mastery of dialogues and short sentences narratives and/or stories utilizing ASL grammatical features.

C. Conversational Skills

1. The student will demonstrate receptive competence for relatively short narratives, stories, and so forth in ASL that are told by the professor and/or Deaf – ASL natives and ASL fellow classmates.

2. The student will demonstrate the ability to initiate, conduct and terminate context-specific conversations with Deaf-ASL natives or ASL other than the professor.

3. The student will demonstrate the ability to express self-generated stories, narratives, and others in ASL.

D. Cultural Awareness

1. The student will read/see information on Deaf Americans, ASL, and it's history. The student is responsible for the cultural notes and information from lectures discussed in class, TRUE+WAY ASL, films, and assigned tasks.

2. The student will continue to be exposed to Deaf culture/Language use. Student is responsible for Culture Notes in the workbook, videotapes shown in the course module, and cultural information presented in discussions.