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2025-2026 Academic Catalog
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AMSL 1020 - American Sign Language II
Credits: 3 Lecture: 3 Lab: 0
American Sign Language II is a continuation of an introduction into the world of deafness This course focuses on the basics of American Sign Language, the natural language used by deaf individuals and the deaf community The students will focus on the grammatical structure of ASL and will continue to develop both receptive and expressive skills in ASL The class will focus on vocabulary development such as descriptors, time concepts, direction concepts, verbs in more depth, asking and answering questions, giving explanations, comparing and contrasting Students will also learn to use classifiers, appropriate hand, body and facial gestures in highly practiced situations Deaf culture, its characteristics and Deaf History will also be discussed During this course, students perform better and stronger in the Novice range while some abilities emerge in the Intermediate range
Prerequisite: AMSL 1010
ODHE Transfer: TAG OFL026
Course Classification: B
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