Beginning Sign Language 1
Course Information
Dates: The class is offered Fall and Spring semester. Specific dates and times will be announced. The class meets for a total of 10 sessions.
- Spring 2008 - January 28 - April 21, 2008; Registration ends Wednesday, January 23.
Meeting times: Mondays 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Instructor: Miss Nancy Snook
Cost: $100
This fee includes the cost of the course, and a signing dinner.
Nature of the Course
The purpose of this non-credit course is to introduce students to the basic skills in recognizing current signs used to communicate both expressively and receptively with deaf people. The text Signing Naturally Level 1 is recommended, but not required.
Course Outline
| Lesson 1 | Introducing oneself, asking questions, Numbers 1-10 |
| Lesson 2 | Exchanging personal information, agent marker, negation |
| Lesson 3 | Talking about surroundings, asking/telling where, correcting information |
| Lesson 4 | Real-world orientation, non-manual markers, numbers 11-15 |
| Lesson 5 | Telling where you live, asking/telling how you come to class, HOW questions |
| Lesson 6 | Real-world orientation, noun-verb pairs, numbers 16-20 |
| Lesson 7 | Talking about your family, asking/telling about marital status, children, and siblings |
| Lesson 8 | Possessive pronouns, negative responses, contrastive structure, numbers 21-25 |
| Lesson 9 | Telling about activities, apologizing, giving reasons and opinions |
| Lesson 10 | A signing dinner |
