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Course Overview

Building on the foundation established in ASL 1, this intermediate course advances the study of American Sign Language (ASL) with an emphasis on enhancing students’ proficiency in using basic ASL sentence structures. ASL 2 delves deeper into the linguistic features of ASL, such as pronominalization, classifiers, spatial referencing, pluralization, and the use of temporal and distributional aspects to convey detailed information. This course aims to expand students’ communicative abilities in ASL, covering essential communicative functions including asking questions, making requests, providing clarification, and giving or asking for directions.

 

Continued exploration of the Deaf Community and Deaf Culture enriches students’ understanding and appreciation, emphasizes culturally appropriate behaviors and interactions, and fosters learning about the history within the Deaf community.

  • ASL 112 will be accepted as a free elective unless the department or program accepts these courses towards the major or minor.
  • Gallaudet undergraduate students who wish to register for ASL 112 will need to obtain permission from the ASL Department. These students would need to take the ASLConnect placement test for placement into these classes.
  • All Gallaudet undergraduate students will take the ASL Screening to be placed into ASL 100 – 102 or ASL 125. Completion of ASL 112 does not guarantee placement into ASL 125.

ASL 111 with a grade of “B” or equivalent, and permission of program coordinator

Program: American Sign Language

Credit: 3

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Contact

  • American Sign Language
  • HMB | 1411
  • BA-ASL@gallaudet.edu
  • masled@gallaudet.edu
  • 202-448-7067
  • 202-250-2043
  • Monday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm
    Tuesday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm
    Wednesday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm
    Thursday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm
    Friday
    9:00 am-5:00 pm