American Sign Language

Colleges recognize ASL as a foreign language for credit purposes. Colleges may not accept transfer credit, but students can request to test out of ASL 1. Level V is not offered by GCISD.

American Sign Language I

(Enrollment Based)

Course No. FLA1A

Semesters: 2 Credits: 1

Prerequisite: None

ASL I is a foundational course in vocabulary, grammar structures of ASL, and introduction of Deaf Culture. ASL is the language that the deaf use incorporating signs, facial expressions, gestures and body language. This course teaches receptive and expressive signing, interactive communication, culture, and language concepts. Students will be expected to learn the operation of languages, the study of linguistics and the learning processes involved in acquiring a second language.

American Sign Language II

(Enrollment Based)

Course No. FLA2A

Semesters: 2 Credits: 1

Prerequisite: ASL I

ASL II builds on the foundation laid in ASL I for a more in depth study of vocabulary and grammar, and includes several student presentations in ASL. Students will continue to develop proficiency in receptive and expressive signing, interactive communication, culture, and language concepts. Students will be expected to participate in dialogues about familiar situations using complex sentences and grammatical patterns, short stories, and narratives. Linguistic and cultural elements of signing will continue to be studied in greater depth.

American Sign Language III

(Enrollment Based)

Course No. FLA3A

Semesters: 2 Credits: 1

Prerequisite: ASL II

ASL III continues to develop proficiency in receptive and expressive signing, interactive communication, culture, and language concepts. Students will continue to learn the complexities of specific grammatical features of ASL. Prepared dialogues will be used as a vehicle for providing the student with contextual exposure and practice of targeted grammatical features. Students are accountable for mastery of increasingly more complex features across the same range of linguistic behaviors.

American Sign Language IV - Independent Study

(Enrollment Based)

Course No. FLA4A

Semesters: 2 Credits: 1

Prerequisite: ASL III

Students will continue to master proficiency in receptive and expressive signing, interactive communication, culture, and language concepts in ASL IV. Students will continue to learn the complexities of specific grammatical features of ASL. Students will gain proficiency in translation skills both from English to ASL and ASL to English. Students will have opportunities to participate in deaf cultural events and a variety of interpretation platforms while also providing support to beginning level students through peer teaching. A community service project to benefit the deaf community will be the capstone assignment for this course.