Throughout this course, you will be completing several types of assignments to help build your ASL skills and discover the values and characteristics of the ASL course.
Homework SN Assignments (10%)
Respond to teachers' questions (10%)
Comprehension Practice Quizzes (10%)
Production Conversation Practice (10%)
Interactive Dialogue Activities(10%)
Production Narrative Assignments(Video) (20%)
Cultural Knowledge Exams(10%)
Units 1- 5 Comprehension Assessment (10%)
Units 1 - 5 Production Assessment (10%)
Assignments from Signing Naturally E-Book Units 1-6 will be completed weekly in Canvas. These assignments are designed to retain and reinforce what is learned in the ASL Course.
Respond to Teachers' Questions Assignments
You are required to participate in responding to the teacher's 1-3 questions for each unit. There are six units, which means you will be participating throughout the semester. The instructor will give instructions in ASL as to what is expected in your video participation at GoReact.
Comprehension Practice Quizzes
This is designed to retain and reinforce what is learned in the online course. You will demonstrate your comprehension skills by watching signers. At each prompt, you will post your answers to the assignment in the Canvas quiz. The questions may also be drawn from the reading/viewing of the Signing Naturally assignments/videos, lecture videos, examples of key phrases, and vocabulary.
Conversation Production Practice
The production activities that you are required to participate in an activity for each week.
This is a great way to practice your new signing skills, as well as for me to begin learning names. This is also to help you break the ice and to get to know your classmates; this class is a learning community! Your experience will be so much more richer and fulfilling if you make connections with your classmates. The teacher will give instructions as to what is expected in your video participation.
Active participation has been shown to result in greater assimilation of the skills of American Sign Language thereby improving course grade
Interactive Dialogue Activities
You are required to participate in an interactive dialogue for each unit. There are five units, which means you will be participating throughout the semester. The instructor will give instructions in ASL as to what is expected in your interactive/dialogue video participation at GoReact. If the unit closes and you have not participated, you will receive a zero.
Production Narrative Assignments
You are to complete five narratives;
- Unit 1 Introduction Narrative
- Unit 2 Your Language Background Narrative
- Unit 3 Autobiography Narrative
- Unit 4 Your Family Narrative
- Unit 5 Weekend Narrative
Units 1 - 5 Comprehension Assessment
Unit comprehension tests will cover all material presented to that point of the online class. They will include information from quizzes, SN Homework, lectures, vocabulary videos, examples of key phrases as well as your receptive skills.
Units 1 - 5 Production Assessment
The production test at the end of each unit in Signing Naturally. You will translate the sentence into ASL then you record your signing video at GoReact in Canvas.
Cultural Knowledge Assessment
Culture and Grammar: Pre-Unit and Units 1-5
Self-Assessment
There is a self-assessment for each unit. It is solely for your assessment, to ensure that you are meeting the expectations for each unit and accompanying coursework. Your overall grade will not be affected.
Subject to Change
Any changes to the syllabus and course schedule will be posted in Canvas.
Grading Scale
100 - 97 = A+
96 -93 = A
92 - 90 = A-
89 - 87= B+
86 - 83 = B
82 - 80 = B-
79 - 77 = C+
76 - 70 = C
69 - 67 = D+
66 - 63 = D
62 - 60 = D-
59 - 0 = F