2024-2025 School Year

American Sign Language 2 Honors GVL

Course Description

ASL 2 picks up where ASL 1 left off. ASL 2 focuses on the same functional, skill building, and comprehension approaches from ASL 1, only more advanced. Key dialogues, narratives, and vocabulary lead to student excellence. ASL 2 integrates culture and language learning, with culture lessons in every unit to expand students’ understanding of Deaf world. ASL 2 is an immersion class, with more focus on using visual language to communicate, and on maintaining a silent classroom.

To be successful in this class:

A student must be able to maintain a silent classroom and devote time each day at home to practice the language and do homework (2-3 hours/week).

Grades: 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade

Fees: $465

Prerequisites:

ASL 1

Course Credit: 1 foreign language (honors)

Required Materials

Honors Addendum Summary

All honors students will complete:

1. Extra homework assignments

2. Extra Test Questions

3.  An additional short presentation signing in front of the class

4. One assignment each semester from a list provided by the teacher. Possible assignments include biographical paper, oral presentation, job shadowing and write reflection paper, view a movie and write reflection paper, and field trip to a deaf event and write reflection paper.

Specific assignments and details for honors work will be provided by the teacher.

Meet Caitlyn Anderson

Education:  BA Degree in ASL

Experience:  1 year teaching ESL, 3 years tutoring in ASL, and 5 years working for the public schools as an interpreter, language facilitator, and substitute teacher of the Deaf.  Was homeschooled and plan to homeschool my own kids when we have them.

UHC courses taught:

  • ASL 1
  • ASL 2

Began teaching at UHC in 2023