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
- Folder or spiral notebook with pockets.
- Signing Naturally Units 7-12 Student Workbook with DVD/online subscription
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.