ASL 301 - Online Virtual, Tuesdays, July 9 - Sept 10, 2024, 6 PM - 9 PM

Important Notice: Course dates are Tuesdays, July 9, 2024 - Sept 10, 2024, 6 PM - 9 PM

All classes are online via Zoom

Eligibility: This course is open to ages 16+

This 10-week course is the fifth in the series of American Sign Language classes. This course is designed to help students develop essential skills needed to tell a story successfully. Students learn ways of using role shift to help enhance the story; they learn the importance of maintaining spatial agreement when using role shift; they learn to sequence classifiers in order to fully describe what happened; they learn to time their reactions to coincide with falls, trips or other types of mishaps; and they learn to elaborate on the story by giving descriptions, sharing thoughts, and giving reasons.

ASL 301 is also the first of several translation units designed to help students develop good interpretations of written information. Specific grammar structures are introduced to help students organize the essential information to show the relationship and relevance of the information presented. Because of the concise nature of each fact, students need to learn how to analyze the fact to understand clearly what the fact means. Students learn to explain, rephrase, demonstrate, or draw conclusions to clearly present the fact in ASL structures minimizing English influence. Factual information is divided into four categories: percentages/fractions, listing/ranking, comparisons, illustrating a fact.

Pre-requisite:

Successful completion of ASL104 or recommendation by way of a placement test.

A “no-voice” teaching method is used to reinforce the learning experience. You'll learn through virtual classroom instruction and role-play, as well as videotext and a workbook. The videotext and workbook supplement and reinforce the virtual classroom instruction so you can review, practice and retain what you learn.

Our qualified Deaf instructors use Signing Naturally, a sign language curriculum that teaches both ASL and Deaf culture to help you better understand the communication needs of the Deaf community.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: please register as soon as possible to avoid course cancellations due to insufficient registrations. In some cases, we may reduce the number of course hours to accommodate smaller registration numbers. We do this so that the course can continue for the benefit of our students’ progress. If there is a change, we will notify you.

VIDEOTEXT :

• Students in Ontario: Videotext is included in your registration fee and will be shipped to you.
• Students outside Ontario: Videotext is not included in your registration fee. Order your videotext Signing Naturally Level 3 Student Set online at:

https://www.dawnsign.com/products/details/signing-naturally-level-3-student-set

CLASS CANCELLATION PROTOCOL:

Class Cancellation Protocol: notifications will be sent by email by 3 PM on the day of cancellation, with a request to acknowledge receipt. In cases where an acknowledgment is not received, a follow-up phone call will be made. Please check your email, and voice mail and ensure that the office has your updated email and phone numbers. A make-up date will be added at the end of the schedule. A class missed by a student cannot be made up at any other time or in any other session. Tutoring services are available by contacting the office and the fee is $50 per hour.

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Please contact asleducation@chs.ca

What's the refund policy?

A full refund of the registration cost will be provided up to five (5) business days before the course begins. In extenuating circumstances, you can submit a written request for consideration after the course begins, but before the start of the second class. If approved, 50% of your registration cost will be returned. No refund will be provided after the 2nd class. Note that no refunds or returns are permitted on student materials after they have been delivered to the student. Please email asleducation@chs.ca for more information.