ASL 101 American Sign Language Level 1
ASL I is a beginning course of American Sign Language, the natural language used by Deaf people and the Deaf community. ASL I is taught with the assumption that the student has no previous knowledge of American Sign Language. This course focuses on the grammatical structure of ASL, including receptive and expressive skills. Students will learn the alphabet/fingerspelling, numbers/counting, how to introduce themselves, give personal information and describe everyday situations using basic vocabulary, grammar, and non-manual behaviors. They will also learn conversational strategies. Students will come to understand ASL as a language unto itself and as the common thread providing the basis for group cohesion and identity for the Deaf community and Deaf culture.