VCC-CO-20150901

COURSE OUTLINE

Year of Study:

Course History:

School or Centre:

Course Pre-requisites (if applicable):

Course Co-requisites (if applicable):

Name of Replacing Course (if applicable):

PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition)

Effective Date: January 2017

Centre for Language Studies

Replacement Course

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SIGN 3000 6.0

SIGN 2000 or Equivalent

No Yes (details below):

Course Description: This 120 hour course includes vocabulary development, fingerspelled words, numeral incorporation, intermediate structures and grammatical forms of ASL, as well as insight into the culture and community of Deaf people. In addition, laboratory or group practice, drills, exercises, and dialogues to develop the grammatical forms and syntax are included. This course follows the Signing Naturally Units 13-17 curriculum.

Course Number: Number of Credits:

American Sign Language Level 3 Course Name:

VCC-CO-20150901

Course Learning Outcomes:

Instructional Strategies: Lecture Video Pairs Activity Class Interaction Group Discussion

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to: 1. Fingerspell intermediate vocabulary Items. 2. Demonstrate the numbers using advanced numbering systems. 3. Describe locations of things in a room. 4. Describe things around the house. 5. Use appropriate semantic verbs for temporal aspect. 6. Narrate about life events and family history. 7. Narrate about weekend activities. 8. Develop your own stories in ASL Literature.

Program Learning Outcomes:

VCC-CO-20150901

Learning Environment/Type

Instruction Type

L - Classroom

B - Lab (Computer, Chemistry...)

E - Seminar

Hours Per Instruction Type

80

30

10

Comments

Total 120

Components and Weighting of the Assessment/Evaluation Plan:

Evaluation Plan (provide a brief explanation for each component

especially if value exceeds 35%):Type

Other

Other

Midterm Exam

Final Exam

Other

Other

Percentage

5

10

20

20

15

30

Total 100

Pop quizzes

Scheduled quizzes

Group Project

Individual Project

Letter Grades Letter Grade -C

Specify Passing Grade:Specify if 'Other':Grading System

Evaluation/Grading System

Resource Material(s): Resources are items in addition to tuition that the student is responsible for purchasing. Course resource information will be supplied by the department/instructor.

VCC-CO-20150901

Unit 13 - Locating Things Around the House Unit 14 - Complaining, Making Suggestions and Requests Unit 15 - Exchanging Personal Information: Life Events Unit 16 - Describing and Identifying Things Unit 17 - Talking About the Weekend

To find out how this course transfers, visit the BC Transfer Guide at www.bctransferguide.ca.

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VCC Education and Education Support Policies There are a number of Education and Education Support policies that govern your educational

experience at VCC, please familiarize yourself with them. The policies are located on the VCC web site at:

http://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/

Approved by Curriculum Committee: April 19, 2016

Course Topics:

Approved by Education Council: May 10, 2016