Course Outline

Course Title: American Sign Language

Course Number: LANG 1
Course Hours: 45 hours
Academic School: School of General Arts & Science
Faculty: Jennifer Endicott jennifer.endicott@flemingcollege.ca
Program Co-ordinator
Or Equivalent: Lisa Stefaniak lstefani@flemingc.on.ca
Dean or Chair: Maxine Mann mamann@flemingc.on.ca
Approval Date:
Academic Year: 2014
This information should be taken directly from the most recent approved course outline.
Please do not make editorial changes to this information.

Course Description:

Prerequisites:
Corequisites:

Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be to:
1. Demonstrate use of basic daily communication
2. Display basic skill level in exchanging information
3. Examine the immediate environment for giving simple directions
4. Fingerspelling, cardinal numbers (up to 66) and basic classifiers

Learning Resources
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Required: New Edition Signing Naturally Units 1-6 (level 1) Student workbook which includes
two DVD discs.

NOTE: This information is static and should not be edited at this time.

Student Success: Policies and Procedures

Mutually, faculty and learners will support and adhere to college Academic Regulations, and Student
Rights and Responsibilities. The following policies and guidelines have been developed to support the
learning process.
Please click on the link for information about:

Student Rights and Responsibilities

(flemingcollege.ca/PDF/Student-Rights-And-Responsibilities.pdf)

Academic Regulations
(flemingcollege.ca/PDF/Fleming-College-Academic-Regulations.pdf)

Guidelines for Professional Practice: Students and Faculty

(flemingcollege.ca/PDF/guidelines-for-professional-practice-students-faculty.pdf)

Program Standards
The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities over ar programs of instruction offered by colleges
across the province. Each program standard for a postsecondary sees the development and the review of
standards for programs of instruction. Each college is required to ensure that its programs and program
delivery are consistent with these standards, and must assist students to achieve these essential
outcomes.
This course contributes to Program Standards as defined by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and
Universities (MTCU). Program standards apply to all simil program includes the following elements:

Vocational standards (the vocationally specific learning outcomes which apply to the program of
instruction in question);

Essential employability skills (the essential employability skills learning outcomes which apply
to all programs of instruction); and

General education requirement (the requirement for general education in postsecondary

programs of instruction that contribute to the development of citizens who are conscious of the
diversity, complexity and richness of the human experience; and, the society in which they live
and work).

Collectively, these elements outline the essential skills and knowledge that a student must reliably
demonstrate in order to graduate from the program. For further information on the standards for your
program, follow the MTCU link (www.tcu.gov.on.ca/pepg/audiences/colleges/progstan/)

Detail Plan
Term: 2014 Winter

Learning Plan
Wks/Hrs
Units

Topics, Resources, Learning

Activities

Learning
Outcomes

Assessment

Basic
knowledge of
Deaf Culture

Week 1

Pre-unit Quiz and discussion of Deaf

Culture

Week 2

Unit #1 part 1 Getting to Know You,

Cardinal numbers 1-10 and 11-15,
Fingerspelling: Fist letters, Same or
Different, Asking Who, and Specifying
Where

Week 3

Unit #1 part 2 Review, Giving

commands: objects in the classroom,
following instructions, and Culture:
Getting Attention

Week 4

Unit #2 part 1 Giving information about

yourself, Cardinal numbers 16-19 and
20-29, Identifying locations, Narrating
experiences with languages,
Fingerspelling: UP letters, Talking about
Leisure activities, and Describing three
type of shapes

Week 5

Unit #2 part 2 Review, Identifying

People, Fingerspelling: Double letters,
and Culture: Negotiating a Signing
Environment

Week 6

Review units 1 & 2, and Quiz

Quiz for Unit #2

Week 7

Receptive Skills Written Mid-Term

Mid-Term

Week 8

READING WEEK

BREAK week

Week 9

Unit #3 part 1 Telling Where One

Lives, Giving Commands,
Communicating with the Face, and
Fingerspelling: Moving letter Z

Week 10

Unit #3 part 2 Discussing Ones

Residence, Giving Basic Directions:
Around the Classroom, Identifying
Which Square 1, and Cardinal numbers
30-66

Week 11

Quiz for Unit #1

Unit #3 part 3 Talking about

Roommates and Pets, Giving Basic
Directions: Expressing Needs,
Fingerspelling: Down letters and Telling

Wks/Hrs
Units

Topics, Resources, Learning

Activities

Learning
Outcomes

Assessment

How Long
Week 12

Unit #3 part 4 Travelling to School or

Work, Identifying Which Square 2,
Asking What is the Sign, and Reviewing
Cardinal numbers

Week 13

Review dialogues of all units learned

and Unit #3 Quiz

Review, and Unit

#3 Quiz

Week 14

Final ASL Receptive Exam

Written/Receptive
Skills ASL exam

Week 15

Final ASL Expressive Exam

Expressive Skills
ASL exam

Assessment Requirements
Assessment Task
Date/Weeks

Course
Learning
Outcome

Percentage

3 Quizzes (5% each)

Week 4, 6 & 13

15%

Mid-Term

Week 7

10%

ASL Written Receptive Skills Exam

Week 14

10%

ASL Expressive Skills Exam

Week 15

30%

Homework completion in students

workbook

Due by Week 6
and 12

10%

Deaf Culture Assignment

Due by Week 11

10%

Attedance (10%) and Participation (5%) are

necessary because ASL is a visual
Throughout the
language and to acquire those skills you
course
have to use your vision. (Demonstrating
cultural skills)

15%

Additional Assessment Comments:

Evaluate Student Class Participation: must attend every class to get full benefit of ASL, Signing
Naturally ASL 101 Skills, and the Deaf Culture.
Evaluate Student Class Attendance: check students attendance at every class. Must complete
10 of the 15 week program (weeks 4 through 13) and attend the full three hour classes.
Criteria for Participation:
- Show up for each class
- Return on time from breaks
- Follow no-voice rule
- Active participation in pair dialogue
- Active participation in classroom exercise

ASL Expressive Skills Exam: approximately 10-15 minutes while recorded. Video will be kept
confidential with the Instructor.
A minimum of 60% is required before moving up to the next course through Continuing
Education only.
A minimum of 50% is required for post-secondary credit.
Homework: to be done individually to gain better knowledge and skills of ASL. It is students
responsibility to complete Units 1-3, and hand in their workbook to the teacher by week 6 and
week 12.

Exemptions Contact: contact the school operations liaison in room 5922.

NOTE: This information is static and should not be edited at this time.

Prior Learning and Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)

PLAR uses tools to help learners reflect on, identify, articulate, and demonstrate past learning which has
been acquired through study, work and other life experiences and which is not recognized through formal
transfer of credit mechanisms. PLAR options include authentic assessment activities designed by faculty
that may include challenge exams, portfolio presentations, interviews, and written assignments. Learners
may also be encouraged and supported to design an individual documentation package that would meet
the learning requirements of the course. Any student who wishes to have any prior learning acquired
through life and work experience assessed, so as to translate it into a college credit, may initiate the
process by applying through the Registrar's office. For more information please click on the following link:
http://flemingcollege.ca/admissions/prior-learning-assessment-and-recognition
It is the responsibility of the student to retain this course outline for future reference. Course outlines may
be required to support applications for advanced standing and credit transfer to other educational
institutions, portfolio development, PLAR and accreditation with professional associations.

Course Specific Policies and Procedures

It is the responsibility of the student to retain this course outline for future reference. Course
outlines may be required to support applications for advanced standing and credit transfer to
other educational institutions, portfolio development, PLAR and accreditation with professional
associations.
1. ASL is a visual language and must be learned that way, therefore voice is strongly discouraged
in the classroom.
2. Regular attendance is critical to learn the language.
3. There is a 15 minute break mid-way through each class.
4. Students are responsible for punctuality as the instructor will not hold up the class for those
who are late returning.
5. Students are expected to work individually, in pairs and in a group (unless told by Instructor)
to complete classroom assignments. As for homework assignments, students are expected to
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work individually unless told otherwise by the Instructor.

6. Tests must be written with the class unless arrangements have previously been made.
7. Workbook completion (Units 1-3) are the student's responsibility and handed in to the teacher
by week 6 and week 12.
LEARNING SUCCESS STRATEGIES
We encourage students who require learning accommodations to bring their accommodation
requirements to the attention of your professor at the beginning of the semester so that we can
better meet your needs.
ACADEMIC BEHAVIOUR
The student will conduct him/herself in a respectful, responsible fashion. Should the professor
deem that the student is impeding the academic process, the right of exclusion from classroom or
field activities may be exercised. Please refer to the Student Rights and Responsibilities
document.
LATE POLICY
You must submit/present all written/oral assignments on their assigned dates unless you make
specific arrangements in writing/voice mail/E-mail with your professor prior to the due date in
question. In the case of an emergency, make arrangements (in writing, if necessary) immediately
upon your return.
Your professor will make special arrangements for valid reasons only, and your professor may
require documentation of your absence. Other extenuating circumstances will be discussed on an
individual basis.
A penalty of 10% per day, including weekends as two days, will be applied to an assignment not
submitted by the original or extended due date. An assignment more than three days late will
receive a grade of zero ("0").
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The College views very seriously any form of academic dishonesty, such as plagiarism,
submission of work for which credit has already been received; cheating, impersonation;
falsification or fabrication of data; the acquisition of confidential materials, e.g., examination
papers; misrepresentation of facts; altering transcripts or other official documents.
Breaches of academic integrity will be dealt with accordingly and shall be reported by the
Professor, in writing, to the Registrar. If the Registrar discovers that the student has already been
penalized for plagiarism, he/she shall recommend the appropriate penalty to the Dean/Principal
of the appropriate School:
The professor will:
1st offence at the College
assign a mark of 0 for the evaluated activity
2nd offence at the College
a mark of 0 for the course in which the second offence at Fleming occurred
3rd offence at the College
suspension from the College for a year
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4th offence at the College

permanent expulsion from the College
PLAGIARISM
In essence, plagiarism is the submission for credit of work taken without due documentation
from an existing source. One form of plagiarism involves direct incorporation, without proper
credit, of phrases, passages of text, images, or data of any kind from an existing source. A second
form involves using data or information without proper credit (even though the incorporated
information is paraphrased or otherwise not in direct form).
A plagiarized assignment will receive a grade of zero.
The following site is recommended to review the mechanics of citing sources.
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Know the course and college rules about plagiarism Section 6.6.0 of Flemings Academic
Regulations.