ASL 121 — American Sign Language 1
This is a beginning course in American Sign Language and will provide students with the basic skills and knowledge of the language as used within the American Deaf Community. It will introduce a set of targeted lexical items, combined eye, face and body readiness activities, fingerspelling, conceptualization, and the grammar and syntax of American Sign Language. Receptive skills (reading of signs and fingerspelling) and expressive skills (signing and fingerspelling a person’s own thoughts) are also emphasized as are an introduction to Deaf Culture and the Deaf Community.