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15.9 CURRICULUM: New World Language Course: American Sign Language IV (meets A-G requirement “E”) |
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Enclosure:
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Summary:
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The District's Educational Services Department has recommended updates in our district-wide course catalog. When a course is discovered to be needed to meet student needs, that department team works together to create a course of study. The American Sign Language IV course will allow students not ready for American Sign Language IV Honors to be still eligible for the State Seal of Biliteracy/Multiliteracy award. The American Sign Language IV course meets the CSU/UC A-G graduation requirements of "E" World Languages.
American Sign Language IV students will continue to develop advanced-level skills in signing and incomprehension of signs while deepening their familiarity with the grammatical features of ASL. The course expands the expressive and receptive vocabulary necessary to increase ASL proficiency. It will increase visual perception, visual memory, signed fluency, and length of signed interactions to enable prolonged conversations with a Deaf person. The student will gain increased knowledge of Deaf culture, including art and literature. Students will also become familiar with well-known Deaf individuals and historical events. The course will include developing skills for interpreting (sign-to-voice and voice-to-sign) and will be demonstrated during live school-sponsored events.
The purpose of this course is to increase students' receptive and expressive skills through storytelling and interpreting voice-to-sign and sign-to-voice in live settings. Students learn appropriate cultural behaviors for directing and maintaining attention, and a way of communicating that keeps others informed. Students are expected to create and maintain spontaneous use of the language to communicate life experiences and events. |
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Recommendation
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It is recommended that the Board of Trustees receive, for its review and consideration, as part of the first reading, the new world language course: American Sign Language IV. |
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Dr. Shannyn Cahoon - Director - Curriculum and Instruction |
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Kindylee Mackamul - Interim Assistant Superintendent |
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Grant Bennett - Superintendent |
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