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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Fall 2024 |
| Registration ID | LINGH011A001 |
| Course Title | American Sign Language I |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Linguistics |
| Instructor | Parenti,Kaitlyn |
| Times and Days | TTh 05:30pm-06:55pm
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| Room Location | STO207 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2690 Introduction to learning and understanding American Sign Language (ASL), and the cultural values and rules of behavior of the American Deaf community. Includes receptive and expressive readiness activities; sign vocabulary; grammatical structure; facial expressions (emotional & grammatical), body/spatial movement, gestures; receptive and expressive fingerspelling; and deaf culture do's and don'ts. Specific concepts/topics include the number/letter basics, identifying people, activities, places, and family. This course is funded by Mellon Together with Humanities Grant. Can count towards Haverford's Language Requirement.; Pre-requisite(s): WRPR 118 (can also be a co-requisite) or instructor consent.; Lottery Preference: This course is funded by the Mellon Together with Humanities grant and may be offered for up to three years. It is funded under the schema of "course cluster" and will be in a cluster with a first year writing seminar on Disability and Difference.; Enrollment Limit: 20.00 Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (; Hav: HU, A) |
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