Course ID:  500101
YR
Course Name: American Sign Language I
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): NONE

What's Next: American Sign Language II

American Sign Language I is an introduction to the language and the culture. The main emphasis is on communication while developing receptive and productive skills. The student will be guided in recognizing the interrelationships of languages and will develop a cultural appreciation of the deaf world. The expected outcome of this course will be developing novice mid –novice high proficiency. This course is conducted in ASL (without voice) a significant amount of time.

Course ID:  500201
YR
Course Name: American Sign Language II
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): American Sign Language I

What's Next: American Sign Language II

American Sign Language II continues to develop communicative skills. The major emphasis is on developing receptive and productive language skills. Expansion of vocabulary and grammatical structures continues, and further exploration of Deaf Culture will be addressed and explored. The expected outcome of this course will be developing novice high –intermediate low proficiency. This course is conducted in ASL (without voice) a significant amount of time.

Course ID:  500301
Yr
Course Name: American Sign Language III Honors
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): American Sign Language I and American Sign Language II

What's Next: NONE

American Sign Language III Honors continues to build upon student’s expressive and receptive language and vocabulary skills. Learning to recognize and produce ASL sentences using grammatical features such as location classifiers, quantifiers, temporal aspect inflection, and spatial agreement will be emphasized. Students continue the cultural exploration of the Deaf Community.The expected outcome of this course will be developing intermediate low to intermediate mid proficiency. This course is conducted in ASL (without voice) for a significant amount of time.

Course ID:  500111
YR
Course Name: American Sign Language I GM
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 9, 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): ARD Placement

What's Next: American Sign Language II

American Sign Language I is an introduction to the language and the culture. The main emphasis is on communication while developing receptive and productive skills. The student will be guided in recognizing the interrelationships of languages and will develop a cultural appreciation of the deaf world. The expected outcome of this course will be developing novice mid –novice high proficiency. This course is conducted in ASL (without voice) a significant amount of time.

Course ID:  500211
YR
Course Name: American Sign Language II GM
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 10, 11, 12

Required Prerequisite(s): ARD Placement, American Sign Language I

What's Next: NONE

American Sign Language II continues to develop communicative skills. The major emphasis is on developing receptive and productive language skills. Expansion of vocabulary and grammatical structures continues, and further exploration of Deaf Culture will be addressed and explored. The expected outcome of this course will be developing novice high –intermediate low proficiency. This course is conducted in ASL (without voice) a significant amount of time.Student will receive specially designed instruction based on modified content of the TEKS.