DSI 1510 - Visual Gestural Communication in ASL

Focuses on the language instinct inherent with the deaf community. Gestural communicative techniques examined and applied. Exposure to a variety of home signs and how they have influenced signed languages at large.

Requisites: DSI 1120
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will demonstrate an understanding the relationship between gestures and classifiers.
Students will examine how home signs and gestures have influence sign language at large.
Students will understand simple and complex commands.
Students will understand the difference between pantomiming and gestures.
Students will use gestures to describe objects, people, sports, and cultural events.

Ohio University

Ohio University

DSI 1510 - Visual Gestural Communication in ASL