Introduces receptive and expressive American Sign Language skills, including basic vocabulary, sentence structure, classifiers, use of space, non-manual type indicators, and fingerspelling. Examines signing deaf people as a linguistic/cultural minority.
Introduces receptive and expressive American Sign Language skills, including basic vocabulary, sentence structure, classifiers, use of space, non-manual type indicators, and fingerspelling. Examines signing deaf people as a linguistic/cultural minority. …
Continues training in American Sign Language, with focus on more complex sentence types, signs, and idioms. Considers ASL literary forms such as poetry, theater, and storytelling, as well as deaf …
Continues training in American Sign Language, with focus on more complex sentence types, signs, and idioms. Considers ASL literary forms such as poetry, theater, and storytelling, as well as deaf …
Examines the roles of deaf women inside and outside of the signing Deaf community. Using an interdisciplinary approach, considers such topics as language and cultural barriers, violence against women, sexuality, …
Continues language and cultural instruction with emphasis on everyday conversation. Topics include common idioms and slang, explaining rules, discussing finances and major decisions, and storytelling techniques such as role-shifting and …
The ASL language course related to residency in the Shea Language House at UVA for students who have applied to and been accepted into the ASL Language Pod in the …
In many ways, this course is intended to serve as a way to continue to develop and refine ASL language awareness and effectiveness. It is both a continuation of ASL …
What do the Peace Corps, deaf tour guides, NGOs, and missionaries share? How have U.S. ideas shaped deaf education and sign languages in Cambodia, the Philippines, and Indonesia? Why do …
This new course will examine the history of deaf people in the United States over the last three centuries, with particular attention to the emergence and evolution of a community …
In Deaf culture, "coda" means the hearing child or children of Deaf adults. This course will examine the body of coda literature or "coda stories" (written memoir, movies, social media, …
This course will study the contradictory and telling ways that deaf people have been depicted over the last three centuries in addressing the question: What does deafness signify, especially in …
This seminar offers an interdisciplinary approach to disability in the social, cultural, political, artistic, ethical, and medical spheres and their intersections. It also introduces students to critical theory concerned with …
Describes spoken English and ASL (American Sign Language) on five levels: phonological, morphological, lexical, syntactic, and discourse and compares/contrasts them using real-world examples. Describes major linguistic components and processes of …
The majority of deaf people live in the so-called "Global South"; regions like South America, Asia, Africa and India, which have experienced colonialism or and/or have limited access to resources …
New course in the subject of American Sign Language.
Explores cultural influences on identity development, family systems, linguistics, engagement with educational and community agencies, and resilience within the Deaf community. The interaction of culture, identity and language will be …
Students will collaborate fully in American Sign Language to develop a class project based upon that of students in course offerings from previous semesters. Students will follow the Scientific Method …
Examines such topics as American deaf history; ASL linguistics; deaf education; cultural versus pathological views of deaf people; controversies over efforts to eliminate sign language and cure deafness; ASL poetry …
Independent Study in American Sign Language. Prerequisite: Instructor Permission