Advanced ASL: American Sign Language

This 16-week online course in American Sign Language requires previous knowledge (preferably, at least 20 weeks of ASL study) in order to participate in this class. If you have questions concerning whether or not your learner is ready for this course, please reach out and let me (the instructor) know where your student is at in their ASL experience. 

As these meetings will spend good portions of time in "voice-off" mode, learners must have a base knowledge of ASL vocabulary and signed sentence structure (syntax) in order to participate. There will be portions of class which will be voice-on: these will include instructional lesson times (expanding on knowledge of use of classifiers, syntax and other advanced signing concepts in ASL). 

The 16-week course will include conversational signing between the students as well as the teacher, instruction in sign, classroom sign recognition challenges, fun game days and more! Here is an example of what you can expect to see over the course of the 16 weeks:

Week 1: Game Day - Two Truths and One Lie
Week 2: Lesson Day - Lexicalized Fingerspelling
Week 3: Conversation Day - We will start class by spinning the "Conversation Wheel". The wheel will land on a topic or question and we will sign about that topic or in response to the question asked.
Week 4: Game Day - Crazy Categories
Week 5: Lesson Day - Money, Height and Other Numbered Things
Week 6: Conversation Day - Conversation Wheel
Week 7: Game Day - ASL Bingo
Week 8: Lesson Day - Idioms
Week 9: Conversation Day - Conversation Wheel
Week 10: Game Day - Wheels of Fortune - a sentence building game
Week 11: Lesson Day - Classifiers
Week 12: Conversation Day - Conversation Wheel
Week 13: Game Day - 20 Questions
Week 14: Lesson Day - Mouth Morphemes
Week 15: Final Review Day - ASL Jeopardy
Week 16: Final Test - a cumulative review of the concepts learned in ASL 3.