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• ASLI 306: American Sign Language 6

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Develops and refines advanced expressive and receptive skills in American Sign Language (ASL). Students will learn and expand their vocabulary, incorporate figurative language, and use advanced ASL grammar. Students will continue to develop and refine their conversational and narrative abilities. Advanced Deaf culture topics will be discussed.? Prerequisite:    ASLE305
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• ASLI 325: Advanced ASL Linguistics

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Applies and builds upon fundamentals of linguistics.? American Sign Language (ASL) and English both have at least twelve distinct tenses.? The approach that these two languages utilize for the various tenses are quite different.? This course uses a compare and contrast approach of English and American Sign Language syntax.? Upon the foundation laid in ASL Linguistics, this course aids in increasing the students' ability to achieve dynamic equivalence between ASL and English. Prerequisite:    ENGL211 AND ASLI204 AND ASLI225 Corequisite:    ASLI335
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• ASLI 330: Deaf Culture

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduces the unique aspects of Deaf Culture and Deaf Community within the context of human and cultural diversity. This course presents an in-depth discussion of historical, cultural, linguistic, political, and geographical aspects of the Deaf community as well as identifying diverse ideas and practices in society and its influence on society.
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• ASLI 331: Fingerspelling and Numbers

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Enhances students' ability to sign expressively by teaching strategies and techniques to express clearly fingerspelled words and numbers as well as receptively understanding fingerspelled words and numbers. Prerequisite:    ASLI203 OR ASLE257
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• ASLI 335: Translation

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Translates frozen texts from English to American Sign Language and from American Sign Language to English (written and/or spoken) translation through a variety of focused practice methods. Students will have time to work with and revise translations resulting in a polished American Sign Language (ASL) or English translation. Prerequisite:    ASLI204 OR ASLE327
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• ASLI 365: Consecutive Interpreting

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Practices skills where students utilize their translation skills towards becoming fluent in consecutively interpreting discourse from ASL to English and English to ASL with delays of a few seconds after the source utterance is finished. Prerequisite:    ASLI335
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• ASLI 370: DeafBlind Populations

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Provides interpreting students with an introductory overview of working with DeafBlind people. Students will become familiar with features of the DeafBlind community, learn common etiologies of deaf-blindness, learn basic communication and guiding skills for use with DeafBlind people, and experience a variety of situations simulating deaf-blindness. Students will learn about support services and assistive technology for those who are DeafBlind. Students will learn interpreting strategies when working with DeafBlind Populations based on vision abilities. Prerequisite:    ASLI335
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• ASLI 375: ASL Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Introduces the students to American Sign Language literature as both recorded and live performances. ASL Literature includes art, traditional folklore, storytelling, poetry, drama, oratory, jokes, and nonfiction narrative. This course includes an analysis of genres in their social and cultural contexts as expressions of Deaf identity and the Deaf experience and how historical and current issues in Deaf culture are represented in literary form. Prerequisite:    ASLI305
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• ASLI 420: Simultaneous Interpreting

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Utilizes the foundation of interpreting skills previously developed in ASLI365 (formerly ASL365) Consecutive Interpreting. The students will move towards becoming fluent in simultaneously interpreting discourse from ASL to English and English to ASL with delays of a few seconds after the source utterance is finished in this practice-oriented course. Prerequisite:    ASLI365 OR ASLE365
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• ASLI 430: Educational Interpreting

  3.00 Credits

  Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

  
  Apply techniques and methods specifically for interpreting for children in the K-12 educational setting as well as content related to post-secondary interpreting. Activities are hands-on in nature, and students will work towards being able to interpret in the educational setting. The course consists primarily of lectures, discussions, guest speakers, interpretation, and role-plays. Prerequisite:    ASLI365 OR ASLE365
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