LANG4111 - Conversational ASL

Kauai Community College - Continuing Education

Course Description

The American Sign Language class series will be a blended learning environment loaded with face-to-face as well as online practicing. Instructors will lead you in exercises and conversations in the classroom, as well as show you how to use the online tools for practice at home.

For this class students should have completed ASL Level 1 or have equivalent experience with signs.

In this class students will gain a deeper knowledge of both signing and understanding signs.

Learner Outcomes

By the end of this class students will:

Improve accuracy and speed with signing (ie: sign a children's poem or song)
Increase accuracy in reading signs
Interact more with the Deaf community
Spend more one-on-one time communicating (lots of lab time)
Learn tons more signs to deepen communication

Prerequisites

ASL Level 1 or equivalent experience

Instructor: Angie Molina was born on Oahu and raised on Kauai since twelve years old. She was born hearing and became ill at age 3 from Rubella (German Measles) which caused her became Deaf. Angie was the first Miss Deaf Hawaii, and established the first American Sign Language Club at Kauai High School. She went to Gallaudet University for short time. . She taught American Sign Language at Guam Community College and also for Kauai Academy of Arts . She has been teaching American Sign Language to the Deaf and Hearing community over 25 years. Angie also establish Deaf and Hearing gathering potluck every two months to welcome Hearing and Deaf friends to communicate with their hands. She is also on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Advisory Board.