American Sign Language IV

This course continues to develop the skills learned in your prior ASL courses. Focus will continue developing vocabulary, numbers, sentence structure/grammar, time, tenses, plurals, and Deaf Culture. Idioms in ASL, directions, and descriptions will be introduced. Increased focus on the use of classifiers in conversations, your ability to express yourself and expand your skills to build confidence when conversing in the Deaf Community using ASL. Introduction to English to ASL signing and ASL to English voicing will be a focus. Prerequisite: Must have completed ASL III or equivalent.


Text Book: A Basic Course In American Sign Language – Tom Humphries, Carol Padden, Terrence J. O’Rourke. T-J-Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0932666420 ISBN-10: 0932666426