Ball State University

SNLN 252

Instructor: Blake Probert
Email: [email protected]
Class hours/room: Fully On-Line [asynchronous]
Zoom Meeting: By appointment
Start Quarter Start Date: Monday, August 24th
End Quarter End Date: Friday, December 18th
Course Credit: 3 credits
Prerequisites: SNLN 251; permission of the department chairperson.
Line/Item/Section: #[31093]
Course Description
Designed to improve conversational skills in American Sign Language to a functional level for expressive and receptive use in
education and other settings. Introduction to issues related to Deaf Culture.
Course Objectives:
Performance objectives for this outcome in regard to giving directions:
1. Upon completion of this course the student will demonstrate comprehension of how to give directions, confirm directions,
interrupt, and use spatial referencing and the differences in cardinal and ordinal numbers.
2. Upon completion of this course the student will demonstrate comprehension of how to identify people who are present and not
present, describe people, correct descriptions, contrast people and numbers in multiples of 5, 10 and 11.
3. Upon completion of this course the student will demonstrate comprehension of requests, accepting or declining offers, spatial and
inflecting verbs, role shifting, numbers when talking about money and whole numbers 51-75.
4. Upon completion of this course the student will demonstrate comprehension of relationships, ages and length of time, whole
numbers 67-98.
5. Upon completion of this course the student will demonstrate comprehension of contradicting opinions, role shifting, and
contrasting two people or things.
6. Upon completion of this course the student will demonstrate comprehension when talking about routines, solving conflicts, and
telling time.
Required Material
Textbooks
• Smith, Lentz, and Mikos (2008) Signing Naturally Units 1-6 Student Set (Signing Naturally Student Workbook and DVD);
ISBN: 978-1-58121-210-5.
• Smith, C., Lentz, E. and Mikos, K (2014) Signing Naturally Level Set (Signing Naturally Student Unit 7-12 Student Workbook
and DVDs); ISBN: 978-1-58121-221-1.
You can order the materials through DawnSignPress, DawnSignPress, Amazon, or BSU Bookstore.
NOTE: It is important that your course materials include the DVDs (4 DVDs covering Unit 1-3, Unit 4-6, Unit 7-9, and Unit 10-12)
with the Signing Naturally Student Workbook. You will need them on the first day of class. If there is any issue with your purchased
SWB/DVDs, please contact Dawn Sign Press. You can subscribe to the same videos through Dawn Sign Press to help complete your
Student Workbook assignments. Please read more information on Video Library Subscriptions.
Here are the websites in case the link is broken:
https://www.dawnsign.com/products/details/signing-naturally-units-1-6-student-set
https://www.dawnsign.com/products/details/signing-naturally-units-7-12-student-set
https://www.amazon.com
https://bsu.bncollege.com/shop/bsu/home