Viewing with intent supports Stories give us Expressing ourselves and Cultural Acquiring a new language our acquisition and unique ways to engaging in conversation in a expression can provides a unique opportunity to understanding of understand and new language requires courage, take many interact with Deaf communities a new language. reflect on meaning. risk taking and perseverance. different forms. and the Deaf world. Learning Standards Curricular Competencies Content Students are expected to be able to do the following: Students are expected to know the following: Thinking and communicating non-manual signals Recognize that choice of signs, and how they are presented, affects meaning vocabulary and ASL sentence structures, including: types of questions Use various strategies to increase understanding and communicate situations, activities, sequence of events Share meaning derived from a variety of texts degrees of likes or dislikes Locate and explore a variety of media in ASL personal interests, needs and opinions Recognize the relationships between common handshapes, movement, and location elements and register of signs to make different meanings past, present, and future time frames stories in ASL Narrate common elements of stories Exchange ideas and information using ASL sentences and in writing idiomatic expressions from across Deaf communities Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ contributions to society and other accomplishments diverse abilities of or hard-of-hearing people, including D/deaf Respond to questions and instructions Canadians Seek clarification and verify meaning creative works from Deaf culture Personal and social awareness perceptions of Deaf people over time society’s Identify the regional variations of ASL cultural aspects of Deaf communities Engage in Deaf cultural experiences D/deaf perspectives and points of view Analyze personal, shared, and experiences, perspectives, and worldviews others’ First Peoples perspectives connecting language and through a cultural lens culture, including histories, identity, and place Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge
Viewing with intent supports our acquisition and understanding of a new language. Stories give us unique ways to understand and reflect on meaning. Expressing ourselves and engaging in conversation in a new language requires courage, risk taking and perseverance. Cultural expression can take many different forms. Acquiring a new language provides a unique opportunity to interact with Deaf communities and the Deaf world. Learning Standards Curricular Competencies Content Students are expected to be able to do the following: Thinking and communicating Recognize that choice of signs, and how they are presented, affects meaning Use various strategies to increase understanding and communicate Share meaning derived from a variety of texts Locate and explore a variety of media in ASL Recognize the relationships between common handshapes, movement, and location of signs to make different meanings Narrate stories in ASL Exchange ideas and information using ASL sentences and in writing Share information using the presentation format best suited to their own and others’ diverse abilities Respond to questions and instructions Seek clarification and verify meaning Personal and social awareness Identify the regional variations of ASL Engage in Deaf cultural experiences Analyze personal, shared, and others’ experiences, perspectives, and worldviews through a cultural lens Recognize First Peoples perspectives and knowledge; other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge Students are expected to know the following: non-manual signals vocabulary and ASL sentence structures, including: types of questions situations, activities, sequence of events degrees of likes or dislikes personal interests, needs and opinions elements and register past, present, and future time frames common elements of stories idiomatic expressions from across Deaf communities contributions to society and other accomplishments of D/deaf or hard-of-hearing people, including Canadians creative works from Deaf culture society’s perceptions of Deaf people over time cultural aspects of Deaf communities D/deaf perspectives and points of view First Peoples perspectives connecting language and culture, including histories, identity, and place