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TTU K-12 to Offer Courses in American Sign Language

By Leslie Cranford, Section Manager

TTU K-12 is proud to announce it will be offering American Sign Language 1 and 2, or four full semesters, which counts as language credit toward graduation. The expected target for the first enrollments is late spring.

Lisa Leach, director of Instructional Design & Curriculum Development, was happy to announce the courses, which can be used by individual students, entire classrooms or whole school districts.

"We are excited to be able to offer ASL," Leach said. "It is a great option to add since many districts are unable to offer this set of courses for a student's foreign language option."

The courses, developed by eDynamic Learning, were designed to meet both the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages as well as Texas, Florida and Georgia state standards.

The courses also:

• cover everything students need to understand deaf etiquette.
• describe various aspects of Deaf culture, providing a glimpse into the rich and varied Deaf Community.
• offer more than 600 videos of well-paced sign demonstrations, allowing learners to follow and to mirror the signs.
• include videos of dialogues (or conversations) between two Deaf individuals as well as appropriate deaf etiquette.
• feature individuals from the Deaf community demonstrating signs.
• feature Deaf educators fluent in ASL and English, who serve as subject matter experts, consulting on course development, ensuring accuracy of content, instructions and respectful depiction of the Deaf community and Deaf culture; both teach American Sign Language and hold Master's degrees from Gallaudet University.

Complete list of TTU K-12 offerings

 

American Sign Language 1a, Introduction

 

American Sign Language 1b, Learn to Sign