DED 515 - Literacy Connections through ASL Storytelling

Credits: 3
This course focuses on literacy connections through American Sign Language (ASL) storytelling. Topics, which are covered, are literature (oral and written), ASL literature, literacy, ASL literacy, storytelling, ASL storytelling, retelling, narrative stages, the ASL Storytelling Process, and the link between ASL storytelling and reading/writing. Candidates are given opportunities to view, analyze, and criticize stories as well as to create stories in ASL for all ages. In addition, they acquire familiarity with the ASL curriculum as well as the development and implementation of lesson plans based on ASL literature.