{"id":14,"date":"2013-05-03T19:29:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T19:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/worldlanguages\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T22:21:05","slug":"american-sign-language-asl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/worldlanguages\/departments\/american-sign-language-asl\/","title":{"rendered":"ASL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Class Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL) is the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and English-speaking parts of Canada. Besides North America, dialects of ASL and ASL-based creoles are used in many countries around the world, including much of West Africa and parts of Southeast Asia. ASL is also widely learned as a second language, serving as a lingua franca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESOURCES<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Washington School for the Deaf<\/a>
Continuing Education Program at Bellevue College<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Class Descriptions<\/h3>\n\n\n

ASL& 121:<\/strong> American Sign Language I 5 cr<\/abbr>.<\/span><\/h3>

Introduces the foundations of American Sign Language (ASL). Students learn visual-gestural communication, fingerspelling, basic sentence structure, and key grammatical features of ASL while developing an understanding of Deaf culture and community. Emphasis is placed on expressive and receptive skills through immersive, no-voice classroom participation. This course requires real-time interactive language practice. Recommended: This course is for students with no previous experience learning ASL.<\/p>