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Effective Term:
Fall 2020 through Spring 2024
Course Number:
ITP 213
Course Title:
ASL Literature for Interpreters
Credit Hours:
2
Lecture Hours:
20
Lecture/Lab Hours:
0
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Discusses ASL literature including ASL stories, poetry, and narratives. Includes a discussion of history, use of ASL literature for expression, current research studies, and translating English literature into ASL.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon completion of this course students should be able to:

  • Describe the linguistic and metalinguistic features seen in ASL literature.

  • Discuss the history, development, and current trends in ASL literature.

  • Produce a dynamically equivalent, meaning-based translation of English literature in ASL.

  • Discuss best practices in performance interpreting.

Course Activities and Design

This course will include lectures, student-led discussions, analysis of literature, presentations, and interpretation. 

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Assessment strategies include observation of students' in-class receptive and expressive skill in ASL, quizzes, application of grammatical features, and interpretations.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Course activities include:

  • Analysis of ASL literature

  • Use of ASL literature for expression

  • Review of current research 

  • Discussion and demonstrations of interpreting literature for Deaf eyes