Any-Leveled ASL Class

 

Level: ASL 1, 2, 3 or Continuing in ASL

 

Instructor: Alex Grist (CoolAGrist@aol.com)

 

When: Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring

 

Any number of students or groups are welcome to join the class on the first day and choose the level of ASL class and time that it will be offered. The instructor is flexible to teach at least two any-leveled classes for everyone who wants to learn. See information and class descriptions below to chose. If you are interested, please email the instructor, CoolAGrist@aol.com, with a class level and availability as shown below.

 

Next dates to meet: Summer-June 6, 2010, Fall-Week of October 3, 2010 and Winter-Week of February 21, 2011.
Day: 10 to 13 weekends, 18 to 20 hours total.
Available Days: Either Saturdays or Sundays. Best is Sundays except evenings. (Note: This Fall or next Winter session, the schedule will be any evening on weeks and weekends.)
Makeup: We'll choose.
Time: Any time except Sunday evenings and Saturday mid-afternoons.

 

 

Age: Adult, 10 to 25 people.
Location: Central Maintenance Facility on 645 Pine Street, Burlington, VT.
Department: To register, contact Burlington Parks & Recreation, 864-0123 voice or online just click "register" at right column. 
Fee for each class: $65.00 residents, $70 non-residents. Full refundable before 2nd class date.

 

ASL 1 for Beginners: Sign language can broaden your communication skills, stimulate your senses, and increase your ability to be expressive. This can be an excellent preparatory tool for learning theatre mime techniques or fostering a career as an interpreter as well as communication with deaf friends in social events. General finger spelling, vocabulary, signing, using facial expression and role playing will be emphasized. Students with some or no experience are encouraged to attend. Prerequisites: none.

 

ASL 2 for Beginners: Continuing to broaden your communication skills through this American Sign Language 2 sign language course. Entering students should be familiar with alphabets, and have a basic knowledge of vocabulary and numbers. This on-going program will focus on greater use of sentence formation through American Sign Language, varying aspects of deaf culture, and more new vocabulary signs, Classifier signs and more tools. Prerequisites: ASL 1 for Beginners, ASL 1 at colleges.

 

ASL 3 for beginners: This is similar to ASL 2 for Beginners' class and it is to continue learning vocabulary, numbers, Classifier signs, ASL sentences, conversations. Sometimes to discuss Deaf cultures.
Prerequisites: ASL 2 for Beginners at Parks & Rec, ASL 1 at colleges.

 

Continuing In ASL: These ASL students who have taken at least ASL 4 from Parks-and-Rec skilled classes and ASL 3 through 4 college credited classes and others who have learned ASL for a long time continue learning more on ASL. We will be learning a lot of vocabulary signs and sign sentences. We also will practice in ASL conversations with sign idioms, loan signs and other signing tools. More discussions on Deaf Culture. This is also flexible of what we all want to learn and to enhance the ASL skills.
Prerequisites: ASL 2 or 3 at Parks and Recreation and ASL 1 to 2 at colleges.