Bachelor 2020/2021

American Deaf Culture

Type: Elective course (Fundamental and Computational Linguistics)

Area of studies: Fundamental and Applied Linguistics

Delivered by: School of Linguistics

Where: Faculty of Humanities

When: 4 year, 3 module

Mode of studies: distance learning

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Yury Lander

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 2

Course Syllabus

Abstract

American Deaf Culture  This is a six-week course providing a historical overview of the American Deaf community and its evolving culture. Theoretical frameworks from sociology are explored. Deafness as a culture and not a disability is explained as participants are guided into the world of Deaf culture. Instructor: Terrell Brittain, ASLI Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences. University of Houston. https://www.coursera.org/learn/deaf-culture

Learning Objectives

• The goal of the course is to provide a historical overview of the American Deaf community and its evolving culture, to explore the theoretical frameworks from sociology, to introduce deafness as a culture and not a disability.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Knows the commonly used terminology and jargon related to deafness
• Knows the Core Values of the American Deaf culture, understands the medical vs. cultural view of the American Deaf community.

Course Contents

• American Deaf Culture 
  This is a six-week course providing a historical overview of the American Deaf community and its evolving culture. Theoretical frameworks from sociology are explored. Deafness as a culture and not a disability is explained as participants are guided into the world of Deaf culture.

Assessment Elements

• Online course
• Discussion with a HSE instructor
• Online course
• Discussion with a HSE instructor

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.3 * Discussion with a HSE instructor + 0.7 * Online course

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Woll, B., Steinbach, M., & Pfau, R. (2012). Sign Language : An International Handbook. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=494255

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Zorzi, G. (2018). Coordination and gapping in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2018. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edstdx&AN=edstdx.10803.665045