Northeast Early College High School – American Sign Language, Advanced Independent Study (1st – 3rd Time Taken)

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

Using age-appropriate activities, students in ASL Advanced Independent Study expand their ability to perform intermediate-to-advanced tasks and develop their ability to perform the tasks of the advanced language learner. The advanced language learner, when engaging with everyday topics, should understand ASL phrases receptively and respond expressively with learned material at an intermediate-to- advanced proficiency level; sign learned words, concepts, phrases, and sentences at an advanced proficiency level; apply acquired knowledge of Deaf cultural norms to the development of extensive communication skills; and apply knowledge of the components of ASL to increase accuracy of expression. Students use expressive and receptive skills for comprehension. This course can be taken up to three t