Course curriculum

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    Course content

    • PowerPoint

    • ASL Phonology: Clinical Applications

    • Phoneme Identification Tips

    • Phoneme Identification Practice

    • Answer Key

    • Quiz

    • Evaluation

    • Continuing Education Credits

Course info

Course Description: This presentation will provide a more in-depth description of ASL phonology and how this information can be used clinically for SLPs, ASL specialists, or other early interventionists.

 

Agenda: 

15 minutes: Review of phonological concepts

15 minutes: Parameter (phoneme) identification activity 

10 minutes: Markedness: Definitions and relation to phonology

10 minutes: Applications of markedness to language acquisition 

 

Learner Outcomes:

  1. Participants will be able to recognize and describe ASL formational parameters (phonemes): construct examples of minimal pairs.
  2. Participants will be able to discuss the relationship of formational parameters to markedness.
  3. Participants will be able to implement principles of markedness and phonemic awareness in language intervention. 

Instructor(s)

Leah Geer

Dr. Leah Geer is a professor of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies at California State University, Sacramento. She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master's in Linguistics from Gallaudet University. Her current interests are in adult acquisition of phonetics and phonology in ASL.

Speaker disclosures

Financial disclosure: Dr. Geer is an employee of California State University Sacramento. She is receiving royalties for this course.

Nonfinancial disclosure: Dr. Geer is the chair of Kimberly Sanzo’s doctoral committee. This work is independent of the current course.

Continuing Education

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs.
This course is available as a PINRA through WisRID. Please reach out to WisRID BEFORE taking this course for more information about receiving CEUs. Head here for more information: bit.ly/LLRIDCEUS

This course is licensed for individual use only. Group viewing, sharing access, or distributing course materials is strictly prohibited. Each participant must have their own registration to attend or view.