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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry to anyone who already got this
info!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Kaitlyn</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Fall '04: Hampshire College</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>American Sign Language 1 (EPEC- student
taught)</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Every Thursday night</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>6:15-9:15pm</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Books will be about $50 but it is a workbook/
videotape that can also be used for ASL 2. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It will be taught by myself (Kaitlyn) and Michelle
Berstein</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Will it be for credit?</STRONG>
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It really depends on your committee. Because this
is Hampshire and we don't have "credit" it is possible to use many things toward
division requirements with the agreement of your committee. It will be difficult
for students to use this as a Div. 1 requirement but Div. 2 credit is more
likely. Although this is a student taught course, it will be structured as an
academic course, so you could use this to your advantage when discussing it with
your committee. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>How do you sign up?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are not sure of a lot of details yet like where
it will meet, how you sign up, etc. but we will be sure to inform whoever
is interested as soon as we know. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>How rigorous will it
be?</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The main idea I want everyone to understand is that
we are going to try to make this as close to taking an ASL 1 course as possible.
It will be just like an academic course, meeting for the same amount of time and
will have homework. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why? We don't want to leave you guys with enough
knowledge so that you'd be bored in an ASL 1 course but not ready for an ASL 2
course. We want to do it justice!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>If you are interested in this course,
please email me back to let me know!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keep in mind, we will have official sign up in the
fall. This is so I can get an idea of who probably will take it and who probably
won't. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this is something you will not be able to take
but are still interested in learning a little sign and want to get involved,
here is more info:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Silent Lunches</STRONG> are finished for
this semester but I will be running Silent Lunches in the fall. When I know when
it will be, I'll probably send out an all community email and one to the ASL
email list (in the fall). There also might be silent lunches at UMASS (more info
to come).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>ASL-related courses NOT at
Hampshire:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Holyoke Community College offers MANY ASL and Deaf
Studies courses consistently. This is where I have been taking ASL. If you're
willing to commute and pay for the courses there, it's a good resource.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Smith has a graduate-level program in Education of
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. It focuses on the approach that Clarke School for
the Deaf in Northampton uses (strictly oral- no sign). They do however,
occasionally offer 200-level courses that are really interesting. I took one
this semster on the approach that Clarke uses, why people are deaf, who is deaf,
what happens in the ear, cochlear implants, etc. and it was really interesting.
They also offered an ASL course that some Hampshire students tried to take but
were denied. It still doesn't hurt to try taking their graduate classes-
especially if you are Div 3 or close to it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Possibility of professionally taught ASL at
Hampshire:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lastly, I am working at writing a proposal to have
ASL professionally taught at Hampshire. Ideally, a professor would teach next
spring so the students we teach ASL 1 to can follow up w/ ASL 2 and that
professor could also teach ASL 1. I don't know if this can happen, but the more
people who sign up, saying that they want to take an ASL course, the better.
<STRONG>Please respond and let me know if you would be interested in
taking an ASL course in the future.</STRONG> Just judging by the response
to this email, there is an interest! I am going to try to push for 5-college
funding, as a little from each school could help to offer a valuable resource.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think that's about it. If you have any questions
or would like to help draft a proposal for professionally taught ASL (or would
at least be willing to put your name on a list for "probably would take a
course"), don't hesitate to contact me!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have a great day :).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kaitlyn</FONT></DIV>
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