Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 389 - Examinations, Courses, Standards and Diplomas
HIGH SCHOOL
Elective Courses of Study
Section 389.5716 - American Sign Language: Fourth year
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 389.5716
Current through February 27, 2024
A course of study in American Sign Language must include instruction designed to teach a pupil by completion of the fourth year:
1. Receptive skills, including, without limitation:
(a) The ability to comprehend a
wide variety of registers with little or no repetition or paraphrasing
necessary for comprehension;
(b)
The ability to comprehend most points of discussion or presentations on
familiar topics; and
(c) Continued
development and mastery of advanced signed communication.
2. Expressive skills, including, without limitation:
(a) The ability to organize
presentations on familiar topics;
(b) The ability to organize complex
ideas;
(c) Use of an advanced
vocabulary;
(d) Advanced control of
the morphology of the language and of most of the frequently used syntactic
structures of signs; and
(e) The
ability to sign in a manner that is comprehensible to a person who is fluent in
American Sign Language.
3. Interactive skills, including, without limitation:
(a) The ability to communicate in
most situations with confidence;
(b) Continued development towards mastery of
complicated or difficult material; and
(c) Advanced control of more complex
structures of signs.
4. Cultural skills, including, without limitation:
(a) Knowledge of and the ability to function
in the culture of the community of persons who are deaf;
(b) An understanding of most behaviors
particular to the community of persons who are deaf that are the product of the
culture of the community of persons who are deaf;
(c) An appreciation for the culture of the
community of persons who are deaf;
(d) The ability to function, communicate and
generally avoid misunderstanding in authentic, everyday situations encountered
in the community of persons who are deaf;
(e) The ability to use the context to guess
the meaning of unfamiliar behaviors that are particular to the culture of the
community of persons who are deaf;
(f) Demonstration of initiative and ease in
using behaviors which are appropriate for use in the community of persons who
are deaf and which are learned by observing authentic needs in the culture of
the community of persons who are deaf;
(g) Increased knowledge of current and
historical events in the community of persons who are deaf and of persons who
are deaf who are prominent in American society;
(h) Increased familiarity with directional
signs within the geographical area of the school in which the class is taught;
and
(i) Familiarity with systems of
signs derived from American Sign Language.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R036-99, eff. 11-3-99
NRS 385.080, 385.110, 389.0185
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