INTRODUCTION TO SIGN LANGUAGE

Competencies and objectives

Course context for academic year 2019-20
Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)
Learning outcomes (Training objectives)
Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2019-20

Course context for academic year 2019-20

This course is an approach to sign languages as natural languages and the Deaf Community as a linguistic and cultural community.

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

DEGREE IN CATALAN STUDIES

General Competences (CG)

CG1 : Capacity to master the key theories, perspectives and conceptualisations for constructing the theoretical framework of linguistic and literary disciplines applied to Catalan language and literature as an expert on the subject and in different professional profiles.
CG2 : Capacity to understand the role of language in the construction of human beings as active members of a linguistic and cultural community and relate this to the function of individuals in society.
CG3 : Capacity to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques.
CG7 : Social commitment to the equality of men and women, the plurality and diversity of the realities of modern society, to peace and democracy.

General Competences acquired at University of Alicante (CGUA)

CGUA2 : Ability to use basic ICT tools at user level.
CGUA3 : Ability to communicate effectively and have linguistic understanding of one of the two official languages of the Region of Valencia (Spanish or Catalan) in their discipline.

Specific Competences (CE)

CE10 : Capacity to use the pertinent resources and materials for self-learning (bibliographies, dictionaries, reference works, terminological works, tutorials, new technologies) and transmit the information in the Catalan language.
CE11 : Be able to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques, formulate working hypotheses, demonstrate them with arguments and reach conclusions, as well as recognise and ensure the textual coherence (structure of the text, organisation of ideas, progression of information, use of keywords), to explain and argue any subject related to Catalan language and literature, thus achieving the role of expert, transmitter and adviser regarding the knowledge acquired.
CE12 : Capacity to understand, value and take advantage of multilingualism with an attitude favouring the standardisation of Catalan, to participate in cultural and linguistic diversity, as well as promoting it to ensure the better social development of the language.

DEGREE IN SPANISH: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURES

Generic Degree Course Competences

CG1 : Capacity to master the key theories, perspectives and conceptualisations for building the theoretical framework of the linguistic, cultural and literary disciplines applied to the Spanish language and its literature as an expert on the subject in one's different professional profiles.
CG2 : Capacity to understand the role of language in the construction of human beings as active members of linguistic and cultural communities and relate it to the function of individuals in society.
CG3 : Be able to develop reading, analysis and synthesis techniques.

Generic UA Competences

CUA2 : Be able to use basic ICT tools at user level.
CUA3 : Be able to express oneself orally and in writing in one's discipline in one of the two official languages of the Region of Valencia.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Conceptual

CC5 : Capacity to communicate in the language of the speciality (Spanish) and in a second language in oral and written situations to enable fluid communication in the future professional and/or academic contexts the student will be involved with in the future.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Procedural

CP18 : Be able to use the standard model of the Spanish language and the mechanisms of lexical creation and innovation as an active member of a society in permanent evolution to adapt the Spanish language to the communication needs of its speakers.
CP20 : Capacity to use the pertinent materials and resources: bibliographic repertories, dictionaries, works of reference, critical editions, translations and ICTs as an independent learner able to control one's own learning process and make the corresponding independent progress.

Specific Competences (CE):>>Attitude

CA22 : Be able to value and take advantage of multilingualism and multiculturalism as a social agent participating in the construction of a plural and tolerant society on the basis of the multicultural configuration of the Spanish-speaking world.
CA23 : Be able to show a critical and self-critical attitude during the learning process.
CA24 : Capacity to demonstrate social commitment to the equality of men and women, the plural and diverse nature of modern society, peace and democracy.

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2019-20

Conceptual objectives

- Reflecting on the diversity of form of language and languages (visual / acoustic), given its importance in the approach to the edge and ontogenetic origin of human language.
- Reflecting on the whole process of communication, distinguishing the role of paralinguistic and non-linguistic elements in oral communication and the marked.
- Acquire a general knowledge about the history of linguistic studies on sign languages and the history of education of the deaf.
- Manage the basic concepts and relevant theories of sign linguistics.

Procedural objectives

- Apply instrumental techniques of linguistic analysis to the Spanish sign language.
- Developing language skills (querológicas, lexical and grammatical), for communication in Spanish Sign Language (LSE).
- Develop the skills necessary to alphabetic writing of the LSE.
- Developing language skills (querológicas, lexical) for basic communication in the International Sign System.
- Apply the linguistic knowledge of sign languages to specific fields of human linguistic activity (language teaching, translation, linguistic pathologies ...).

Attitudinal objectives

- Be aware of the role of sign languages in shaping culture of deaf communities.
- Assess the importance of linguistic diversity mode.
- Be aware of the structural similarities of languages, as well as the differences that singularise.
- Be aware of the importance of the visual channel in the representation of verbal art.
- Be aware of the role of sign languages in the education of deaf people.