{"id":17548,"date":"2017-01-17T14:13:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/news\/article.php?ArticleID=17548"},"modified":"2018-05-03T13:07:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T17:07:48","slug":"17548_new-minor-in-american-sign-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/2017\/01\/17\/17548_new-minor-in-american-sign-language\/","title":{"rendered":"New Minor in American Sign Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column two-thirds\">The Department of Linguistics is pleased to announce a brand new minor in American Sign Language &#8212; a program designed to provide students with advanced, in-depth language knowledge of American Sign Language. <\/div><div class=\"prpl-column one-third\"><span class=\"prpl-button full-width\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/catalog.montclair.edu\/programs\/american-sign-language-minor\/\" target=\"_blank\">View Catalog<\/a><\/span><span class=\"prpl-button full-width\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/programs-of-study\/american-sign-language\/\">More on our ASL Program<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why study American Sign Language? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Language requirement: <\/strong>Courses in American Sign Language satisfy the University\u2019s World Languages requirement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Career objectives:<\/strong> Competency in ASL also acts as a natural complement for students interested in education, human services, as well as a variety of therapeutic and other professional careers, including the arts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cultural enrichment: <\/strong>The Deaf community in the United States is a cultural minority with a rich history and a vibrant language arts tradition, including poetry and prose.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Linguistic curiosity:<\/strong> Sign languages and spoken languages have many similarities and differences. Studying sign language helps you appreciate the diversity of human language.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Program objectives<\/strong><br \/>\nThe minor in American Sign Language is designed to give students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Advanced language knowledge of American Sign Language<\/li>\n<li>Competence in the linguistic structure of American Sign Language and<\/li>\n<li>Understanding of the status of American Sign Language as the language of the Deaf cultural minority in the United States<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students will also work with faculty members to develop advanced language skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional opportunities<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents can also take advantage of extracurricular enrichment through the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orgsync.com\/102804\/chapter\" target=\"_blank\">American Sign Language Club<\/a>. Students may also participate in local research and language documentation projects with the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/signgesturelab\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sign Language &amp; Multi-Modal Communication Lab<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreadthesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.spreadthesign.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":117548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-19_announcements","category-259_linguistics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17548"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205252,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17548\/revisions\/205252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/linguistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}