Polish Sign Language - practical course A2

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Course ID:	3003-PJMOA2
Erasmus code / ISCED:	09.101 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0232) Literature and linguistics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Polish Sign Language - practical course A2
Name in Polish:	Polski Język Migowy - lektorat poziom A2
Organizational unit:	Institute of Polish Language
Course groups:	Foreign language courses at Faculty of Polish Studies Polish Sign Language Courses
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	foreign languages
Prerequisites (description):	Prerequisites: The A1 course or elementary knowledge of PSL. Other PSL courses documented
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	The subject of the A2 course is Polish Sign Language (PSL) – a native tongue of the Deaf in Poland. The A2 course develops the basic lexicon of the A1 level by introduction of 800 more signs. More information about the Deaf culture will be given. Exercises that help the student memorize new signs, as well as develop communication skills will be provided. The student will translate short PSL texts into Polish.
Full description:	The aim of the A1 course is to enrich the basic set of signs introduced at the level A1. The repertory of thematic fields includes pronouns, numerals up to 1 billion, everyday expressions, names of things, family, affirmation and negation, colors, weather, journey, visits at the physician, countries and cities, appearance vs. personality, the Deaf community, shoppings, merchandize, victuals etc. More text understanding exercises based upon presentations prepared by PSL native signers. The grammar module develops structures of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences, the use of space, non-manual elements, verbs, classifiers etc. The SW system will be applied throughout the course. The Deaf culture will be studied as well.
Bibliography:	Obligatory: Materials prepared by the teacher (in Polish and SW), digital dictionaries. Optional: Świdziński M., Czajkowska-Kisil M., Czy głuchoniemy jest naprawdę niemy? Kosmos T.47 Nr.3 s. 243-250. Długołęcka L., Pismo migowe, które zachwyca głuchych na całym świecie, Świat Ciszy nr 9, 2004. Długołęcka L., Pasja Pana Wöhrmanna, Świat Ciszy V i VI, 2005. Długołęcka L., Niesłyszący i niedosłyszący w Polsce, Studia nad Językiem Migowym, 2006 (http://ipjm.pl/strona/pl/index.html). Farris M. A., Sign Language Research and Polish Sign Language, w "Lingua Posnaniensis" nr 36, 1994, s. 13-36. Lane H., Maska dobroczynności. Deprecjacja społeczności głuchych, Warszawa 1996. Minirozmówki migowo(PJM)-polskie i polsko-migowe(PJM), red I. Grzesiak, Olsztyn 2008 Studia nad kompetencją językową i komunikacją niesłyszących, red. M. Świdziński i T. Gałkowski, Warszawa 2003. Szczepankowski B., Podstawy języka migowego, wyd. II poprawione i uzupełnione, Warszawa 1994. www.signwriting.org www.ipjm.pl
Learning outcomes:	After the A2 course the student is expected to understand PSL expressions concerning everyday matters. They will be able to catch the main idea of a simple PSL sentence. They will understand short PSL texts, as well as find the information sought therein. The student will be capable of recognizing signs written down with use of SW symbols and of applying the notation to code PSL signs. They will follow simple conversations no matter if everything is understood.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	1. attendance: 15% 2. class activity: 10% 3. partial and final test: 85%

This course is not currently offered.

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