Course Information • Austin Sign Language School

Course Numbers and Descriptions

Virtual Zoom classes are offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Classes meet once a week.

Virtual Course Numbers

101-V 1^st Semester Beginners #1: ASL & CASE
201-V 2^nd Semester Beginners #2: ASL & CASE
301-V 1^st Semester Intermediate #3 ASL & CASE

In-Person Course Numbers offered Fall & Spring (not all are offered each semester)

101 – 1st Semester Beginners #1:American Sign Language & Conceptually Accurate Signed English (ASL & CASE)
201 – 2^nd Semester Beginners #2: ASL & CASE
301 – 1^st Semester Intermediate #3: ASL & CASE
401 – 2^nd Semester Intermediate #4: ASL & CASE
501/601 – Advanced #5: ASL Course CANCELED

Austin Sign Language School (ASLS)
Virtual Course Descriptions

101-V 1^st Semester Beginners #1: ASL & CASE – VIRTUAL
Textbook-“A Basic Course in American Sign Language”. Course covers Chapters 1-6 of textbook. Emphasis on beginning vocabulary and fingerspelling. Vocabulary is given in American Sign Language (ASL) and Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE). Offered Virtually on Zoom on Tuesdays 3:30-5:00 and 5:30-7:00 pm and Thursdays 3:30-5:00 pm Summer 2025

201-V 2^nd Semester Beginners #2: ASL & CASE – VIRTUAL
Textbook-“A Basic Course in American Sign Language”. Course covers Chapters 6-11 of textbook. Emphasis on vocabulary and fingerspelling. Vocabulary is given in American Sign Language (ASL) and Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE). Offered Virtually on Zoom on Tuesdays 7:15-8:45 and Thursdays 5:30-7:00 pm Summer 2025.

301-V 1^st Semester Intermediate #3 ASL & CASE - VIRTUALTextbook-“A Basic Course in American Sign Language” Course covers Chapters 11-17 of the textbook. Emphasis is on ASL grammar and vocabulary building. Vocabulary is given in American Sign Language and Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE). Offered Virtually on Thursdays, 7:15-8:45 pm Summer 2025.

In-Person Course Descriptions (offered only Fall & Spring, not all are offered):

101-1^st Semester Beginners #1: ASL & CASE
Textbook-“A Basic Course in American Sign Language”
1st Semester Beginners: Course covers Chapters 1-6 textbook. Emphasis is on vocabulary and fingerspelling. Vocabulary is given in American Sign Language (ASL) and Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE). Offered Fall 2025.

201-2^nd Semester Beginners #2: ASL & CASE
Textbook-“A Basic Course in American Sign Language”
2nd Semester Beginners: Course covers Chapters 6-11 of the textbook. Emphasis is on grammar and vocabulary building. Vocabulary is given in American Sign Language (ASL) and Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE). Offered Fall 2025.

301-1^st Semester Intermediate #3 ASL & CASE
Textbook-“A Basic Course in American Sign Language”
Course covers Chapters 11-17 of the textbook. Emphasis is on ASL grammar and vocabulary building. Vocabulary is given in American Sign Language and Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE). Offered Fall 2025.

401-2^nd Semester Intermediate #4: ASL & CASE
Textbook-“A Basic Course in American Sign Language”
Course covers Chapters 17-22 of the textbook and additional vocabulary. Emphasis is on ASL grammar and vocabulary building. Offered another semester.

501/601 – Advanced #5 ASL
No Textbook
Course covers grammar, structure, and rhetoric used in ASL. Emphasis is on Cultural Signs, Classifiers, and Conceptually Accurate Signs. May be offered another semester.

Location:
All ASLS classes in Summer 2025 meet Virtually through Zoom on Tuesdays or Thursdays.

Schedule:
During the Summer 2025 semester, Virtual (V) Zoom courses 101-V and 201-V are offered on Tuesday evenings. On Thursday evenings, Virtual (V) Zoom courses 101-V, 201-V, and 301-V are offered. Each semester is 10 weeks.

Fees:
Tuition is $250.00 per student for the 10-week semester.

Textbooks:

Textbook for ASLS courses 101/101-V, 201/201-V , 301/301-V and 401/401-V is “A Basic Course in American Sign Language – Second Edition” TJ Publishers (ISBN 0-932666-42-6)

Students should get their own textbooks prior to the first class (available through Amazon or https://www.diglo.com)

Instructors:
ASLS teachers are skilled users of sign language, and many of them are native signers. A majority are deaf/hard of hearing individuals who are proficient users of American Sign Language (ASL). Many of the instructors have taught ASLS courses for a number of years. Certified, highly qualified interpreters for the deaf teach the ASLS interpreting courses.