ENROLLMENT
COURSE SCHEDULE
ACCREDITATION/DOCUMENTATION
TRANSCRIPTS
TUITION
TEXTBOOK & WORKBOOK
REFUNDS
REQUIREMENTS
Registration Deadline: September 2, 2011
Classes begin September 6, 2011
SIGN UP NOW! ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED*
ASLive offers a convenient course schedule (Monday to Thursday; 8am to 11am) for anyone so they can enroll in a class that best suits their schedule; they will choose a session from the list of available classes. All classes will meet twice per week, either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday, and upon enrolling, the students will be registered for both days. This is a 16-week study program for the Fall and Spring. We offer 32 hours of authentic hands-on learning with live instructors via video conferencing each semester.
Additional classes for advanced ASL levels will be added each semester. It will take at least two years to complete all four levels: ASL I, II, III and IV.
In order to participate in the documentation program, a student must be at least fourteen years of age or enrolled in ninth grade.
Any friend or relative of the student is welcome to observe the conferencing sessions! Observers must not interrupt the student during the conferencing session and are not allowed to participate in the class. Only the student will receive credit.
*Should a class be cancelled due to lack of enrollment, the student will need to transfer to another available scheduled class.
*ASLive plans to expand to unlimited enrollment in the near future.
ASLive is currently seeking accreditation. We can provide documentation of your having completed a course. You are responsible for making arrangements with any recognized accredited educational institution about whether it will accept completion of ASLive courses as secondary level credit.
Some colleges and universities provide Proficiency Language Assessment (PLA) for the students who wish to earn college credits by taking a test.
ASLive provides letter grades based on test scores and fulfilled assignments. Full documentation of participation and progress will be provided upon achievement of the program. Additional transcript requests will cost $10.00 each.
Notice: ASLive does not claim to prepare anyone for certification or employment.
ASLive offers two payment options:
1) $275 per course (includes $25.00 for registration/access fees) if paid by the registration deadline, September 2, 2011.
*Does not include cost of the textbook or its accompanying
Workbook, and DVD.
2) *Pay $100 by the registration deadline, then three additional consecutive payments of $65 each which will be billed to you via Paypal according to the
following schedule:
October 1
November 1
December 1
Payment plans must be set up by the registration deadline. Payment plans will not be accepted after the registration deadline.
No checks are accepted.
- The student’s participation in the course will be suspended automatically if the student or responsible party fails to make a second, third, or fourth payment.
- The course cost covers documentation, grading, and live instruction, but DOES NOT INCLUDE cost of the textbook or its accompanying workbook, DVD and webcam.
There are many signing books but ASLive uses one of the best, Vista Signing Naturally Series, for its homeschool students. It has been the most popular and widely used sign language curriculum for teaching American Sign Language for over twenty years. Almost every major university and college sign language program has adopted it as its official curriculum. With the DVD, students will learn how sign is used in context, while the workbook guides learners through the video and includes an answer key for convenience. *Purchasing a textbook with a DVD is recommended. You may be able to purchase used copies online.
WORKBOOK:
Workbook is 8 1/2 x 11 Paperback and includes 1,000 Signs & Key Phrases
Author: Cheri Smith, Ella Mae Lentz, and Ken Mikos
Length: 200-page Workbook ; One 118-minute DVD
ISBN: 978-1-58121-127-6
Audience: ASL Students
Price: $59.95
Student DVD & Workbook Level 1 empowers Signing Naturally students to practice and reinforce their classroom learning. The workbook is newly expanded with Vocabulary Review of 1,000 signs, corresponding pictures and 100 key phrases. This opens new opportunities to practice Signing Naturally outside the classroom at any time.
The first 12 units include: Introducing Oneself, Exchanging Personal Information, Talking About Surroundings, Telling Where You Live, Talking About Your Family, Telling About Activities, Giving Directions, Describing Others, Making Requests, Talking About Family and Occupations, Attributing Qualities to Others, Talking About Routines.
More abstract vocabulary signs are grouped into categories to help students remember the meanings. The workbook, including an answer key, is designed as a guide to the DVD. With the DVD, students see how language is used in context.
ORDER:
CLICK HERE to order the specific book through DAWN SIGN PRESS.
Students who drop a course will have their tuition and standard semester-length fees (except registration/access fee and payment plan fee) refunded according to the Refund Schedule.
- Prior to the first class: 100 percent refund
- Prior to the fifth class: 70 percent refund
- Prior to the seventh class: 25 percent refund
- After the seventh class: no refund
Minimum requirement of quality webcam performance is 30 frames per second.
- High speed Internet is required, no dial-up. (256Kbps or faster)
- Students who live in a rural area are recommended to take a course during the day to avoid the internet traffic during evening hours.
For more information on webcams: click here
OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Age and speed of computer might affect performance of video conferencing.
- 512 MB RAM
- 1 GHz (2.0 GHz recommended)
- 200 MB hard drive space
- Windows® XP (SP2 or higher)
- Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
