Spring 2027

American Sign Language 2

American Sign Language 2 develops ASL comprehension and production, focuses on sophisticated grammar for fluency and accuracy, and builds cultural awareness of global Deaf communities.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Justin Vollmar3.8/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Taylor Koss

The class featured a bunch of fun activities and was characterized as laid back.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Recognize and produce vocabulary items.

  • Express daily function dialogues and signed ASL stories utilizing ASL techniques while incorporating vocabulary, grammatical principles, and cultural awareness.

  • Recognize and produce basic grammatical structures in ASL, including the use of manual and non-manual parameters.

  • Apply critical thinking skills in understanding ASL literature as it relates to Deaf Culture.

  • Use behaviors that facilitate and regulate signed conversation, such as attention-getting techniques and turn-taking signals.

  • Create, conduct, and terminate a conversation in ASL in a range of common contexts.

  • Identify markers of Deaf Culture in artifacts and behaviors.

  • Discuss historical topics as they relate to the Deaf community, such as important figures and institutions in Deaf Culture.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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LINGUIS 351

LINGUIS 352 used by

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Raw average: 4.50/5 from 4 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.81 GPA, 87.2% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 78.9% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JUSTIN VOLLMAR is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TAYLOR KOSS is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 200
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 200

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Taylor Koss

Students described the course as super fun, with teaching methods that effectively helped them learn a lot.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.88 GPA, 90.8% A/AB (n=76 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.80 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Taylor Koss

The class featured a bunch of fun activities and was characterized as laid back.

Past student reviews · Taylor Koss

Reviewers noted the instructor provided great insight on deaf culture and treated every student with care, making them feel welcomed.

Topics

  • Sophisticated ASL grammatical features, including manual and non-manual parameters, to increase fluency and accuracy.
  • Cultural awareness of Deaf communities, including historical topics, important figures, and institutions in Deaf Culture.
  • Conversational behaviors in ASL, including attention-getting techniques and turn-taking signals to regulate signed interaction.

Skills

  • Comprehension and production of American Sign Language with increased fluency and accuracy using sophisticated grammatical features.
  • Cultural awareness of Deaf communities worldwide, including identifying markers in artifacts and behaviors and discussing historical topics.
  • Creating, conducting, and terminating conversations in ASL across common contexts using attention-getting techniques and turn-taking signals.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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Selected offering source records
LINGUIS 352 · Spring 2027

American Sign Language 2

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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