Our winter classes started in January. These courses are in progress right now.
The next set of courses will start in April, 2023 and we will post the registration start date on our Facebook page. If you would like to read about the courses in general, please scroll down and see page 2. Thank you for your interest!
The next set of courses will start in April, 2023 and we will post the registration start date on our Facebook page. If you would like to read about the courses in general, please scroll down and see page 2. Thank you for your interest!
Beginner Level 1
CA$100.00
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Beginner Level 1 Online
· Basics of gesturing
· Introduction to facial expressions
· ASL Alphabet and fingerspelling 3-4 letter words
· Vocabulary: colours, food, animals, family, activities
· Numbers 1-20
· Express basic needs
· Describe people and qualities
· Basic sentence structure: topic-comment
· ASL Grammar: directional verbs, nouns & adjectives
· Answering Yes/No and Wh questions
· Introduction to Classifiers
Instructor: Teresa Fleming
Mondays 5:30-6:30pm Pacific Time or
Thursdays 5:30-6:30pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting January 23, 2023
Beginner Level 2
CA$0.00 - CA$100.00
Beginner Level 2 Online
· Review of skills in level 1
· Expansion of vocabulary
· Directional Verbs-part 2
· Fingerspelling fluency & rhyming
· Subject-Verb-Object sentence structure
· Use of space for talking about people, places, objects
· Facial grammar part 2, Non-Manual markers
· Timelines and Tense part 2
· Degrees of feeling and being (-er, -est)
· Temporal/Time aspects of ASL
· Adjective/Adverb modulation in ASL
· Classifiers part 2
· Number 21-50
Instructor: Teresa Fleming
Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting January 24, 2023
Beginner Level 3
CA$100.00
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Beginner Level 3 Online
· Review of concepts in level 1 and 2
· Classifiers part 3
· Pronominal Classifiers
· Timelines part 2
· Cardinal number systems and quantifiers
· Ordinal number systems
· Measurement & money
· Plurality
· Past & Future tense
· ASL Time Sequence principle
· Conceptually accurate signing
Instructor: Teresa Fleming
Thursdays 4-5pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting January 26, 2023
Intermediate Level 1
CA$100.00
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Intermediate Level 1 Online
· Review of Beginner Levels 1,2,3
· Classifiers part 4
· ASL Literacy & Storytelling
· Translating English to ASL
· Number Stories & ASL Poems
· Expansion of vocabulary
· Deaf Culture & Deaf role models
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Mondays 6-7pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting January 23, 2023
Intermediate Level 2
CA$100.00
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Intermediate Level 2 Online
● Review of Intermediate 1
● Using higher level classifiers to tell stories
● Introduction to Handshape ASL Stories
● Learn about Famous People & their impact on Deaf Community and Culture
● English: how to translate to ASL Gloss
● English Idioms & ASL
● Establish settings and characters in stories in ASL
● Intermediate Vocabulary
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Mondays 7:30-8:30pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, January 23, 2023
Advanced Level 1
CA$100.00
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Advanced Level 1 Online
Advanced ASL focuses on deepening your knowledge in both linguistics and vocabulary. Learn telling simple stories, incorporate classifiers, become more fluent in conversation
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Thursdays 5:30-6:30pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting January 26, 2023
Advanced Level 2
CA$100.00
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Advanced Level 2 Online
Advanced Level 2 is a continuation of Advanced Level 1. Only participants who completed Advanced Level 1 may attend Advanced Level 2 or contact the instructor for appropriate placement based on your skill level.
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Thursdays 7-8pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting January 26 , 2023
Grandparents ASL Classes Level 1
CA$100.00
Level 1 class for Grandparents Online
Beginners who have never used ASL can learn at a comfortable pace with other fellow Grandparents. The curriculum will be tailored to your learning style and pace.
Instructor: Teresa Fleming
Dates: Mondays 4-5pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting Monday January 23, 2023
Grandparents ASL Classes Level 2
CA$100.00
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Level 2 class for Grandparents Online
Beginners who finished Level 1 course can learn further at a comfortable pace with other fellow Grandparents. The curriculum will be tailored to your learning style and pace.
Instructor: Teresa Fleming
Dates: Tuesdays, 4-5pm Pacific Standard Time
10 weeks, starting on January 24, 2023
Lunch & Learn Series Level 1 and 2
CA$100.00
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ASL for Professionals and Parents with Deaf or Hard of Hearing children
Grab your lunch and join DCS from 12-1pm each week for an ASL Lunch & Learn lesson Level 1 or 2. Develop your American Sign Language Skills to support your work or play with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children in a fun and flexible way.
These sessions are geared to professionals such as Speech Language Pathologists, Early Childhood Educators, Youth Workers and other professionals working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children from birth to age 10. The classes are also great for parents to improve ASL skills, storytelling etc.
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Level 1 Mondays 12-1pm Pacific Standard Time
Level 2 Wednesday 12-1pm Pacific Standard Time
10 weeks, starting Monday January 23, 2023
Lunch and Learn Conversation - Beginner
CA$100.00
Lunch and Learn Beginner Conversations Online
This class is for beginners and is focusing on conversations with deaf children, meeting, toys, telling simple stories etc. Please don't apply for this course if you have moved on to intermediate level classes.
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Tuesdays 12-1pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting on January 24
Advanced Conversation
CA$100.00
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Advanced Conversation Online
This course is for students who finished Advanced Level 1 or 2 classes and would like to get more practice in using ASL in conversations about popular topics like food, household, travel, sports, work etc.
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Thursdays 8-9pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, starting on January 26, 2023
Welcome to DCS's Online Class selections. All classes run for 10 weeks using the Zoom platform.
There are no refunds for classes once registered. All payments are online via PayPal or credit card.
Beginner series: Our beginner series are for those people who are new to American Sign Language or have taken classes in the past and are refreshing their skills. Please read the curriculum content for each section to help determine your level. Participants may be transferred to a different level if the instructor feels they are unable to keep up with the content.
Intermediate series: Participants in this level must be confident and capable of conversing in ASL about a variety of topics. Participants will build their understanding and use of ASL vocabulary and grammar and be interested in further developing and refining their skills and knowledge of the language and culture of ASL and the Deaf community. Participants may be transferred to a different level if the instructor feels they are unable to keep up with the content.
Advanced series: Participants in this level must have a high level of conversational fluency and be interested in learning and using advanced grammatical structures to talk about daily routines, current events, and academic based concepts and vocabulary. Deaf based literature will be used when possible. Participants may be transferred to a different level if the instructor feels they are unable to keep up with the content.
Kids classes: These classes are perfect for hearing or hard of hearing children ages 8-15 years of age wishing to learn ASL to communicate with friends and family or just to learn as an additional language ! UNFORTUNATELY IN THE FALL OF 2022 WE ARE UNABLE TO RUN A KIDS CLASS. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN JANUARY 2023.
Important information:
- Please register with an email address that is NOT a Hotmail, if possible. Hotmail often doesn't work well with Zoom.
- If you are unsure which level to take, sign up for the one that sounds most appropriate. If you need to change, the
teacher will move you one level up or down after the first class.
- Please do not register a child for an adult class before talking to us first!
- Unfortunately we don't have classes for children younger than 8 years old.
- We can only run the advertised class if we have a minimum of 6 participants. If we have less people who sign up we will
let them know that the class won't run and will reimburse the payments.
- In the end of the course we will issue a participation certificate. We are able to do this if you don't miss more than 3
classes in total
There are no refunds for classes once registered. All payments are online via PayPal or credit card.
Beginner series: Our beginner series are for those people who are new to American Sign Language or have taken classes in the past and are refreshing their skills. Please read the curriculum content for each section to help determine your level. Participants may be transferred to a different level if the instructor feels they are unable to keep up with the content.
Intermediate series: Participants in this level must be confident and capable of conversing in ASL about a variety of topics. Participants will build their understanding and use of ASL vocabulary and grammar and be interested in further developing and refining their skills and knowledge of the language and culture of ASL and the Deaf community. Participants may be transferred to a different level if the instructor feels they are unable to keep up with the content.
Advanced series: Participants in this level must have a high level of conversational fluency and be interested in learning and using advanced grammatical structures to talk about daily routines, current events, and academic based concepts and vocabulary. Deaf based literature will be used when possible. Participants may be transferred to a different level if the instructor feels they are unable to keep up with the content.
Kids classes: These classes are perfect for hearing or hard of hearing children ages 8-15 years of age wishing to learn ASL to communicate with friends and family or just to learn as an additional language ! UNFORTUNATELY IN THE FALL OF 2022 WE ARE UNABLE TO RUN A KIDS CLASS. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN JANUARY 2023.
Important information:
- Please register with an email address that is NOT a Hotmail, if possible. Hotmail often doesn't work well with Zoom.
- If you are unsure which level to take, sign up for the one that sounds most appropriate. If you need to change, the
teacher will move you one level up or down after the first class.
- Please do not register a child for an adult class before talking to us first!
- Unfortunately we don't have classes for children younger than 8 years old.
- We can only run the advertised class if we have a minimum of 6 participants. If we have less people who sign up we will
let them know that the class won't run and will reimburse the payments.
- In the end of the course we will issue a participation certificate. We are able to do this if you don't miss more than 3
classes in total
