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.
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.
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Beginner Level 1
CA$100.00
Beginner Level 1 Online
Monday 5:30 - 6:30 pm Pacific Time OR Thursday 5 - 6 pm Pacific Time
10 weeks
Monday classes Jan 24- March 28
Thursday classes Jan 27-Mar 31
Instructor: Dellalee Piper (Monday), Sul Noor (Thursday)
Beginner Level 1:
· 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
Beginner Level 2
CA$100.00
Only a few left!
Beginner Level 2 Online
Tuesdays 7:30 - 8:30pm Pacific Time OR Thursdays 6:30 - 7:30pm Pacific Time
10 weeks,
Tuesday classes Jan 25 - March 29, 2022
Thursday classes Jan 27 - March 31, 2022
Instructor: Dellalee Piper (Tuesday), Sul Noor (Thursday)
Beginner Level 2:
· 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
Beginner Level 3
CA$100.00
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Beginner Level 3 Online
Wednesdays 6:30 - 7:30 Pacific Time
10 weeks, Classes run from Jan 26 - March 30, 2022
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Beginner Level 3:
· 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
Intermediate Level 1
CA$100.00
Only a few left!
Intermediate Level 1 Online
Wednesdays 8:00-9:00pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, Classes run Jan 25 - March 30, 2022
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Intermediate Level 1:
· 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
Intermediate Level 2
CA$100.00
Only a few left!
Intermediate Level 2 Online
Thursdays 7-8pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, January 27 - March 31, 2022
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Intermediate 2:
● 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
Intermediate Level 3
CA$100.00
Intermediate Level 3 Online
Thursdays 8-9 pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, Jan 27 - March 31, 2022
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Advanced Level 1 & 2
CA$100.00
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Advanced Level 1 & 2 Online
Thursdays 5:30 - 6:30pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, Jan 27 - March 31, 2022
Instructor: Dellalee Piper
Advanced ASL with DCS will focus on preparing parents and family with the ASL skills needed to support your child in the K-Grade 1 education system, focusing on topics and concepts relevant to the BC Curriculum, current events and local educational attractions.
Grandparent's ASL Classes
CA$100.00
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DCS is offering one class this winter for the loving Grandparents in our lives.
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: Dellalee Piper
Dates: Mondays 12 - 13pm Pacific Time
10 weeks, Jan 24 - March 28, 2022
