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Leisa Boling

Assistant Professor

Department of ASL and Interpreting Education
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Leisa Boling

Assistant Professor

Department of ASL and Interpreting Education
National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Education

AAS, BFA, MS, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Invited Keynote/Presentation
Boling, L., et al. "A New Frontier: American Sign Language e-Curriculum (Poster)." Conference Council of American Instructors of the Deaf Conference (CAID). National Technical Institue of the Deaf. Rochester, NY. 24-28 Jun. 2013. Conference Presentation.
Boling, L., et al. "To Meet the Demands of a New Age: Innovative ASL e-Curriculum." Conference 2013 American Sign Language Teacher Association's 7th Biennial Professional Development Conference. ASLTA. Charlotte, NC. 2-7 Jul. 2013. Conference Presentation.

Currently Teaching

INTP-150
4 Credits
This course is designed to develop conversational discourse and presentation skills in American Sign Language (ASL). It provides students with the foundational knowledge necessary to engage in ASL discourse in basic presentations, dialogues, and group settings. Students will expand their knowledge of ASL vocabulary and linguistic features; identify main ideas, supporting details, and transitions in ASL discourse; improve their ASL comprehension and expression; apply cultural interaction behaviors appropriate to given settings; deliver short presentations in ASL; and learn how to assess their ASL abilities and develop an ASL personal improvement plan.
MLAS-202
4 Credits
This course expands the basic principles presented in ASL I. ASL II teaches students to use linguistics features, cultural protocols and core vocabulary to function in basic ASL conversations that include ASL grammar for giving directions, describing, making request, talking about family, occupations and routines, and attributing qualities to others.
MLAS-402
3 Credits
This course builds upon information taught in Beginning ASL I - Advanced ASL I. Students continue learning and using ASL vocabulary, grammatical principles and various advanced-level discourse features in narratives and presentations in ASL. Students analyze different components in storytelling. ASL Literature will be introduced in this level. Students identify controversial issues in various works of ASL Literature.
NASL-200
4 Credits
Students will develop receptive and expressive skills needed to converse about familiar topics using a series of discrete sentences. Students will learn vocabulary, grammar, and cultural protocols for communicating at a Novice-Mid to Novice-High ASL level as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
NASL-210
4 Credits
Students will develop ASL receptive and expressive skills needed to communicate discrete paragraphs composed of connected sentences. At the end of the semester, students will achieve effective communication by using vocabulary, grammar, and cultural protocols for conveying details about familiar topics at a Novice-High to Intermediate-Low level as defined by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.