ASL Final Study Guid 1st Semester Flashcards
What is American sign language?
A language capable of expressing abstract ideas
Historically, American sign language is related to?
French sign language
American sign language is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries?
Canada, United States
Approximately what percent of deaf people who marry are married to other deaf people?
90%
American sign language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through?
Deaf family members, residential school of the Deaf
The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in American sign language is primarily?
Grammatical
While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signers?
Face
Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways?
Giving names and specifying brand names
American sign language makes use of the space in front of a signers body to?
Convey distance, contrast two people, places, things or ideas, express time concepts
If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should?
Walk through them
Which of the following are considered rude by Deaf people?
Watching a signed conversation, talking in the presence of a Deaf person
in general, the least effective communication strategy between a deaf and hearing people is?
Speech and lip reading
Which of the following are valued in the death community?
Being kept informed in the community and its members, having sense of obligation and duty, develop wrong term relationships
Other than the word “Deaf”, a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be to say they are:
Nothing else just Deaf with a “D”
Name five professions of the Deaf
Dental nurse, builder, truck driver, chef, zoologist
What does ADA stand for?
American with disabilities act
What are the five parameters of ASL?
Hand shape, orientation, location, movement, nonmanual markers
Name a sign that has the same hand shape, same movement, but different location:
Summer, ugly, dry
Name a sign that has the same hand shape, different movement, same location:
Chair, egg, train
Name a sign that has different hand shape, save movement, Same location
Clear, but, explore
DPN stands for?
Deaf president Now
Who signed a bill granting Gallaudet University the ability to award diplomas?
Richard Nixon
Who was the first Deaf president for Gallaudet university?
1 king Jordan
What year did the ADA become law?
1990
Which US president signed the ADA into law?
George HW Bush
If I raise my eyebrows while asking a question, I am probably asking a yes or no question
True
If I furrow my eyebrows while asking a question, I am asking a WH question
True
Name the eight letters of the finger spelled alphabet that share a handshape with another letter
G, Q| H, U| I, J| K,P
What type of sentence should be accompanied by head nodding?
Simple affirmative sentence
What type of sentence should be accompanied by head shaking?
Simple negative sentence
ASL has no true written form but gloss is used for things such as court hearings, teaching ASL etc.
True
American sign language originated from French Sign Language
True
SEE is a signed code for English rather than a whole language
True
PSE- Pidgin Signed Language - ASL signed in English word order
True
Who is Regina Olson Hughes?
Renowned Deaf scientific illustrator
Name two or more Of Regina Olson Hughes accomplishments?
Received an award for superior service for her original scientific drawings
When was the football huddle created and by who?
1894 by Paul Hubbord
