Semester 2 // 2017 Flashcards
Who founded the world’s first school for the Deaf ??
Abbé de L’ Epeé in France
Who founded the first school for the Deaf in America (ASD)
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Who founded Gallaudet University ??
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Amos Kendall
Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
Abraham Lincoln’s hands on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. D.C. Form the letters A and L in Sign Language
In the Deaf Culture , what is customarily done when one arrives later to an event or meeting ??
Explain in detail why you were late
Name two sports-related developments which were influenced by the Deaf athletes ??
Baseball Empire’s hand signals
Football team forming huddled
What does research tell us about babies learning sign language ??
The babies learn to communicate physically using sign as early as 6-8 months , much earlier than they can communicate using speech
According to research, what is true about Deaf children and American Sign Language (ASL) ??
Researchers have discovered that even when they see imperfect ASL use, which is common, children still produce ASL with perfect grammar
Explain the differences between ASL, French Sign Language, and British Sign Language ??
Spoken languages , vary among different geological regions and countries.
ASL shares considerably more vocabulary with FSL because of the influence of FSL teacher Laurent Clerc
From your journal , what is true regarding the interrelations of culture and language ??
The ideas and interactions a particular community finds most significant are likely to be reflected on that community’s language. Social traditions are typically passed on to succeeding generations through behavior and moral more than written language
Deaf culture is typically transmitted to succeeding generations through what ??
Communicate through the Deaf community . ( Deaf communication is an interaction as hearing communities, the only general difference rather that using pictures)
What is true regarding the history and development of ASL ??
In 1990’s that ASL again became the dominant way to teach Deaf in America was actually teaching ASL.
(The Congress of Milan in 1880 issued a decision that speech instead of signs should be taught in Deaf Schools)
What does SVO refer to ??
Subject
Verb
Object
Among the five parameters in ASL , which of the following words are differentiated is signing only by a different orientation of palm ??
B. “want” vs. “freeze” has a different palm orientation
Among these ASL signs, which pair uses the same movement but different handshape ??
C. “now” vs. “can”
Give an example of each of the following communicative registers: intimate register , casual register , formal register , and frozen register ??
Intimate - language of close relationships
Causal - talking with friends
Formal - speeches
Frozen - same every time
When is fingerspelling most commonly used in ASL ??
- first, last, and middle names
- names of places (cities , states, stores)
- titles of movies and books
- certain foods
- for clarification when one sign has several meanings
- technical terms
List acceptable ways to gain a Deaf person’s attention ??
- Wave your hand a little bit into the person’s trait of vision
- tap person on shoulder or upper arm
List Do’s and Don’ts when Fingerspelling :
- don’t jerk , bounce , or move your hand
- do keep your elbow , down close to your side
- do hold your had to the side of your chest, not I front of your face
What is the best way to become fluent in ASL ?
Emerging yourself in the environment (being around it)
Who was the first Deaf-blind person to be educated ?
Laura Bridgeman
Who was the first Deaf-Blind person to graduate from college ?
Helen Keller
What was Alexander Graham Bell main intension when he invented the telephone ?
To help his Deaf wife and mom hear
In general, how does the Deaf community regard AG Bell ?
Low esteem because he wanted to get rid of ASL
