Unit Final Flashcards
Where is GU located, when was it established, which president signed the charter? What is it?
Washington D.C., holds a special place in the Deaf world.
Abe Lincoln
1864
Only Deaf liberal arts university in the world, and both a repository of ASL, Deaf culture and history, and an inspiring setting for higher learning
What are the non-manual markers for asking a yes/no question?
Raise brows throughout the question
Lean head forward with the last sign
Hold the last sign until the listener starts to answer
For over _ years, ASL has evolved in the _ and _ for the common means for _ people
250, U.S. and Canada, Deaf
The origins of ASL can be traced back to _ there is evidence that in the _ there was a _ in _
A couple of major historical influences; 1600s; gene pool in Martha’s Vineyard off of capecod.
Where and when was the first Deaf school founded?
Hartford, Connecticut, 1817
The second major influence was _ , brought by the school’s founders, &
French Sign Language; laurent Clerc, a Deaf teacher from France, and Thomas Gallaudet, a hearing American minister.
There was a pivotal moment in ASL and Deaf America’s history occurred in _ at _ because
1880; the international congress on the education of the Deaf CONFERENCE IN MILAN, ITALY, those who supported the oral method successfully blocked the influence of educators supporting ASL
Story of Gallaudet and Clerc
Alive cougswell nd dr. Cougswell
G went England
He gets a handbill
That tells him how to attend a meeting to tach the Deaf. Fos to France and meets Clerc, and Gallaudet offers him a job in the us. In the boat, they teach each other’s language.
The basic 5 parameters to each sign are
Handshake, palm orientation, location, movement, and “non-manual” features such as facial expressions.
Focus on _ rather than _
Meaning; individual signs
Focus on the signer’s _, not _ for which 2 reasons?
Face; hands; grammar, and it’s rude
When u finger spell a word, work on the _ avoid _ and _ the words as u spell
Continuous flow of one letter to the next instead of spelling word letter by letter. “Stamping” and “bouncing”
Andrew Foster spent his life doing what?
Improving education for Deaf people
What was Andrew Foster? Where did he open up schools
A teacher, pioneer, and missionary; Africa
When and what age and How did Andrew Foster die?
1987, 62, Rwanda, plane crash
To ask wh-word questions, which non-manual markers do u use?
Furrow brows together, lean head slightly forward wo breaking eye contact w listener, hold the last sign (which should be a wh-word question) until your listener starts to answer
What are some strategies that the Deaf may use to communicate w u?
Signing, gestures, writing or typing, third person, lip reading and speech.
What do u need to do as a new signer?
Let the Deaf person know that you sign
Avoid spoken English or using voice wo relaying info in ASL
Let the Deaf person set the communication mode.
How do you identify someone to a Deaf person?
State the gender, give a brief description, point at the person and glance at the person at the same time, affirm.
How do u get others’ attention?
Waving, tapping, and using an intermediary.
