Unit Final

Question 0

Where is GU located, when was it established, which president signed the charter? What is it?

Answer 0

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

Question 1

What are the non-manual markers for asking a yes/no question?

Answer 1

Raise brows throughout the question
Lean head forward with the last sign
Hold the last sign until the listener starts to answer

Question 2

For over _ years, ASL has evolved in the _ and _ for the common means for _ people

Answer 2

250, U.S. and Canada, Deaf

Question 3

The origins of ASL can be traced back to _ there is evidence that in the _ there was a _ in _

Answer 3

A couple of major historical influences; 1600s; gene pool in Martha’s Vineyard off of capecod.

Question 4

Where and when was the first Deaf school founded?

Answer 4

Hartford, Connecticut, 1817

Question 5

The second major influence was _ , brought by the school’s founders, &

Answer 5

French Sign Language; laurent Clerc, a Deaf teacher from France, and Thomas Gallaudet, a hearing American minister.

Question 6

There was a pivotal moment in ASL and Deaf America’s history occurred in _ at _ because

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Story of Gallaudet and Clerc

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

The basic 5 parameters to each sign are

Answer 8

Handshake, palm orientation, location, movement, and “non-manual” features such as facial expressions.

Question 9

Focus on _ rather than _

Answer 9

Meaning; individual signs

Question 10

Focus on the signer’s _, not _ for which 2 reasons?

Answer 10

Face; hands; grammar, and it’s rude

Question 11

When u finger spell a word, work on the _ avoid _ and _ the words as u spell

Answer 11

Continuous flow of one letter to the next instead of spelling word letter by letter. “Stamping” and “bouncing”

Question 12

Andrew Foster spent his life doing what?

Answer 12

Improving education for Deaf people

Question 13

What was Andrew Foster? Where did he open up schools

Answer 13

A teacher, pioneer, and missionary; Africa

Question 14

When and what age and How did Andrew Foster die?

Answer 14

1987, 62, Rwanda, plane crash

Question 15

To ask wh-word questions, which non-manual markers do u use?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What are some strategies that the Deaf may use to communicate w u?

Answer 16

Signing, gestures, writing or typing, third person, lip reading and speech.

Question 17

What do u need to do as a new signer?

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

How do you identify someone to a Deaf person?

Answer 18

State the gender, give a brief description, point at the person and glance at the person at the same time, affirm.

Question 19

How do u get others’ attention?

Answer 19

Waving, tapping, and using an intermediary.