Vocabulary
This is the handshape for the sign EXCITED.
What is 25?
This is one way to gain the attention of a Deaf person that is culturally appropraite.
What is wave in their periphery? or
What is tap their shoulder?
This is the name of the person who sailed to America with T. H. Gallaudet.
Who was Laurent Clerc?
This is an example of an iconic sign. (must demonstrate and tell the name of the sign)
What is BOOK? or (phone, baby, car, house, eat, etc.)
This is how we ask questions in ASL.
What is with NMMs including "the question face?"
This sign uses S hands, palms up, in front of the body. Then the hands are thrown open to make a 5 handshape.
What is the sign for HOW MANY?
This is the rule about name signs in ASL.
What is hearing people cannot create them?
This is the year established AND the location of the American School for the Deaf.
What are 1817 and Hartford, Connecticut?
These are two color signs that start with the English letter and one that does not.
What are YELLOW, BLUE, PURPLE, PINK, TAN, and BROWN? and BLACK
This is where we sign PRESENT TENSE signs in ASL.
What is directly in front of the body?
These are the signs for LOUSY and CONFUSED.
(demonstration)
These are two types of name signs.
What are arbitrary and descriptive?
This is the country that T.H. Gallaudet originally sailed to but was now allowed access to their Deaf Education methods.
What is England?
This is the day of the week sign does NOT start with a letter of the English alphabet and a demonstration of the sign.
What is SUNDAY?
This is where question word usually goes in an ASL utterance (sentence).
What is at the END of the utterance?
These are 2 signs using the Y handshape.
What are YELLOW, SAME OLD, SAME OLD, OIC?
These are three things we do NOT call Deaf people.
What are mute, hearing impaired, disabled, dumb, deaf-mute?
This is the name of the Deaf daughter of the town doctor and what role she played in ASD (American School for the Deaf).
Who was Alice Cogswell and first student at ASD?
These are two signs that use the open B handshape.
What are HAPPY, HELLO, GOOD/WELL, MY, PLEASE, PAY ATTENTION, etc.?
This is the word order for signing ASL utterances (sentences)?
What is TIME / TOPIC / COMMENT?
This is a demonstration of 4 WH ? words.
(demonstation)
These are example of two different kinds of name signs AND identification of which type.
(demonstration)
This is the name of the island where many Deaf people lived in the 18th century AND the name of the state.
What are Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts?
These are two signs that start on the chest.
What are EXCITED, HAPPY, HUNGRY, TIRED, WHAT'S UP, ETC.?
This is the proper ASL grammatical structure for the English sentence: My English class starts at 7:30 AM.
What is 7:30 A.M. MY ENGLISH CLASS STARTS?