Deaf History
Who is Laurent Clerc? From where?
Deaf Educators from France
Sign: Happy and Enjoy
What is the parameter?
Movement
Sign Yes/No questions: (eyebrow up or down?)
Give example by signing with correct facial expression.
Eyebrow UP
Teacher will check student's demonstration with signing.
How to get Deaf people's attention?
List of 4 ways to get a Deaf People's attention.
1. Waving
2. Tapping
3. Stomping
4. Flashing Lights
What was Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet's original occupation?
Minister
Sign: Chair and Name
What is the parameter?
Palm Orientation
Sign Wh questions: (eyebrow up or down?)
Give example by signing with correct facial expression.
Eyebrown down
Teacher will check student's demonstration with signing.
What are the difference between Deaf people and hearing people, like what they can or can't do?
Deaf people can sign with their mouth full but Hearing people cannot without being rude.
Deaf people sign each other and allow person walk through between them but it is rude for hearing people.
What did Thomas and Clerc do on the boat ride back to America?
Learned each other's languages.
Sign: Late and Not-yet
What is the parameter?
Facial Expression (non-manual markers)
Sign Rheotrical questions: (eyebrow up or down?)
Give example by signing with correct facial expression.
Teacher will check student's demonstration with signing.
Answer:
To highlight a point
In place of because (Why)
For negation (headshake)
Preposition (Where)
What is Deaf Culture?
Social beliefs, behaviors, values and shared institutions of communities, use ASL for communication, Deaf cultural, use facial expression and body movement.
What was the name of the school that Gallaudet and Clerc founded?
American School for the Deaf
Sign: Sorry and Please
What is the parameter?
Handshape
Sign Directionality Verb "HELP"
Give 3 examples by signing sentence.
Example:
I help you.
She helps you.
He help her.
What is Deaf Standard Time (DST)?
Deaf people have a tendency to be late because they like to chat for long periods of time.
Where did Gallaudet meet Clerc?
Town meeting
Sign:Dry, ugly, summer
What is the parameter?
Location/NMS
Sign Topic - Comment Structure with ASL sentence.
He doesn’t want a test. He didn’t study.
Use facial expression with correct ASL grammar.
ASL:
Teacher signed the demonstration.
Meet a Deaf person for the first time-
What to do or NOT to do before try to communicate?
DO: Try to communicate with a Deaf person by signing with facial expressions and eye contact.
DON'T: Shout at the Deaf person or force them to read lips.