Deaf Culture
ASL Grammar
Descriptions Vocabulary
Activities Vocabulary
Fingerspelling & Numbers
Famous in the Deaf Community
100
National Sign Language to which ASL is historically related.
What is French Sign Language
100
The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in ASL is primarily this.
What is Grammatical/Grammar
100
Describe this shirt
What is...
signs something like SHIRT BLACK ORANGE PLAID BUTTON-DOWN
https://youtu.be/Yd8GXz_nrMA?si=v2212x5I8L1xDbLz
100
Communicate in ASL what your favorite hobby is.
What is ...
variety of answers...HIKING, READING, MOVIE WATCH, KNITTING, VIDEOGAMES, etc.
https://youtu.be/EeLgUc2VceA?si=u8fvU9UvZnR-Xkb-
100
These are the only 2 fingerspelling letters that move.
What are J and Z
100
This person was one of the first Black graduates from Gallaudet University and is famous for establishing schools for the Deaf in Africa.
Who is Andrew Foster
200
What to do when your path is blocked by two signers in conversation.
What is "walk right through"
200
When asking a WH (also called open-ended) question - what, where, who, why when, etc. - the eyebrows do this.
What is furrow/go down
200
This favorite hobby can encompass several different activities within the category, for which one would use the English term "sports" or "athletics." These are 2 signs for some of those activities.
What are:
Signs for VOLLEYBALL, SOCCER, FOOTBALL, WRESTLING, SOFTBALL/BASEBALL, TRACK/RUNNING, etc. accepted
https://youtu.be/HBpmDbv2rNY?si=_IDNz4x5SHn3PE9Z
200
In ASL fingerspelling, some double letters bounce, some don't bounce, and some slide sideways; these are 2 examples of the letters that move sideways in the form of 2 names, from Signing Naturally Unit 2:10.
What are "Lee" and "Yoon"
200
This person is a famous Deaf artist known for their botanical paintings and drawings. They were the first Deaf person to have their art exhibited at the Smithsonian.
Who is Regina Olson Hughes
300
This communication strategy for Deaf and hearing people is generally considered to be the least effective.
What is speech and lipreading
300
When asking a Yes/No (also called closed-ended) question in ASL the eyebrows do this.
What is arch/go up
300
Describe this person in ASL.
What is...
GIRL BLACK, HAIR PIGTAILS, CLOTHES, SHIRT WHITE, TIE BLUE, SKIRT BLUE, SOCKS WHITE, SHOES BLACK
(plus show facial expression, body language, right hand waving, smiling)
or some variation of the above
300
Sign a command that instructs a person to put something at a certain location, making sure you name the location first, and then sign the object, followed by the verb, TO-PUT at that location (showing Spatial Agreement).
Various signed answers accepted.
Some commands: https://youtu.be/9LryVGhclSw?si=Iz9L6QT_DqKSkDql
Some commands with locations: https://youtu.be/KYDglW24l1Y?si=_Y1NQmJ_Vnnp0Po_
Giving Commands: https://youtu.be/02LS0d5qsqU?si=693BOadsBV5bO-cv
300
This group of four consecutive numbers has 3 signing variations.
What is "16, 17, 18, 19"
300
This Deaf artist is featured in the beginning of Signing Naturally, showing his painting of "Colors."
Who is Chuck Baird
400
When meeting each other in the Deaf Community, one of the first questions asked, especially if both people are Deaf.
What is "Where did you go to school?"
400
This term means the use of spatial awareness to point in the actual direction of a location in the environment.
What is Real World Orientation
400
From signer's perspective, sign this shape combination so that your classmates could draw it. Start with upper left corner, leave non-dominant hand in place as a reference point where you started, trace dominant hand down, across, and back up to the apex. Next, add the other features around the initial shape, while your non-dominant hand remains in place as the reference point.
400
Sign a question with proper ASL grammar that asks if a person likes one signed activity or another signed activity, using contrastive structure and the sign WHICH.
What is...
a variety of answers...such as
YOU LIKE/ENJOY PAINTING DRAWING WHICH
YOU LIKE/ENJOY EXERCISE TV WATCH WHICH
YOUR FAVORITE SEWING CROCHET WHICH
Contrastive Structure demo: https://youtu.be/aPwxx6y-u64?si=Vi0Sc_8hnKRF_REn
400
In ASL fingerspelling some letters are considered "up letters." These are 2 examples of these types of letters.
What are "B/C/D/F/K/L/R/U/V/W/X" (any 2)
400
This Gallaudet University quarterback is credited with inventing the football huddle in 1894.
Who is Paul Hubbard
500
***DAILY DOUBLE***
When one forgets/doesn't know a sign, one can ask for it any of these FIVE ways without fingerspelling the English word.
What is:
1.Describe or Act out
2.Point
3.List items in a category
4.Use opposites
5.Draw a picture
500
This term refers to the ASL grammatical/syntactical construction of a sentence in which the main thing being referenced is signed first, and then the other things having to do with it.
What is Topicalization/Topic-Comment Structure
500
Sign this:
SEE WOMAN (IX left) HAT WHITE, HAIR BLONDE, DRESS PINK, SHE (IX left) KNITTING? HER (left) NAME D-A-W-N. SHE (left) LIKES WALK CITY ASHLAND LOOK-AROUND, P-A-R-K SIT PEOPLE WATCH HER (left).
500
Describe what 3 people in this picture are doing either using listing on your non-dominant hand or using areas in your signing space to list them from left to right.
What are...
Variety of answers accepted i.e.
APPLE EAT, DESK HEAD-DOWN SLEEP; COMPUTER TYPE; SHOE TIE; MUSIC LISTEN; BOOK READ; CHAT
500
These 5 numbers are signed palm in only for the cardinal (counting) numbers, but not when one is signing multi-digit numbers, phone numbers, etc.
What are numbers 1-5
500
This Deaf sculptor has been called the "Michelangelo of the American West."
Who is Douglas Tilden