ASL Basics
What are 2 ways to get a Deaf Person's attention?
Tapping on their shoulder.
Flickering the lights
Who established the first free public school for the Deaf in 1771?
Charles Michel de L'Eppe
What is the difference between the sign Father and Grandmother?
Location, Movement
Gloss this sentence
My mom went to the store yesterday and bought me chocolate.
YESTERDAY MY MOM GO STORE BUY WHAT? CHOCOLATE.
When was the American School for the Deaf founded?
1817
What is the difference between "Deaf" and "deaf"?
Deaf is used for people who are involved in the Deaf community and accept who they are.
deaf is used for people who are not involved with the Deaf community and primarily communicates orally.
Where is the American School for the Deaf located?
Hartford, Connecticut
Handshape
Which way are your eyebrows facing when signing WH- questions?
Down
What countries opposed the ban on sign language?
The U.S and Europe
All Deaf people can read lips.
True or False?
False
Where and when was the first university for the Deaf in the U.S founded?
Washington D.C, 1864
What are the 5 Paremeters?
Handshape, Movement, Location, Palm Orientation, NMS
When do you use fingerspelling?
Names, Name signs, Towns cities and states, titles and books and movies
Who is the person that made ASL an official Language?
William Stokoe
American Sign language and English the same language
True or False?
False
Name 3 other schools for the Deaf
Texas School for the Deaf
New York School for the Deaf
Ohio School for the Deaf
Give me an example of a sign that has the same movement but different handshape?
Blue and Green
Green and Purple
What is the basic ASL structure for creating a sentence?
Time, Topic, Comment, Question.
Who was the first Deaf President of Gallaudet University in 1988?
Dr. I King Jordan
Sign the entire alphabet correctly A-Z.
It banned teaching sign language so they couldn't learn
Give me an example of a sign that has the same handshape but different movement!
Nice and school
Mom and Grandma
Dad and Grandpa
Is this sentence glossed correctly?
YOU BUY SHOES YESTERDAY? WHAT IS THE NAME OF STORE?
Who are all the people that founded the American School for the Deaf?
Gallaudet, Clerc and Cogswell