ASL 1b

Grammar

100

How do you sign the verb "to be" (also known as deixis)?

Pointing.  Ex. YOU ARE or I AM

200

What is the typical sign order of an ASL sentence?

Time, topic, comment, question

300

What all do you need to include to ask a Yes/No question? (3-4 things)

Eyebrows up, head forward, signed question mark, [hold last sign]

400

What are 4 of the 6 instances that ASL uses fingerspelling?

Names of people, names of places (stores, cities, & states), titles, certain foods, clarification, technical terms.

500

What are the 5 parameters? Why are they important?

Handshape, palm orientation, movement, location, non-manual markers. Changing 1 can alter the meaning of a sign.

Culture

100

Why is ASL a real language?

Because it has it's own sentence structure and rules of grammar.

200

How do you show comprehension and connection in an ASL conversation?

Maintaining eye contact and using the OH-I-SEE sign as appropriate

300

What general labels to people in a Deaf/ASL space have? (there are 3)

Hearing, hard-of-hearing, Deaf

400

What are the acceptable ways to get the attention of a deaf individual?

Tap the shoulder, wave your hand in their direction, flick the lights

500

Name one major pet peeve of the Deaf community. (there are several)

Saying "death" instead of deaf

"I'll tell you later"

"It's not important"

Pity from hearing about being deaf

ASL student randomly approaching to practice

Numbers

100

What percent of deaf children have hearing parents?

90%

200

What percent of deaf children have deaf parents?

10%

300

4% of this city's population is deaf--the highest percent concentration of deaf residents per capita.

Rochester, NY

400

Approximately what percentage of deaf students are mainstreamed?

85%-90%

500

Approximately, what percentage of English can be lipread?

30%

Dates

100

What year did the first school for the Deaf open in America?

1817

200

What year did the Deaf President Now protest happen?

1988

300

When did the charter to establish Gallaudet University (college) get signed?

1864

400

Approximately, how many years has ASL been recognized as an official world language?

60 years (1965 A Dictionary of American Sign Language was published)

500

When did the Milan Conference happend?

1880

History

100

Who is responsible for leading the search for a way to communicate the gospel to the deaf?

Thomas Gallaudet

200

Which deaf teacher is responsible for using his country's sign language to create ASL?

Laurent Clerc

300

Who is the child that inspired the search for a signed language?

Alice Cogswell

400

Describe how DPN started.

Gallaudet University board of trustees, out of 3 candidates (2 deaf males and 1 hearing woman), chose the hearing woman to be the next university president.  GU students and staff demanded an answer from the board chairman.

500

What happened at the Milan Conference?

World educators voted to ban the use of signed languages to teach deaf children in support of Oralism (lipreading and speaking)