ASL Language & Linguistics
ASL uses this part of the body to convey grammar and tone.
What are facial expressions?
This French educator is credited with helping establish the first permanent school for the Deaf in the U.S.
Who is Laurent Clerc?
This term describes the shared language, values and traditions of Deaf people.
What is Deaf culture?
This Deaf actor in the film CODA and won an Academy Award.
Who is Troy Kotsur?
This is the world's only liberal arts university for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
What is Gallaudet University?
These are the smallest meaningful units in ASL, similar to phonemes in spoken languages.
What are parameters?
The first school for the Deaf in the U.S. was founded in this state.
What is Connecticut?
This capital "D" term refers to people who identify culturally with the Deaf community.
Wha is Deaf?
This Deaf actress won an OSCAR in 1986 for Children of a Lesser God.
Who is Marlee Matlin?
This U.S. organization advocates for the rights of Deaf people.
What is the National Association of the Deaf (NAD)?
ASL uses this spatial feature to show relationships between people and projects.
What is signing space?
This year marks the founding of the American School for the Deaf.
What is 1817?
This event in 1988 at Gallaudet University demanded a Deaf president.
What is Deaf President Now (DPN)?
This form of performance art combines ASL with rhythm and movement.
What is ASL poetry.
This schooling Washington D.C., serves Deaf students from preschool through high school.
What is the Kendall Demonstration School?
This ASL grammatical feature uses the body to show different roles in a story.
What is role shifting?
This man co-founded the American School for the Deaf with Larent Clerc.
Who is Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet?
This is the preferred term for a hearing person fluent in ASL and involved in the Deaf community.
What is ÇODA (Child of Deaf Adults)?
This TV show features a Deaf family and brought Deaf culture into mainstream media.
What is Switched at Birth?
This international sporting event is similar o the Olympics but for Deaf athletes.
Wha are the Deaflympics?
ÀSL is most closely related to this sign language, not English.
What is French Sign Language (LSF)?
This European country heavily influenced early American Sign Language.
What is France?
This concept emphasizes that Deafness is not a disability but a cultural identity.
What is the cultural model of Deafness?
This international event celebrates Deaf performing arts.
What is Deaflympics Cultural Festival.
This residential school in Texas is one of the largest Deaf schools in the U.S.
What is the Texas School for the Deaf?