What does ASL stand for?
American Sign Language
To assist
Help
When talking to someone, (hearing or deaf), try to maintain this.
One is way of showing affection, the other is a deadly animal.
Hug, Bear
This famous composer and pianist is responsible for such classics
such as his seventh symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven
ASL is used by deaf people of what country?
The United States of America
St. Thomas Aquinas would say, to have this emotion is to will the good of another.
Love (specifically to love a person)
Need to communicate a feeling or emotion? Try these!
Sign one, and someone will bring you food, sign the other and they will bring you water.
Hungry, Thirsty
Bet you didn't know this American comedian is completely
deaf in one ear.
Stephen Colbert
This university in Washington DC was founded in 1864, and is the largest university for the Deaf in the US.
Gallaudet
To refer to a person or thing.
He/She/It
When signing with a person, it is important to sign within this area.
Signing space/box
One refers to a living thing, the other is a state of exhaustion
Animal, Tired
This American inventor lost most of his hearing as a child, and was once quoted as saying "Deaf people [like himself] should take to reading. It beats the babble of ordinary conversation."
Thomas Edison
What language did ASL evolve from?
French/French Sign Language
To direct someone's gaze towards a particular direction or thing.
Look
These are ways of referring to a specific person, but be careful, they can only be given out by actual deaf/hard of hearing peoples.
Don't get these mixed up! One is an expression of approval, the other means the opposite.
Good, Bad
This man is one of the two major contributors to ASL. He even has a school named after him in Washington
DC
Thomas Gallaudet
This famous inventor advocated for the practice of oralism, ultimately leading to the banning of ASL in the Milan Conference of 1880.
Alexander Graham Bell
To carry to a particular place or person.
Bring
Never count on someone being able to do this, it is only 33% effective.
Lip reading
While both are sea mammals, one is swift and nimble, the other is large and slow.
Dolphin, Whale
Born in Baltimore Maryland, this man created video tapes of himself using ASL as a way of preserving the language.
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George Veditz