Fingerspelling & Numbers 1
Used for putting things in order.
What is Ordinal Numbers?
Where your age spot is located
What is on/at the chin?
Between the chin and shoulder level
What is where should your hand be placed when fingerspelling?
Clarity
What is more important than "speed" in fingerspelling?
Used for counting objects
What are Cardinal Numbers?
The skill of using your hands, body and facial expressions to give the message.
What is Expressive skill?
*Fingerspell one of months of the year that is not abbreviated
What are March, April, May, June or July?
Looking for the shape of the whole word rather than concentrating on each letter.
What is configuration?
Proper nouns, words with no sign, technical vocabulary, and clarification are a few examples
What are reasons to use fingerspell?
The skill of using your eyes and seeing/voicing what is signed (visual)
What is Receptive skill?
Immersion in the Deaf community or with a Deaf individual is considered to be the best way.
What is the best way to practice fingerspelling or signing?
Filling in the gaps or piecing together to grasp the meaning
What are closure skills?
A reason why it is important to do warm-up stretches with the hand, wrist, arms and shoulders.
What is how to prevent repetitive motion injuries?
These are the two types of patterns used to sign telephone numbers, address, zip codes, etc.
What are individual and grouping/paired?
The three strategies for understanding fingerspelling.
What are Context, Configuration and Closure?
This rule varies depending on if it's at the beginning, the middle or the end of the word.
What is the double letter rule?
How to differentiate between two words such as a first and last name or a city and state.
What is a slight pause?
A slight twist of the wrist inward while signing the letter "S".
What is how you represent a possessive ('s) at the end of the word.
1. Different generations should not be placed together on the same hand.
2. Siblings should be in chronological order.
3. Similar information should be given for each person.
4. Non-dominant hand should be used.
What are the four rules for ranking family members.
When describing the height of _______________ or ________________, it's the movement that differentiates these two methods.
What are people and buildings/objects?
People: Feet are signed first at the chest followed by inches slightly higher.
Buildings/objects: the cardinal rule is used followed by fingerspelling feet or inches.