Vocabulary
Deaf Education
ASL Up Close
Did You Know/Accent steps
Signing Time
100

This sign belongs in which category

What is school subjects?

100

A Deaf student attending a local public school is referred to as this term.

What is mainstreamed?

100

Classifier used to indicate wide flat surfaces

What is B?

100

What is the sign that creates the meaning of someone who does something when added to a sign?

What is an agent marker?

100

Direction that all time signs face, including numbers 1-5

What is outward?

200

If I ask for this I, what do I want

What is a drink?

200

These schools believe that deaf people must learn to listen and speak in order to function in the hearing world

What are oral schools?

200

Classifier used to indicate legs of eyes

What is V?

200

This refers to the incorporation of a fingerspelled letter as part of the sign and references meanings related to a particular root sign.(Ex. math, algebra, geometry, calculus)

What is initialization?

200

The location on the body used to sign for example 11:30 in ASL referred to as

What is the time spot?

300

The adult in our school that holds this position is

Who is Mrs. Pearl?

300

The first American school dedicated to the education of Deaf children in the United States

What is the American School for the Deaf?

300

Classifier used to represent an individual and its location , action, and manner

What is 1?

300

What sign is added to another sign to form a compound meaning such as would be used to convey the English word neighborhood?

What is area?

300

The expectation in Deaf culture if you arrive late to a class or meeting.

What is give a detailed explanation for your tardiness?

400

The room next to this room in our school is 

What is the auditorium?

400

When using an interpreter name two important tips discussed in this Unit.

What is talk directly to the Deaf person and make eye contact with the Deaf person

400

Classifier representing the action of wheeled vehicles

What is 3?

400

With no distinction for Mr. ,Mrs. , & Ms. in ASL this is done instead

What is signing the name with a respectful facial expression?

400
This type of story is one in which the signer is only allowed to use a specified handshape to tell an entire story, which can not be replicated in the English language.

What is a classifier story?

500

This sign fits into what category

What is transportation ?

500

This is the Washington, DC university founded and chartered in 1864 by President Abraham Lincoln specifically designed for Deaf and hard of hearing students.

What is Gallaudet?

500

Name the two seemingly opposite visual elements that are characteristic of classifiers.

What is iconic and abstract?

500
Name the ASL parameter that distinguishes the sign for busy from the sign for business.

What is movement?

500

The skill of being able to distinguish between meanings and concepts of ideas and their signs is known as

What is conceptually accurate signing?