ASL 101 Culture and Grammar EXAM

Which of the following are valued in the deaf community?

-for community to govern their own affairs -being kept informed about the community and its members -to have a sense of social obligation and duty to the group -to develop long term relationships

Approximately what % of deaf people who married to other deaf people?

90%

What is an American Sign Language?

A language capable of expressing abstract ideas. A language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning.

Which hand do I use?

Also use your dominant hand, when you are doing one-handed signs and two handed symmetrical signs (when yo are using two hands for one sign), two-handed non-symmetrical signs (when you are using one dominant hand to move and the non-dominant hand remains in place for the sign.

American Sign Language is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries?

Canada and U.S *In Canada they used a different sign Language which was (LSQ) *

What are the differences between cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers?

Cardinal numbers is when your palm is facing inward and you are flicking your fingers for the numbers 11-15. For ordinal numbers is when the number begins with the palm facing the side followed by a twist.

ASL makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to?

Convey distance Contrast 2 people, places, things, or ideas express time concepts

Asl is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through:

Deaf family members Residential schools for the deaf

White watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signers

Face

What are some grammatical functions?

Facial expression head movements eye gaze *Also, used to express emotion*

Why is Facial expression is different?

Facial expression falls under the more general category of "non-manual markers" (NMM).

What are the 5 parameters of ASL?

Facial expression, location, movement, orientation (palm orientation)

How do you make connections?

First/Last Names, asking if you are deaf or hearing, if you are hearing they will ask you where are you learning ASL/ is your teacher deaf, if you are deaf then they will ask where did you grow up, deepening the connection (sharing your hobbies or join something that the deaf community is apart of)

Historically, ASL is related to?

French Sign Language

What are two colleges that deaf people discover and learn ASL?

Gallaudet University and National Technical Institute for the deaf rochester New York

How can you identify a person?

Gender (raise eyebrows and keep the raised while they are identifying the person), Brief Description (such as like short hair or facial features or eyeglasses or headwear), Point out the person and glance at the person at the same time (point with your index finger and with the arm slightly bent), Affirm (nod to affirm "that's him/her" )

The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in ASL is primarily:

Grammatical

What are the 4 parameters of ASL?

Handshape, location, movement, orientation (palm orientation)

Who is Douglas Tilden (1860-1935)?

He became deaf when he turned 4 by scarlet fever. He entered the California school for the deaf when he was five and learned how to sign. He was also an artist and he voted vice president of the international congress of deaf at its first convention in Paris. He proposed a bill to fight the rising tide of oralism and fought saying "sign language is our language".

Who is Andrew Foster (1925-1987)?

He dedicated his life to improving education for deaf people. He lost his hearing at the age of 11. He got accepted at the university of Gallaudet in 1951 and was one of the first black people accepted. He helped deaf people in Africa to have their education.

Who is Laurent Clerc?

He was a french deaf man from France in the early 1800s to help establish the first school for deaf children in America in Hartford, Connecticut. *The school was instrumental in standardizing ASL with many signs borrowed from (LSF)*

Nouns

In ASL, the noun is understood to be plural or not, depending on what the context suggests it should be.

Other than the world "Deaf" a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be to say they are:

NON- OF THEM ABOVE

What are some ways of communicating with others?

Signing, gestures (pointing or acting) , writing or typing (email or facebook), third person (translator) and lipreading and speech

Pronouns

Simply pointing using the index finger or a 1 handshape is a normal pronoun. See the section about contrastive structure for what to do if the subject is not present. To form a possessive pronoun such as my, your, his, or our one uses an extended B handshape with an outward palm orientation. Once again with possessive pronouns you may merely point to what you wish to speak about, however it's not really pointing in this case. Finally, reflexive pronouns are made using an extended A handshape. As one can see pronouns in ASL are fairly simplistic. All you do is point and identify the object.

In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing people is:

Speech and lipreading

Amoung ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways?

To specify brand name to give names to people and places

How can you identify people who are present?

Use this opener (sign where you are trying to direct the listener's attention), describe the person (person's gender and appearance or body position or action), glance toward and point to the person to whom you are referring raise your brows (keep your brows raised throughout your description until your listener confirms that she or he knows to who you are referring listener confirms

To get a deaf persons attention you should:

Wave, tap on their shoulder, or hitting the surface of stomping

Responding to a yes-no question?

You need to nod when affirming information and shake your head when negating information. If the response is negative, then give the correct information.

Asking a Yes-No questions?

You need to use the non-manual markers: raise brows throughout the question, lean head forward with the last sign, hold the last sign until your listener starts to answer.

How do you give basic directions?

determine where the place is in relationship to where you are at the moment and establish a starting point

If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should:

go ahead and walk through

Names with aa, ee, oo,

move sideways and no repeated

To get the attention of a Deaf person who is looking the other way, you should:

tap him/her on the shoulder

Who is Regina Olson Hughes (1895-1993)?

the most renowned Deaf scientific illustrator, she became deaf at the age of 14. She became a skilled ASL signer when she got enrolled in Gallaudet University. She became a translator first and she knew how to speak varies of languages (spanish, Italian, german, french...etc). then by 1925 she was hired for agriculture for her artistic talents. She was the only deaf artist to have a solo exhibition at an art institution. Two plants were named after her honor and deaf people will always have her in memory because of those beautiful painting.

Names with bb, kk, ll, rr

they bounce and repeated

Which of the following are considered rude by deaf people?

watching a signed conversation talking (using voice) in the presence of deaf people

Names with ss, nn, tt, ff, dd, mm

without a bounce, but repeated