American Sign Language For Hearing People Only
Parents of deaf children have done what for their children's education?
Some have made great sacrifices to enable their children to attend a high-quality program or school.
British Sign Language (BSL) features what?
Some signs that are of unacceptable usage in ASL.
Some speech therapists have done what to falsely assure deaf patients that they can speak?
Some speech therapists have given their deaf clients false assurances that they had achieved excellent speech
A deaf child's first communicative need is not what?
Spoken language
Oral-deaf people classify themselves as what?
"deaf" or "hearing-impaired."
Total Communication is what?
A philosophy of communication.
MCE systems are what?
An attempt to make sign language conform to the structure of spoken English.
When in the presence of a deaf speechreader, which of the following statements is good advice?
Ask the deaf person politely whether he/she can read lips.
Some speech trainers start their careers feeling what toward deaf children?
Negatively.
Schools for the deaf...
Offer numerous advantages that public schools don't.
Parents should do what to ensure a good education for their deaf children?
Parents should visit prospective schools, investigate, ask tough questions, and do their homework before enrolling their deaf kids anywhere.
How many categories of deaf "identities" are listed in chapter 35?
Seven.
Real-time captioning requires what?
Skilled stenocaptioners, special software and computers.
Roy Holcomb coined what term?
Total communications.
There are other ways to communicate besides speech and sign language. True or false?
True
A number of speech therapists in bygone years treated their deaf students with brutality. True or false?
True.
ASL reflects gender, racial and ethnic biases, just as spoken English has long done. True or false?
True.
Closed-captioned movies are bought or rented from a store while open-captioned movies are seen in cinemas.
True.
Dear students can appreciate English literature as much as any native English-speaker if taught English in a positive way. True or false?
True.
For many years in too many schools, speech skills were given priority above literacy. True or false?
True.
In Edward Miner Gallaudet's new college, speech training was optional. True or false?
True.
It is quite possible for an intelligent deaf student to graduate from college with serious literacy problems. True or false?
True.
It is worthwhile to question the old biases reflected in ASL and to devise new signs better reflecting the diversity of the community. True or false?
True.
Most of the oralists' English-teaching methodologies failed. True or false?
True.
Penmanship was considered an art and important academic discipline in the early days.
True.
Pidgin Sign English is easier for hearing people to understand than ASL. True or false?
True.
Princess Diana learned to sign so she could communicate directly with Deaf people. True or false?
True.
Several ancestors of the British Royal Family were deaf.
True.
Since English is primarily a spoken language, its acquisition by Deaf people is not a simple, straightforward process. True or false?
True.
Some speech therapists were despised by their students because they used physical abuse to punish them for mispronouncing. True or false?
True.
The sign for "Italian" is made much like the sign for "Catholic." True or false?
True.
The sign for "boy" or "man" is said to be based on the old custom of tipping a cap as a sign of respect. True or false?
True.
There are some hearing people who do not use their voices when with their Deaf friends or family members. True or false?
True.
Alumni from CSUN, NTID and Gallaudet University always have superior literacy. True or false?
False.
BSL was influenced by FSL because of the proximity of Paris to London. True or false?
False.
Built-in caption decoder chips have been mandatory for most TV sets since 1989. True or false?
False.
Closed-captioning came before open-captioning. True or false?
False.
Exaggerated and slowed mouth movements facilitate speechreading. True or false?
False.
MCE has succeeded in solving the Deaf literacy problem. True or false?
False.
Most Deaf people agree that schools for the deaf are obsolete. True or false?
False.
Rehabilitation counselors usually have the responsibility of informing parents that their children are deaf. True or false?
False.
Some 90% of ASL signs are derived from French Sign Language. True or false?
False.
The British manual alphabet was invented by generations of Deaf people. True or false?
False.
The label "Total Communication Program" is a guarantee of quality. True or false?
False.
What are Deaf native people trying to master English like?
Foreigners learning English as a second language
Are strangers harder or easier to speechread than friends?
Harder.
"Oriental," referring to Asian Pacific people, has always had a positive connotation. True or false?
False.
ASL has borrowed many of its systems from written English. True or false?
False.
How much of speech is visible on the lips?
30%
Closed-captioning is best understood by whom?
By those deaf people who have good command of written English.
Hard of hearing people can do what?
Can enroll in deaf schools and identify themselves as "Deaf."
Deaf students enjoy what at schools for the deaf?
Enjoy full access and participation in all activities at schools for the deaf.
ASL's syntactical complexity is due to its French origins. True or false?
False
Total communications is another term for Bilingual-Bicultural education. True or false?
False
Many of the mainstreamed public school programs have what?
Teachers with no specialized training deaf education.
One of the pros of mainstreaming deaf students is
That deaf students go home to their families every day.
Which of the following statements is true?
There are many speech sounds that look identical on the lips.
Some speech therapists have done what to their patients in the past?
They have punished Deaf children in the past whenever they mispronounced.
