ASL Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Strategies for Learning ASL 1.) Build a Language Community
2.) Minimize reliance on English as you listen or converse in ASL
3.) Focus on meaning rather than individual signs
4.) Focus on the signer's face, not on hands because it shows a lot of grammar
and it is rude to look away from the signers face while they are they signing to you
5.) Show you understand the signer
What was the first deaf school founded? American School for the Deaf Hartford, Connecticut in 1817
ASL today is a blend of _____ sign language and _____ sign indigenous sign language and French sign language
language.
How many deaf children are born into families with deaf 8-10%
members?
What percent of deaf children are born into families with 70%
hearing families that do not sign?
What percent of deaf children have hearing families who 20%
use ASL and embrace deaf culture?
When was Gallaudet University founded? 1864 with a charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln
What happened in 1880? At a Deaf conference in Milan, Italy, the congress voted in favor of oral education.
, What are myths about ASL? 1.) It is a visual code for English
-ASL and English use different modalities (visual/gesture as opposed to aural/oral)
and have different phonology and grammar.
2.) It is a language of pictures and pantomime.
3.) ASL is a universal language understood by all signers in the world.
What significant event occurred at Gallaudet University in A new deaf president.
1988?
What are ways to prepare for class? -Review and practice the signs as many times as possible.
-Studying with a partner can be helpful outside of class
Why are there no English words offered as equivalent to -Because ASL is an entirely separated language and using english words will not
ASL signs? help a person become fluent.
What man dedicated his life improving the education for Andrew Foster
Deaf people and opened many schools in West Africa?
Who was the first of three Black deaf students to be Andrew Foster
enrolled at Gallaudet University?
Who felt called to open more deaf schools in West Africa Andrew Foster
because there were only 12 listed?
What did Andrew Foster found in 1956? The Christian Mission for the Deaf in 1956
In 1957, Andrew Foster went to Africa and founded the Accra, Ghana
first school for the deaf in ____.
How many schools in Africa did Andrew Foster establish? 31
Who believed that freedom of communication is the key Andrew Foster
to education and that freedom was achieved through
sign language?
What are the ways to get a deaf persons attention? -Waving
-Tapping
-Using an intermediary
Strategies Deaf People might use to communicate with -Signing
you... -Gestures
-Writing or typing
-Third person
-Lipreading and speech
Regardless of the strategy, the goal is to communicate.
Strategies for Learning ASL 1.) Build a Language Community
2.) Minimize reliance on English as you listen or converse in ASL
3.) Focus on meaning rather than individual signs
4.) Focus on the signer's face, not on hands because it shows a lot of grammar
and it is rude to look away from the signers face while they are they signing to you
5.) Show you understand the signer
What was the first deaf school founded? American School for the Deaf Hartford, Connecticut in 1817
ASL today is a blend of _____ sign language and _____ sign indigenous sign language and French sign language
language.
How many deaf children are born into families with deaf 8-10%
members?
What percent of deaf children are born into families with 70%
hearing families that do not sign?
What percent of deaf children have hearing families who 20%
use ASL and embrace deaf culture?
When was Gallaudet University founded? 1864 with a charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln
What happened in 1880? At a Deaf conference in Milan, Italy, the congress voted in favor of oral education.
, What are myths about ASL? 1.) It is a visual code for English
-ASL and English use different modalities (visual/gesture as opposed to aural/oral)
and have different phonology and grammar.
2.) It is a language of pictures and pantomime.
3.) ASL is a universal language understood by all signers in the world.
What significant event occurred at Gallaudet University in A new deaf president.
1988?
What are ways to prepare for class? -Review and practice the signs as many times as possible.
-Studying with a partner can be helpful outside of class
Why are there no English words offered as equivalent to -Because ASL is an entirely separated language and using english words will not
ASL signs? help a person become fluent.
What man dedicated his life improving the education for Andrew Foster
Deaf people and opened many schools in West Africa?
Who was the first of three Black deaf students to be Andrew Foster
enrolled at Gallaudet University?
Who felt called to open more deaf schools in West Africa Andrew Foster
because there were only 12 listed?
What did Andrew Foster found in 1956? The Christian Mission for the Deaf in 1956
In 1957, Andrew Foster went to Africa and founded the Accra, Ghana
first school for the deaf in ____.
How many schools in Africa did Andrew Foster establish? 31
Who believed that freedom of communication is the key Andrew Foster
to education and that freedom was achieved through
sign language?
What are the ways to get a deaf persons attention? -Waving
-Tapping
-Using an intermediary
Strategies Deaf People might use to communicate with -Signing
you... -Gestures
-Writing or typing
-Third person
-Lipreading and speech
Regardless of the strategy, the goal is to communicate.
