ASL 2 Written Exam Actual Questions and 100% Correct
Answers – Latest 2025/2026
1. For ASL, an obvious difference from spoḳen language is the *?*: modality
2. Since when have linguists recognized ASL as a distinct language?: mid-1960s
3. 1st main influence on ASL: There is evidence that in the 1600s some of the
inhabitants of *?* off Cape Cod had a genetic pool that resulted in a large number
of Deaf people in the community: Martha's Vineyard
4. The first school for the Deaf was founded in *?*, in *?*: Hartford, Connecticut, 1817
5. 2nd main influence on ASL: French Sign Language, brought by the school's
founders, *?*, a deaf teacher from France, and Thomas Gallaudet. These two
blended the indigenous sign language and French sign language to form the basis for
ASL today.: Laurent Clerc
6. What percentage of deaf children are born into families with deaf members?-
: 8-10%
7. What percentage of deaf children are born into hearing families who do not sign?:
70%
8. What percentage of deaf children are born into hearing families who sign?: -
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, 20%
9. Gallaudet University was founded in *?* with a charter signed by President
*?*: 1864, Abraham Lincoln
10. At the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf Conference in
Milan, Italy in *?*, deaf educators voted in favor or oral education: 1880
11. After 1880, the amount of deaf teachers constituted *?* but went down to
*?*: 45% to 11%
12. The term "Deaf" with a capital d is an inclusive term because it focuses on what
people *?*: have
13. How are ASL and English different?: They use ditterent modalities (visual/gesture as opposed to aural/oral)
and have ditterent phonologh and grammar
14. There are *?* of identified sign languages in the world: hundreds
15. ASL words are best learned through *?* and *?*: use, context
16. linguistic interference: ḳnowledge of the first language causes errors and misunderstanding in the second
language
17. 5 Strategies for learning ASL: 1. build a language community
2. minimize reliance on English as you listen or converse in ASL
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Answers – Latest 2025/2026
1. For ASL, an obvious difference from spoḳen language is the *?*: modality
2. Since when have linguists recognized ASL as a distinct language?: mid-1960s
3. 1st main influence on ASL: There is evidence that in the 1600s some of the
inhabitants of *?* off Cape Cod had a genetic pool that resulted in a large number
of Deaf people in the community: Martha's Vineyard
4. The first school for the Deaf was founded in *?*, in *?*: Hartford, Connecticut, 1817
5. 2nd main influence on ASL: French Sign Language, brought by the school's
founders, *?*, a deaf teacher from France, and Thomas Gallaudet. These two
blended the indigenous sign language and French sign language to form the basis for
ASL today.: Laurent Clerc
6. What percentage of deaf children are born into families with deaf members?-
: 8-10%
7. What percentage of deaf children are born into hearing families who do not sign?:
70%
8. What percentage of deaf children are born into hearing families who sign?: -
1/
13
, 20%
9. Gallaudet University was founded in *?* with a charter signed by President
*?*: 1864, Abraham Lincoln
10. At the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf Conference in
Milan, Italy in *?*, deaf educators voted in favor or oral education: 1880
11. After 1880, the amount of deaf teachers constituted *?* but went down to
*?*: 45% to 11%
12. The term "Deaf" with a capital d is an inclusive term because it focuses on what
people *?*: have
13. How are ASL and English different?: They use ditterent modalities (visual/gesture as opposed to aural/oral)
and have ditterent phonologh and grammar
14. There are *?* of identified sign languages in the world: hundreds
15. ASL words are best learned through *?* and *?*: use, context
16. linguistic interference: ḳnowledge of the first language causes errors and misunderstanding in the second
language
17. 5 Strategies for learning ASL: 1. build a language community
2. minimize reliance on English as you listen or converse in ASL
2/
13
