What is ASL?

What is ASL?

• The language used by Deaf people in the USA and parts of Canada

• A manual form or English

• A language used by all hearing impaired people.

ASL and English have the same grammar.

• True

• False

When signing you should speak at the same time.

• True

• False

ASL is most similar to what signed language?

• British Sign Language

• Mexican Sign Language

• French Sign Language

• Italian Sign Language

When the word Deaf is capitalized it refers to a cultural group.

• True

• False

Words are made with letters, signs are defined by parameters.

• True

• False

How many parameters do signs have?

• 3 (three)

• 5 (five)

• 6 (six)

• 12 (twelve)

The term mute is considered rude in Deaf culture.

• True

• False

When I know enough signs I will never need to fingerspell.

• True

• False

What is fingerspelling?

• The process of spelling out individual words

• A signing game unique to Deaf culture

• A form of hieroglyphics