Deaf Culture and Grammar

Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in which ways? (Multiple answers)

• Interchangeable with any sign

• To specify brand names

• As an artistic form of signing

• To name people and places

While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer’s:

• Hands

• Chest

• Face

• All of the above

ASL makes use of the space in front of a signer’s body to:

• Convey distance

• Contrast people, places, things, or ideas

• Express time concepts

• All of the Above

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

• grammatical

• stylistic

• attention getting

• All of the above

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

• Writing back and forth

• Speech and lip-reading

• Using interpreters

• Using sign language

What is American Sign Language?

• A shortened form of English.

• A code similar to Braille.

• A language using space and movement to convey meaning.

• A language incorporating a lot mime.

Historically ASL is most closely related to:

• German Sign Language

• French Sign Language

• Swedish Sign Language

• British Sign Language

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

• Yell as loud as you can!!

• Tap him/her on the shoulder.

• Wave in his/her face.

• Go around and stand in front of the person.

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

• Wait until they stop talking before you pass through.

• Bend down very low in order to avoid passing through their signing space.

• Go ahead and walk through.

• Find another path.

Historically Deaf people have faced discrimination in the following areas:

• Job hiring and promotion.

• Getting fair insurance rates.

• Obtaining access to public services and entertainment.

• Obtaining a drivers license without restrictions.

• All of the above.