ASL Important Terms

What is the process of spelling out words using the manual alphabet called?

Where should I look when watching someone sign?

• At their face/eyes

• At their hands

• It doesn't matter

What is the signing space?

• Any area where people communicate in signs.

• The place where most signs are formed.

• The place where signs touch your body.

What should your eyebrows do when asking a WH questions?

• Nothing

• Go up

• Go down

What should your eyebrows do when asking a Yes/no question?

• Nothing

• Go up

• Go down

When signing it is important to mouth the English words.

• True

• False

ASL is has the same grammar as English.

• True

• False

What is a dominant hand?

• The hand you feel like using

• The hand you use for writing and fingerspelling

• The hand that is better able to produce signs

A lack of eye contact is considered to be...

• Expected

• Normal

• Rude