ASL Glossing Quiz

What are the four skills that people tend to focus on when learning another language?

• Singing, Dancing, Drawing, Cooking

• Eating, Sleeping, Playing, Watching TV

• Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking

• Running, Jumping, Swimming, Climbing

Why can't ASL be written?

• Because it is a secret language

• Because it uses three-dimensional space and time

• Because it is not important to write ASL

• Because it is too difficult to understand

What is gloss?

• A type of sign language

• A separate language from ASL

• A type of dance

• A system or code used to represent ASL using English words

Who uses glossing?

• Only people who are bilingual

• Only people from Texas

• Only deaf people

• Linguists for transcription and learners of ASL for analysis

What is the goal of glossing?

• To write down exactly what is signed in ASL

• To create new signs in ASL

• To translate ASL into Spanish

• To learn ASL vocabulary

How is gloss written in relation to English?

• Gloss is written inside the English

• Gloss is written above the English

• Gloss is written below the English

• Gloss is written on the side of the English

What does 'ix' represent in glossing?

• Directional signs

• Fingerspelling

• Conjugated verbs

• Nouns

How should a compound sign like 'teacher' be represented in glossing?

• Teach * Person

• Teach / Person

• Teach - Person

• Teach + Person

What punctuation is used to combine signs in glossing?

• Multiply (*)

• Minus (-)

• Divide (/)

• Plus (+)

What is the first step in the process of glossing?

• Ask someone else to sign the sentence

• Write the sentence in English

• Sign the sentence in ASL

• Translate the sentence into Spanish