American Sign Language

Sign language varies from country to country

• True

• False

Sign languages have their own definite grammar.

• True

• False

In the American Sign Language (ASL), the alphabets can be demonstrated using one hand. However, in German and British Sign Languages, two hands are used

• True

• False

All deaf people can read lips.

• True

• False

All deaf people sign ASL

• True

• False

Most parents of deaf children learn sign language.

• True

• False

The deaf don’t clap after a performance or a show; instead they wiggle their hands in the air

• True

• False

What is the percentage of deaf people in the US?

• About 1%

• About 10%

• About 3.7%

• About 5%