What is American Sign Language (ASL)? (pick 2 answers)

What is American Sign Language (ASL)?

• A. A visual form of English

• B. A language that relies on mime

• C. A language capable of expressing abstract ideas

• D. A language using picture-like gestures to express ideas and concepts.

• E. A language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning

Historically, American Sign Language is related to:

• British Sign Language

• Swedish Sign Language

• French Sign Language

• German Sign Language

Approximately what percent of Deaf people who marry are married to other Deaf people?

• 10 percent

• 25 percent

• 50 percent

• 75 percent

• 90 percent

ASL is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through:

• Deaf family members

• Deaf adults in the community

• Residential schools for the Deaf

• Sign language teachers

• Classroom teachers

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

• Grammatical

• Stylistic

• Emotive

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

• Hands

• Chest area

• Face

Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways?

• Interchangeably with any signs

• To specify brand names

• As an artistic form of signing

• To give names to people and places

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

• A. Convey distance

• B. Contrast two people, places, things, or ideas

• C. Express time concepts

• D. Indicate sentence types

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

• Yell as loud as you can

• Tap her/him on the shoulder

• Wave in her/his 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