WorksheetsASL 101 Units 4-6
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Which of the following is not an example of variation in sign language?
Regional Variation
Ethnic Variation
Historical Variation
Non-Manual Variation
What best describes the role of a sign language interpreter?
An interpreter is a tutor and a personal companion to the Deaf person.
An interpreter alerts a Deaf person to sounds and conversations around them.
An interpreter facilitates conversation between hearing and Deaf individuals while making cultural adjustments.
An interpreter signs everything he/she hears word-for-word.
What happens if you alter one of the Five Parameters of ASL?
You change the meaning of your signs.
You sign with an accent.
Nothing, your signs will still mean the same.
Your signs will look too English.
Why is Alice Cogswell still remembered by the Deaf community today?
She demonstrated that people with hearing deficits were fully capable of learning and communicating.
Her research proved that ASL is an actual language.
She was the first Deaf president of Gallaudet University.
As a teacher she educated hundreds of Deaf students using American Sign Language.
_____________ can be signed at or near the area of the body to which the action refers.
Locational verbs
Parameters
Sign variations
Indexing
Pronouns are indicated by pointing to either a person or thing that is present, or a place in the signing space that is used as a reference point for a person or thing. This is called _____________.
indexing
eye gaze
locational verbs
parameters
Which is not a recommended way to get a Deaf person's attention?
Toss a small object in their direction.
Lightly touch them on the shoulder.
Wave from a distance.
Make eye contact.
Which statement about "eye gaze" is false?
Key information in a sentence can be highlighted by eye gaze, such as by looking at one's hand while fingerspelling a word.
Turning your gaze or looking away from the person you are signing to is considered rude.
If you are showing a conversation between a parent and child, you could gaze downward as if looking at a child, and you could gaze upward as if looking up at the parent.
If a person signs COMPARE while looking over a set of books, the signer is indicating the direct object of books through eye gaze.
Variations in signs can be influenced by an individual's education, ethnicity, economic status, age, etc.
True
False
True or False: ASL is a static language. Signs do not ever change over time.
True
False
Which is the sign for WHITE?
What is the sign for MOVIE?
What is the sign for BROWN?
What sign is this?
BROTHER
SISTER
WOMAN
FRIEND
What sign is this?
DOCTOR
FIREFIGHTER
TEACHER
PILOT
