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WorksheetsMythbusting about American Sign Language and Deaf Culture
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is American Sign Language?
Pick two correct answers.
a visual form of English
a language that relies on miming
a language capable of expressing abstract ideas
a language using picture-like gestures to express ideas and concepts
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
Italian Sign Language
American Sign Language is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries?
Brazil
Canada
England
Mexico
United States
Approximately what percent of Deaf people who marry are married to other Deaf people?
10 percent
25 percent
50 percent
75 percent
90 percent
American Sign Language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through:
Deaf family members
Deaf adults in the community
Residential school for the Deaf (boarding schools)
sign language teachers
classroom teachers for the deaf students
The role of facial expressions (eyebrows), head movements, eye gaze, and mouth morphemes (mouth shapes) in American Sign Language is primarily:
grammatical
(function of sentence)
stylistic
(methods and techniques used in creating sentences)
emotive
(expressing emotion in sentences)
While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's:
hands
chest area (signing space)
face
Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways?
interchangeably with any sign
to specify brand names and titles
as an artistic form of signing
to give names to people and places
American Sign Language makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to: (pick all that apply)
convey distance
contrast two people, places, things, or ideas
express time concepts
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 the Deaf person's shoulder
wave in the Deaf person's face
go around and stand in front of the Deaf 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
dancing through
Which of the following are considered rude by Deaf people:
moving a person aside so you can pass through
watching a signed conversation
describe a distinctive feature of a person to identify him/her/them
talking (using voice) in the presence/front of Deaf people
In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing people is:
speech and lipreading
using sign language
writing back and forth
using interpreters
Which of the following are valued (important) in the Deaf community:
(pick all that apply)
for community to govern their own affairs
being kept informed about the community and its members
restoring one's hearing
ability to speak well
to have a sense of social obligation and duty to the community
