Sign Language

Front

British Sign Language vs American Sign Language

Back

very different

Answer explanation

American Sign Language (ASL), also used in much of Canada, is heavily influenced by French Sign Language.

British Sign Language (BSL) is similar to Australian Sign Language.

Front

Fingerspelling is useful but lacks the depth of sign language because:

Back

All of these

Answer explanation

Sign language uses hand movements, facial expressions, and body language to communicate. Fingerspelling is not a language of its own and does not have grammatical structures and syntaxes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

In ASL, fingerspelling uses two hands.

Back

False

Answer explanation

In ASL, fingerspelling requires only one hand.

In BSL, letters are formed using both hands.

Front

Sign language is communication using only hands.

Back

False

Answer explanation

Sign languages convey meaning through the positioning and expression of various parts of the body, including facial expressions, lip patterns and upper body and head movement.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

Importance of spoken language in Deaf education?

Back

oralism

Answer explanation

Pressure to integrate deaf children into mainstream schooling can lead to an effectively oralist approach

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

Sign languages convey complex ideas as effectively as spoken languages.

Back

True

Answer explanation

Poetry is written in sign languages, and jokes are told all the time!

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

British Sign Language has a sign for every common word in British English and shares the same grammar.

Back

False

Answer explanation

The grammar of BSL (and also of ASL) are very different to those of spoken English.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

International sign language, despite various sign languages, has proved...

Back

Unpopular

Answer explanation

Regional 'accents' in sign language tend to be strong, and an international sign language (though useful) did not gain mass acceptance.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

Nicaraguan children initially developed:

Back

Signed Pidgin

Answer explanation

The students didn’t share a sign language, but they started trying to communicate. So, they developed a signed pidgin.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4