Deaf Awareness (not graded)

What is American Sign Language? (2 answers)

• a visual form of English

• a language using picture-like gestures to express concepts

• a language capable of expressing abstract ideas

• a language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning

Historically, ASL is related to...

• British Sign Language

• Swedish Sign Language

• French Sign Language

• German Sign Language

ASL is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries? (2 countries)

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

• 10%

• 25%

• 75%

• 90%

ASL is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through: (2 answers)

• deaf family members

• deaf adults in the community

• residential schools for the deaf

• classroom/sign language teachers

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

• grammatical

• stylistic

• emotive

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

• hands

• face

• chest area

Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways? (2 answers)

• interchangeably with any sign

• 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: (choose 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 them on the shoulder

• wave in their face

• go around and stand in front of the person