ASL 1 SEMESTER 1 FINAL EXAM FORMAT(125 ASSESSMENT POINTS/20% OF SEMESTER GRADE)

• EXPRESSIVE PORTION (25 POINTS)

• 10 FINGERSPELLED WORDS (10 POINTS)

• 25 VOCAB WORDS/PHRASES (25 POINTS)

• 3 VIDEO CLIPS: 2 CONVERSATIONS, 5 ASL SENTENCES TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH (15 POINTS)

• 20 HANDSHAPES (20 POINTS)

•MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS FROM BELL WORK, BOOK WORK & CLASSROOM DISCUSSION (30

POINTS)

WHAT COMPONENTS ARE DIFFERENT FOR THE ASL SIGNS FOR 1 AND D?

PALM ORIENTATION

HANDSHAPE

DESCRIBE A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL:

STUDENTS LIVE THERE FULL TIME

STUDENTS ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING

WHAT COMPONENTS ARE DIFFERENT FOR THE ASL SIGNS FOR PINK AND PURPLE?

LOCATION

MOVEMENT

PALM ORIENTATION

KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY A SIGN BASED OFF OF A DESCRIPTION. FOR EXAMPLE:

Handshape: 5

Location: Chest

Palm Orientation: sideways

Movement: tap thumb on center of chest

FINE

WHAT IS THE LINK TO DEAF CULTURE FOR THE AMERICAN DEAF COMMUNITY?

ASL

WHO SIGNED THE CHARTER TO OPEN GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL DEVICE THAT FIRST ALLOWED DEAF PEOPLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH

HEARING PEOPLE VIA PHONE?

TTY - TELETYPEWRITER

WHAT DO THESE KEY STROKES MEAN WHEN USING A TTY?

GA: GO AHEAD

SK: STOP KEYING

SK SK: LAST THING TYPED IN A CONVERSATION

ALTERNATIVE FOR “?”: THE LETTER Q/QUESTION

WHAT IS A PRO TO A STUDENT BEING HOMESCHOOLED?

THEIR PARENTS ARE ABLE TO TAILOR THEIR

EDUCATION

DESCRIBE AN IDEAL HOME ENVIRONMENT FOR SOMEONE WHO IS DEAF:

Open spaces/not a lot of walls

Video Phones in common places around the

house

Alerting systems that flash lights

WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING & STATED:

“FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION WAS THE KEY TO EDUCATION, AND THAT FREEDOM WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH SIGN LANGUAGE.”

ANDREW FOSTER

WHAT TERMS/LABELS ARE NOT PREFERRED BY THE DEAF BECAUSE THEY FOCUS ON THE

LACK OF/WHAT IS LOST?

HEARING IMPAIRED

PEOPLE WITH HEARING LOSS

LIST THE 5 COMPONENTS OF AN ASL SIGN:

HANDSHAPE

LOCATION

MOVEMENT

PALM ORIENTATION

NON-MANUAL MARKERS

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD TO DEAF CULTURE?

COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF WERE

FOUNDED THERE

LIST THE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE WAYS OF GAINING A DEAF PERSON’S ATTENTION:

Waving

Knocking

Flashing lights

Tapping

DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING:

Oral Language Approach: Emphasizes auditory &

verbal communication rather than signing

Bilingual/Bicultural Philosophy: Uses ASL as the

primary language for communication

WHAT IS/ARE THE NON-MANUAL MARKERS IN ASL FOR THE FOLLOWING:

YES/NO Questions: RAISE EYEBROWS

WH-Questions: FURROW EYEBROWS

WHAT IS THE ROCHESTER METHOD?

USING ONLY FINGERSPELLING FOR EVERY

SINGLE WORD

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF NAME SIGNS?

DESCRIPTIVE

ARBITRARY

IN ASL GRAMMAR:

THE SUBJECT IS CALLED THE: TOPIC

WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE SUBJECT IS

CALLED THE: COMMENT

WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE RUDE IN DEAF CULTURE?

EAVESDROPPING WITHOUT TELLING THE SIGNER YOU

KNOW ASL

SPEAKING WITHOUT SIGNING (IF YOU KNOW SIGN)

NAME SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLING OPTIONS FOR A STUDENT WHO IS D/HOH:

HOMESCHOOL

DAY SCHOOL

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL

MAINSTREAM

WHEN YOU GIVE 2 OR MORE OPTIONS AND END THE QUESTION WITH THE SIGN

“WHICH”, WHICH SENTENCE STRUCTURE ARE YOU USING?

CONTRASTIVE STRUCTURE

WHAT HAPPENED FOR ASL IN THE MID 1960S?

ASL WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED AS A

DISTINCT LANGUAGE

WHAT COMPONENTS ARE DIFFERENT FOR THE ASL SIGNS FOR GRANDMOTHER AND FATHER?

LOCATION

MOVEMENT

IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT FINGERSPELLING:

CLARITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SPEED.

DON’T EVER BOUNCE YOUR HAND.

YOU CAN EITHER SLIDE OR SLIGHTLY BOUNCE DOUBLE LETTERS.

WHEN YOU MAKE A MISTAKE YOU SHOULD STOP & START OVER

AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING

TRUE OR FALSE: ASL GRAMMAR & ENGLISH GRAMMAR ARE

THE SAME.

WHAT ARE “UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES OF A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE”?

CULTURE

WHO WAS 1 OF 3 BLACK DEAF STUDENTS ENROLLED AT GALLAUDET WHO LATER FOUNDED

31 SCHOOLS?

ANDREW FOSTER

FACTS TO KNOW ABOUT DOUGLAS TILDEN:

He became deaf as a result of: Scarlet Fever

He proposed a bill to oppose: Oralism

He was a big activist against: The oppression

of signing

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BIG D & LITTLE D IN DEAF CULTURE?

BIG D= DEAF PERSON WHO IS INVOLVED WITH

DEAF CULTURE & IS PROUD TO BE DEAF

LITTLE D= REFERS TO THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF

DEAFNESS

DESCRIBE WHAT EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DOES:

VRS: Video Relay Service/Uses an interpreter as a 3rd party

TTY: Teletypewriter/Types out phone messages

Shake Awake Alarm Clock: Alarm clock that shakes the bed

Closed Captioning: Displays words, sounds, etc. on TV, in movies and

video clips

WHAT PERCENT OF DEAF CHILDREN ARE RAISED IN HEARING FAMILIES

THAT DO NOT SIGN?

70%

WHAT PERCENT OF NATIVE ASL IS FINGERSPELLED?

15-20%

WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE MILAN, ITALY CONFERENCE?

Sign Language was banned