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1
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Historically ASL is related to

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French Sign Language

2
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ASL is used by deaf people in which two countries

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Canada

United States

3
Q

Role of facial expressions head movement and eye gaze in ASL is primarily

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Grammatical

4
Q

While signing you need to focus on two areas

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Hands

Face

5
Q

Finger spelling is mainly used in what two ways?

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Names of people or places

Specify brand names

6
Q

ASL makes use of the space in front of a signers body to

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Convey distance
Contrast two people places things or ideas
Time concepts

7
Q

If your path is blocked by two signers talking to each other you should

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Walk through them

8
Q

What is considered rude by deaf people

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Looking at a sign conversation without indicating you know ASL
Talking without signing in the presence of a deaf person

9
Q

Least effective communicating strategy btwn deaf and hearing people

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Speech and speech reading

10
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Other than deaf what is the most appropriate term to identify deaf people

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None of the above

11
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What is ASL.

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Language capable of expressing any abstract idea

Language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning