Flashcards in Midterm Deck (11):
1
Historically ASL is related to
French Sign Language
2
ASL is used by deaf people in which two countries
Canada
United States
3
Role of facial expressions head movement and eye gaze in ASL is primarily
Grammatical
4
While signing you need to focus on two areas
Hands
Face
5
Finger spelling is mainly used in what two ways?
Names of people or places
Specify brand names
6
ASL makes use of the space in front of a signers body to
Convey distance
Contrast two people places things or ideas
Time concepts
7
If your path is blocked by two signers talking to each other you should
Walk through them
8
What is considered rude by deaf people
Looking at a sign conversation without indicating you know ASL
Talking without signing in the presence of a deaf person
9
Least effective communicating strategy btwn deaf and hearing people
Speech and speech reading
10
Other than deaf what is the most appropriate term to identify deaf people
None of the above
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