ASL Written Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
Name of the book? - ANSWER-Signing naturally
9 fingerspelling rules - ANSWER-1. no bouncing
2. No punching
3. no fishing
4. No eye rolling
5. No looking at hand
6. Stay in box
7. Stay on line
8. Don't say letters
9. Do not slide into lett...
ASL Written Exam Questions & Answers
2023/2024
Name of the book? - ANSWER-Signing naturally
9 fingerspelling rules - ANSWER-1. no bouncing
2. No punching
3. no fishing
4. No eye rolling
5. No looking at hand
6. Stay in box
7. Stay on line
8. Don't say letters
9. Do not slide into letter
ASL has evolved in the U.S and Canada for over how many years? - ANSWER-250
ASL was recognized as a language in what year? - ANSWER-1960's
first school of the deaf founded when? where? By who? - ANSWER-In Hartford , connecticut in 1817 by
Laurent Clerc a deaf teacher from France and Thomas Gallaudet
The blending of what formed the basis for ASL today? - ANSWER-The blending of the indigenous sign
language and the French Sign Language
What percent of deaf children are born into families with deaf members? - ANSWER-8-10%
About how many deaf children are raised in hearing homes w/ families that do not sign? - ANSWER-70%
, What percent of deaf children are raised in hearing homes w/ families that use ASL? - ANSWER-20%
Gallaudet was founded in what year? - ANSWER-1864
Gallaudet had a charter signed by who? - ANSWER-President Abraham Lincoln
In 1880, a pivotal moment in ASL what happened - ANSWER-Educators who supported oral instruction
for deaf students successfully blocked the influence of educators supporting Sign language. ( The
congress voted in favor for oral education for all deaf children)
When did the Board of trustees at Gallaudet select a hearing president who didn't know ASL? - ANSWER-
in 1988
Strategies for learning ASL - ANSWER-1. Build a language community
2. Minimize reliance on English as you listen or converse in ASL
3. Focus on meaning rather than individual signs
4. Focus on the signers face not the hands
5. Show you understand the signer
What happened after the students at Gallaudet held a week long protest? - ANSWER-The Board of
trustees at Gallaudet appointed a new president who was the first deaf president of the university.
Andrew Foster - ANSWER-Was accepted at Gallaudet in 1951 as one of the first black deaf students to
enroll at the school. He founded Christian mission for the deaf (CMD) in 1956
Went to Africa in 1957 and within a year established the first school for the Deaf in Africa. He then
opened schools for the deaf all over West Africa
Went the Nigeria and opened 3 more schools.
Overall he established 31 schools for the deaf in over 13 countries
He also founded the African bible college for the deaf.
Spent years training teachers in Africa.
Traveled the world speaking a fundraising for his cause
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