1. ASL 1 Semester 1 Final Exam FORMAT & Study Guide (120 Assessment Points/20% of semester grade)
Expressive portion (20 points)
10 fingerspelled words (10 points)
30 vocab words/phrases (30 points)
3 Video clips: 2 Conversations & 5 asl SIGNED sentences  Translate to English (15 points)
20 handshapes (20 points)
Multiple Choice questions from bell work, book work & classroom discussion (30 Points)

2. What components are different for the ASL Signs for 1 and d?
Palm orientation handshape

3. Describe a residential school:
Students live there full time Students are deaf or hard of hearing

4. What components are different for the ASL signs for pink and purple?
Location Movement Palm orientation

5. 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

6. What is the link to deaf culture for the American deaf community?
ASL

7. Who signed the charter to open Gallaudet university?
Abraham Lincoln

8. What is the historical device that first allowed deaf people to communicate with hearing people via phone?
Tty - teletypewriter

9. 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

10. What is a pro to a student being homeschooled?
Their parents are able to tailor their education

11. 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

12. 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

13. Hearing impaired People with hearing loss
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

14. List the 5 components of an ASL sign:
Handshape Location Movement Palm orientation Non-manual markers

15. What is the significance of Martha’s vineyard to deaf culture?
Communities of people who are deaf were founded there

16. List the culturally appropriate ways of gaining a Deaf person’s attention:
Waving
Knocking
Flashing lights
Tapping

17. Describe the following:
Oral Language Approach: Emphasizes auditory & verbal communication rather than signing
Bilingual/Bicultural Philosophy: Uses ASL as the primary language for communication

18. What is/are the non-Manual markers in ASL for the following:
YES/NO Questions: RAISE EYEBROWS WH-Questions: FURROW EYEBROWS

19. What is the Rochester method?
Using only fingerspelling for every single word

20. What are the two types of name signs?
Descriptive Arbitrary

21. IN ASL GRAMMAR:
The subject is called the: TOPIC what you want to say about the subject is called the: COMMENT

22. What is considered to be rude in deaf culture?
Eavesdropping without telling the signer you know asl Speaking without signing (if you know sign)

23. Homeschool Day school Residential school Mainstream
Name some of the different schooling options for a student who is D/hoh:
Homeschool Day school Residential school Mainstream

24. When you give 2 or more options and end the question with the sign “which”, which sentence structure are you using? Contrastive Structure

25. What happened for ASL in the mid 1960s?
Asl was officially recognized as a distinct language

26. What components are different for THE ASL SIGNS FOR grandmother and father?
Location movement

27. 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

28. True or false: asl grammar & English grammar are the same.

29. What are “unique attributes of a certain group of people”?
Culture

30. Who was 1 of 3 black deaf students enrolled at Gallaudet who later founded 31 schools?
Andrew foster

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. What percent of deaf children are raised in hearing families that do not sign?
70%

35. What percent OF NATIVE ASL IS Fingerspelled?
10-15%

36. What was the result of the Milan, Italy conference?
Sign Language was banned