TRUE+WAY ASL Workbook
Unit 1.1
Pre-test
you are not expected to know the answers to all of the questions; however, you can utilize previous knowledge to
predict rational answers. This also me&sures your pre-existing knowledge on the course topie-
Part 1. Attention-getting strategies. Check which ones are allowed.
a. tap lightly the person's shoulder with a pointer/index finger
b. spray water at a deaf Person
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on the floor, stomp on the floor
d. scream their name as loudly as you can
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e. throw something within the Deaf person's view
f. get someone who sits next to the targeted persor to direct his/her atiention to the signer.
-7 g. Tap frrmly, but gently, on the person's shoulder
h. flick the light switch to get a Deaf person's attention
i. wave in the Deaf person's face
j. wait patiently until that person sees you
Part2. Read the statement and circle if the statement is True or False.
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True fFalse \ 1. If I am ambidextrous, I can switch my hands back and forth when I stgn.
/frue)False 2. The signing space is from the top of your head to the waist and elbow to elbow.
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True (FalseJ 3. Most Deaf people also voice sounds such as "Hrnmm" to indicate that slhe is
fol I owing the conversation.
True
@ False
4. When a signer sigps, the proper way is to watch where the signer's hands are.
5. The best seating arrangemeut for learning ASL are desks placed in a horseshoe
shape-
ASL is indigenous to the US only.
ASL is similar to Braille.
. The majority of sims are ffansparent where non-signers can usually correctly
guess the meaning.
Fake 9. In despite of the misconception that leaming ASL is,easy, in truth, ASL is a
fu
\-/ difficult language to master.
@ False 10. As a general rule of thumb, language immersion is almost always the best
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Part 1. Watch as the signer signs and circle the difference between the two signs. Don't
worry about the meaning of the signs; just focus on the differences.
, TRUE+WAY ASL Workbook
Unit 1.3
Part 1". Decoding the fingerspelled words.
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Partl. Watch signer and choose the correct fingerspelled word. The goal of this excerise is to
Ow"fop ability tJcomprehend fingerspelled words as a whole unit without tryrn8 to catch
individual letters.
1. a. sign * 2. a. ruys
b. single b. royal
c. sing c. xylose
d. ants d. x-ray .-
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