ASL 3 Final Study Guide

CL:1

person, pole, branch, pencil

CL:3

vehicle (except airplane), group of 3 people

CL:4

line of people, rows of something, eyelashes, stripes

CL:B

flat surfaces or objects

CL:F

small round things like buttons, eyeballs, polka dots

CL:R

braided or twisted things like rope or braids

CL:V

legs, walking, jumping, getting up

cream of the crop

the best- BEST

dig in

start eating- START EAT

every dog has its day

you’ll get it next time- FUTURE YOU HAVE CHANCE

birthday suit

to be naked- NAKED

drive me up the wall

to annoy- FEEL-ANNOYED

burning the candle at both ends

overworked- A-LOT ERRANDS

crack up

laughing really hard- CRACK-UP

don’t cry over spilled milk

don’t be upset over the little things- DON’T WORRY WHY? CAN’T CHANGE NOW

bite off more than you can chew

overwork- A-LOT WORK, CAN’T FINISH

cat got your tongue

have no response- YOU SAY NONE NOW

gets under my skin

feel annoyed- FEEL-ANNOYED

chicken out

be scared and not do something- SCARED NOT-GO

doll up

dress up, put on makeup- DRESS-UP FANCY MAKEUP

to be a big shot

important boss, cocky arrogant- IMPORTANT, ARROGANT

use elbow grease

really get into it- CL:A

bring home the bacon

make money- EARN MONEY

easy come easy go

something can be lost as easily as it was- GET EASY -SS- LOSE EASY

easy going

chill personality- RELAX

all ears

willing/ready to listen- LISTEN

cry wolf

lie- LIE

all thumbs

clumsy- CLUMSY

life of the party

fun- FUN

find it in your heart

are you willing- YOU WILLING

walk on eggshells

be anxious of people’s reactions- TAKE-CARE WHY? SHE MAD EASY

with no strings attached

nothing required to get a deal- NOTHING REQUIRE

like a bump on a log

lazy- LAZY

to have a green thumb

good at gardening- SHE SKILLED

water off a duck’s back

doesn’t matter- DOESN’T-MATTER

to be half-hearted

low effort- NOT TRY

between a rock and a hard place

two bad options- HAVE HARD DECISION

time is money

time is valuable- TIME IMPORTANT

play the field

date a lot of different people- DATE MANY-DIFFERENT PEOPLE

play your cards right

make smart decisions- IF PLAN, MAYBE SUCCEED

shoe on the other foot

your turn to experience something- YOUR-TURN EXPERIENCE

down the drain

to waste time and effort- I TRY, BUT NOT MATTER

get a grip

calm down, control yourself- CALM-DOWN

by the sweat of one’s brow

hard work- WORK-HARD

to stab someone in the back

to betray- BETRAY

speak of the devil

just talking about someone- NOW THEY HERE

sink or swim

succeed or fail- SUCCEED -SS- FAIL

ASL

American Sign Language: a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and nonmanual features.

MCE

Manually Coded English: artificially created language and generally follows the grammar and structure of English

PSE

Pidgin Signed English: a combination of American Sign Language and the English language

SEE

Signed Exact English: a sign system that matches signs with the English language exactly

NAD

National Association for the Deaf- advocates for the civil rights of deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States. fought to keep deaf teachers teaching deaf students and for the opening of deaf residential schools across the country.

VRA

Vocational Rehabilitation Administration- a federal-state program that works with individuals who have disabilities to help them find and maintain employment and enhance their independence

ADA

Americans with Disabilities Act- a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability

SSI

Suplemental Security Income- provides cash payments to disabled children, disabled adults, and individuals aged 65 or older who are citizens or nationals of the United States.

what is the oral method?

a teaching method that focuses on developing spoken language and listening skills through lipreading and residual hearing. The goal is to help students communicate more effectively with people who have normal hearing

when did oralism rise in popularity?

late 19th century

who was the main person responsible for oralism’s spread?

Alexander Graham Bell

what are the failures of oralism?

limit what deaf children can learn because they have to focus on how words are formed instead of their meaning., restricts their culture, bans signed language

pathological/medical model

deafness is viewed undesirable, and it is to the advantage of the individual as well as society as a whole to "cure" this condition

cultural model

people who are Deaf should be valued for their abilities, not their inability to hear. It also recognizes that Deaf people have their own culture, language, and history that can be enriching and rewarding

mainstream schooling

deaf child attends a school with a majority hearing population, might have a deaf education teacher, most times there is little to no signed language used or a sign language class, deaf kids learn little to nothing about deaf culture

oral schooling

students cannot use sign language, all students are deaf or HoH, classes teach speech therapy and lip reading, aims to help deaf children live in a hearing world, kids cannot learn much about deaf culture

residential schooling

all students are deaf or HoH, kids learn sign language, teachers use sign language, deaf students live together all week at the school, kids learn a lot of deaf culture from each other

audiogram

a graph showing the results of a pure-tone hearing test. shows how loud sounds need to be at different frequencies for you to hear them. shows the type, degree, and configuration of hearing loss

acculturation

assimilation to a different culture. deaf kids get acculturated through education in Deaf programs with other deaf children and adults

bilingual education

the teaching of academic content in two languages, in a native and second language

sensorineural hearing loss

occurs when the inner ear or the actual hearing nerve itself becomes damaged. can be a result of aging, exposure to loud noise, injury, disease, certain drugs or an inherited condition. This type of hearing loss is typically not medically or surgically treatable (permanent)

conductive hearing loss

occurs in the outer or middle ear where sound waves are not able to carry all the way through to the inner ear. conductive hearing loss may be reversed through medical or surgical intervention (not permanent)

vocational school

a type of educational institution that provides education of technical skills required to complete the tasks of a particular and specific job