REMEMBER… If you don’t understand, use these signs:

HEY

AGAIN

SLOW

SPELL

ALL

UNDERSTAND

DON’T-UNDERSTAND

Practice sheet 13.A

RESEARCH Investigate Check out

ARTICLE Also means “COLUMN” (news paper) Note: Left hand can be horizontal or vertical CHAPTER (use a “C” handshape)--left hand horizontal

1. YOU LIKE READ RESEARCH ARTICLE 1. YOU LIKE READ RESEARCH ARTICLE? Do you like to read research articles?

“CLOSE CAPTIONED” Note: Close Captioning is a system of putting subtitles on video programming. Close captioning is “hidden” unless decoded by a special chip in your monitor.

2. YOUR TV CLOSE-CAPTIONED? Is your television close-captioned?

3. YOUR DAD COLLEGE? Did your dad go to college?

GALLAUDET Note: Gallaudet University is a “Deaf” university in the northeast area of Washington D.C.

4. YOU GALLAUDET YOU. Did you go to Gallaudet 4. YOU GALLAUDET YOU? Did you go to Gallaudet? (Or, "Are you attending Gallaudet?")

BECOME

INTERPRETER

5. WANT BECOME INTERPRETER YOU? Do you want to be an interpreter?

DEAF HEARING HARD OF HEARING

6. DEAF (bodyshift-"or") HEARING YOU? Are you deaf or hearing?

7. YOU THINK HARD-OF-HEARING SHOULD MARRY DEAF O-R HEARING 7. YOU THINK HARD-OF-HEARING SHOULD MARRY DEAF O-R HEARING? Do you think hard-of-hearing people should marry Deaf people or hearing people?

GRADUATE

8. HIGH-SCHOOL, WHEN GRADUATE YOU? When did you graduate high school?

HARD

9. YOU THINK THIS CLASS HARD? Do you think this class is hard?

“PUT-DOWN on PAPER” or “Make a note “PUT-DOWN on PAPER” or “Make a note.” NOTE-TAKER (PUT-DOWN + AGENT) [Note: Deaf college students often use note-takers in class so they can focus on the interpreter.]

10. WHY DEAF COLLEGE STUDENT NEED PUT-DOWN+AGENT 10. WHY DEAF COLLEGE STUDENT NEED PUT-DOWN+AGENT? Why do deaf college students need note-takers?

Practice sheet 13.B

VIDEO-TAPE (VIDEO)

1. CLOSE-CAPTIONED VIDEO-TAPE, YOU LIKE WATCH 1. CLOSE-CAPTIONED VIDEO-TAPE, YOU LIKE WATCH? Do you like to watch close-captioned videotapes?

TRUE FALSE TEST

2. YOU LIKE TRUE FALSE TEST? Do you like TRUE/FALSE tests?

3. RESEARCH PAPER, YOU LIKE WRITE? Do you like to write research papers?

FLASH-LIGHTS

4. WHY TEACHER FLASH-LIGHTS? Why does the teacher flash the lights?

LIST

5. INTERPRETER LIST, YOU HAVE? Do you have a list of interpreters?

“SQUARE-perimeter” * BLACK + BOARD * WHITE + BOARD

6. SQUARE-(white-board), YOU THINK HE/SHE TEACHER SHOULD WRITE MORE 6. SQUARE-(white-board), YOU THINK HE/SHE TEACHER SHOULD WRITE MORE? Do you think the teacher should write on the board more often?

WRONG

7. PAST TEST THIS CLASS YOU MANY WRONG YOU 7. PAST TEST THIS CLASS YOU MANY WRONG YOU? How many did you miss on the last test you took in this class?

8. COLLEGE, WHEN GRADUATE YOU 8. COLLEGE, WHEN GRADUATE YOU? When will you (or did you) graduate from college?

EASY

9. YOU THINK THIS CLASS EASY? Do you think this class is easy?

DEAF-SCHOOL. State residential school for the deaf DEAF-SCHOOL * State residential school for the deaf. Students live there during the week and go home either on weekends or school holidays depending on their needs. * Deaf people are proud of having attended a “Deaf-school.”

10. DEAF-SCHOOL YOU? Did you attend a residential school for the deaf?