The Deaf and Language: Oral, Sign and Written (MCQS)

1. With speech _______ generally do serve some function such as to emphasize a meaning or to indicate a
new information.
a. Signs c. Expressions
b. Gestures d. All of these

2. There are two types of sign languages: one that relates to _______ and other is Independent Sign
Language.
a. Morpheme by morpheme sign language
b. Ordinary writing-based sign language
c. Ordinary speech-based sign language
d. Spelling-based sign language.

3. Learner simultaneously acquires the morphology and syntax of both the sign and related speech-based
language through _______
a. Morpheme by morpheme (MnM) system. c. Written language approach
b. Oral approach d. Letter by letter system.

4. Here is the list of three basic components of Independent sign language except ________
a. Hand configuration c. Place of articulation
b. Movement d. Time of articulation

5. One of the foremost advocates of the oral approach was _______

a. Alexander Graham Bell c. Thomas Gallaudet
b. Edward Gallaudet d. Laurent Clerc

6. A sign system that uses a whole sign for each speech word or meaningful part is
a. letter by letter c. morpheme by morpheme
b. word by word d. none of them

7. In _____, individual words are structured together into sentences according to syntactic rules, the heart
of the grammar of a language.
a. speech-based language c. Oral approach
b. sign-based language d. none of these

8. _______ focuses on the teaching of speech production and secondarily on speech comprehension.
a. Oral Approach c. speech-based language
b. Written Approach d. sign-based language

9. The comprehension of speech is usually fostered through both exploiting any residual hearing that
learners may have and the teaching of speechreading, commonly known as
a. Written Approach c. Oral Approach
b. lipreading d. None of these

10. In addition to Total Communication an additional type of language, _______, must be taught.
a. Written Language c. oral communication
b. sign language d. both (b) and (c)

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