How Do Hearing-
Impaired People Talk?
Hearing-impaired people cannot hear sounds well How do they "hear" words and talk?
Many hearing-impaired people use American Sign Language (ASL). They talk with their hands. Sometime two hearing-impaired people talk to each other. They use ASL. Sometimes a person who can hear interprets for hearing impaired people. The person listens to someone talking, and then he or she makes hand signs.
There are two kinds of sign language. One kind has a sign for every letter in the alphabet. The person spells words. This is finger spelling. The other kind has a sign for whole words. There are about five thousand (5,000) of these signs. They are signs for verbs, things and ideas.
Some of the signs are very easy, for example, eat, milk, and house. You can see what they mean. Others are more difficult, for example, star, egg, or week.
People from any country can learn ASL. They don't speak words. They use signs, so they can understand people from other countries.
ASL is almost like a dance. The whole body talks. American Sign Language is a beautiful language.
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A Vocabulary
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1. Others are more ____________________, for example,_______________egg, or week.
2. Sometimes two hearing-impaired people talk to ________________.
3. They __________________use ASL.
4. ______________________people cannot hear sounds well.
5. ASL is almost like a ______________________.
6. The other kind has a sign for ___________________words.
7. Sometimes a person who can hear well ___________________fro hearing-impaired people.
8. They use signs, not words, ___________________they can understand people from other countries.
9. Many hearing-impaired people use American __________________Language.
10. They are signs for verbs, thing, and ____________________.
B Vocabulary (new context)
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1. The class wants to have a party. This is a good __________________.
2. Many cannot hear well. She is ________________.
3. Ali works for the ________________in the sky during the daytime.
4. A large _________________says "No Smoking."
5. Masako and Carlos speak English to _________________.
6. Nadia and David __________________study engineering.
7. You cannot see the ___________________in the sky during the daytime.
8. Japanese is a ___________________language. English is easy.
9. It is late ____________________we cannot study any more.
10. The _________________class is here today. Everyone is hear.
11. There is a _________________for foreign students on Saturday.
C Vocabulary Review
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1. There are a lot of ___________________in the sky today. It is cloudy.
2. Michael Jackson is a ___________________ singer.
3. The weather is hot and wet in the ____________________.
4. Do you ___________________movies?
5. What _________________of bicycle do you have?
6. Please tell me ________________I talk too fast.
7. Water __________________into the air.
8. It is 8:58 and the students are __________________in their seats for their nine o'clock class.
9. Are apartments ________________or cheap in your city?
10. A bicycle is __________________ than a car.
11. Some students listen to _________________when they study.
D Questions
1. How do many hearing-impaired people "talk"?
2. How does a person interpret for hearing-impaired people?
3. *How many signs are there for finger spelling?
4. How many word signs are there?
5. Why are some signs easy?
6. Why can people from different countries talk to each other ....?
7. Why is ASL almost like a dance?
8. *Why is ASL a beautiful language?
E Comprehension: True/False/No Information
______ 1. Hearing-impaired people cannot hear sounds well.
______ 2. A person who interprets for hearing-impaired people cannot hear.
______ 3. There are more signs for words than for letters.
______ 4. Japanese people use ASL.
______ 5. Finger spelling has signs for numbers.
______ 6. Africans cannot learn ASL because they don't speak English.
______ 7. Only the hands move in ASL.
______ 8. It is difficult for children to learn ASL.
F Main Idea
1. ASL helps hearing-impaired people talk, but it is difficult to learn.
2. There are two kinds of sign language.
3. ASL is a beautiful language that helps hearing-impaired people talk to others.
4. ______________________people cannot hear sounds well.
5. ASL is almost like a ______________________.
6. The other kind has a sign for ___________________words.
7. Sometimes a person who can hear well ___________________fro hearing-impaired people.
8. They use signs, not words, ___________________they can understand people from other countries.
9. Many hearing-impaired people use American __________________Language.
10. They are signs for verbs, thing, and ____________________.
B Vocabulary (new context)
difficult so finger dance
hearing-impaired each other idea stars
sign interprets both whole
1. The class wants to have a party. This is a good __________________.
2. Many cannot hear well. She is ________________.
3. Ali works for the ________________in the sky during the daytime.
4. A large _________________says "No Smoking."
5. Masako and Carlos speak English to _________________.
6. Nadia and David __________________study engineering.
7. You cannot see the ___________________in the sky during the daytime.
8. Japanese is a ___________________language. English is easy.
9. It is late ____________________we cannot study any more.
10. The _________________class is here today. Everyone is hear.
11. There is a _________________for foreign students on Saturday.
C Vocabulary Review
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kind expensive if cheaper
poison collect tropics instead of
possible music already enjoy
1. There are a lot of ___________________in the sky today. It is cloudy.
2. Michael Jackson is a ___________________ singer.
3. The weather is hot and wet in the ____________________.
4. Do you ___________________movies?
5. What _________________of bicycle do you have?
6. Please tell me ________________I talk too fast.
7. Water __________________into the air.
8. It is 8:58 and the students are __________________in their seats for their nine o'clock class.
9. Are apartments ________________or cheap in your city?
10. A bicycle is __________________ than a car.
11. Some students listen to _________________when they study.
D Questions
1. How do many hearing-impaired people "talk"?
2. How does a person interpret for hearing-impaired people?
3. *How many signs are there for finger spelling?
4. How many word signs are there?
5. Why are some signs easy?
6. Why can people from different countries talk to each other ....?
7. Why is ASL almost like a dance?
8. *Why is ASL a beautiful language?
E Comprehension: True/False/No Information
______ 1. Hearing-impaired people cannot hear sounds well.
______ 2. A person who interprets for hearing-impaired people cannot hear.
______ 3. There are more signs for words than for letters.
______ 4. Japanese people use ASL.
______ 5. Finger spelling has signs for numbers.
______ 6. Africans cannot learn ASL because they don't speak English.
______ 7. Only the hands move in ASL.
______ 8. It is difficult for children to learn ASL.
F Main Idea
1. ASL helps hearing-impaired people talk, but it is difficult to learn.
2. There are two kinds of sign language.
3. ASL is a beautiful language that helps hearing-impaired people talk to others.
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