The Everything Sign Language Book

• Author : Irene Duke
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 17 March 2009

Discover the intricacies of American Sign Language with this comprehensive, essential guide to learning the basics of sign language. The appeal of American Sign Language (ASL) has extended beyond the Deaf community into the mainstream—it’s even popular as a class in high school and college. You are guided through the basics of ASL with clear instruction and more than 300 illustrations. With a minimum of time and effort, you will learn to sign: the ASL alphabet; questions and common

• Author : Adan R. Penilla, II,Angela Lee Taylor
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 30 November 2016

Grasp the rich culture and language of the Deaf community To see people use American Sign Language (ASL) to share ideas is remarkable and fascinating to watch. Now, you have a chance to enter the wonderful world of sign language. American Sign Language For Dummies offers you an easy-to-access introduction so you can get your hands wet with ASL, whether you're new to the language or looking for a great refresher. Used predominantly in the United States, ASL provides the

• Author : Russell Scott Rosen,James W. Guido
• Publisher : Wellfleet
• Release : 13 October 2015

Here is the ultimate guide to learning American Sign Language including finger spelling, numbers, inflections, hand shapes.

• Author : David A. Stewart,Jennifer Stewart
• Publisher : Barrons Educational Series
• Release : 05 January 2021

Barron’s American Sign Language is a brand-new title on ASL that can be used in the classroom, as a supplemental text to high school and college courses, or for anyone who wants to learn proper ASL. The only book with comprehensive instruction and online graded video practice quizzes, plus a comprehensive final video exam. Content includes topics on the Deaf culture and community, ASL Grammar, fingerspelling, combining signs to construct detailed sentences, Everyday ASL, and much more. More than 1,000

• Author : Lora Heller
• Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
• Release : 05 August 2021

Color photographs illustrate sign language for numbers, letters, colors, feelings, animals, and clothes.

• Author : Catherine Nichols,David Bowell
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 01 August 2013

Learning a new language is easier than you think! This informative book teaches you the basics of American Sign Language. It's the third most used language in the United States--and yet it's “spoken” without even opening your mouth! It's estimated that as many as two million Americans speak American Sign Language, a method of communication that's both fun and useful, even if you or your friends and family are not hearing impaired. American Sign Language uses simple-to-follow photographs to teach

• Author : Clayton Valli,Ceil Lucas
• Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
• Release : 05 August 2021

New 4th Edition completely revised and updated with new DVD now available; ISBN 1-56368-283-4

• Author : Charlotte Lee Baker-Shenk,Dennis Cokely
• Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
• Release : 05 August 1991

The videocassettes illustrate dialogues for the text it accompanies, and also provides ASL stories, poems and dramatic prose for classroom use. Each dialogue is presented three times to allow the student to "converse with" each signer. Also demonstrates the grammar and structure of sign language. The teacher's text on grammar and culture focuses on the use of three basic types of sentences, four verb inflections, locative relationships and pronouns, etc. by using sign language. The teacher's text on curriculum and

• Author : Martin L. A. Sternberg
• Publisher : Turtleback Books
• Release : 01 October 1998

This third edition, an abridgement of American Sign Language, features more than 500 new signs in a guide to the third most common language in the United States.

• Author : Tom Humphries,Carol Padden,Terrence J. O'Rourke
• Publisher : T J Pub Incorporated
• Release : 05 August 1994

Presented in textbook form, the book contains 22 lessons, each one providing illustrations and two to four basis explanations of the language structures to be learned.

• Author : Rochelle Barlow
• Publisher : Rockridge Press
• Release : 28 July 2020

A 30-day beginner's guide for learning American Sign Language There's an easy way to leap right in to learning American Sign Language (ASL). American Sign Language for Beginners delivers 30 days of lessons that will help you sign with those in your home, community, and classroom. From letters and numbers to essential vocabulary and grammar basics, this beginner's guide provides the essentials needed to develop a solid foundation for American Sign Language in the real world. Each daily lesson takes less

• Author : Irene Duke
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release : 18 August 2009

An accessible reference covers basic alphabet, vocabulary, and communication techniques using American Sign Language for a variety of needs from signing to infants and assisting a child with special needs to interacting with hearing-impaired seniors and working in business environments. Original.

• Author : Tom Humphries,Carol Padden,Robert Hills
• Publisher : Pearson College Division
• Release : 01 December 2004

72 dialogues are presented to demonstrate various conversations.

• Author : Geoffrey S. Poor
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 10 April 2009

Full-color photos on flash cards present close-ups of a model demonstrating 500 American Sign Language (ASL) signs. The meanings, brief descriptions of hand and arm motions, and related words are listed on the reverse side of each card. Correct formations of hand shapes and facial expressions are clearly shown to eliminate any possible confusion regarding intended word meanings. Where appropriate, photos include directional arrows that show hand or arm movements. Each flash card has a hole in one corner to accommodate

• Author : Sherman Wilcox,Phyllis Perrin Wilcox
• Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
• Release : 05 August 1997

As more and more secondary schools and colleges accept American Sign Language (ASL) as a legitimate choice for second language study, Learning to See has become even more vital in guiding instructors on the best ways to teach ASL as a second language. And now this groundbreaking book has been updated and revised to reflect the significant gains in recognition that deaf people and their native language, ASL, have achieved in recent years. Learning to See lays solid groundwork for