Signing For Dummies: with Video CD 2nd Edition

Pick up American Sign Language the easy way through actual conversations

Want to discover more about ASL? This friendly guide explains the basics you need to start communicating right away, from proper handshapes and body language to vocabulary and grammar. With the conversations in the book and on the video CD, you’ll build your skills for use in the home, office, and around town.

• ASL 101 get an overview of the basic handshapes, facial expressions, and body language of Sign to start making some simple sentences

• Sign it from the rooftops develop your ability to strike up conversations, ask for directions, talk about dining and shopping, and more

• Sign like a pro take your skills to the next level with ideas and tips to help you sign even better

• Give your hands a rest discover how Deaf people function in the hearing world, grasp the cultural component of ASL, and get to know the history of Sign

Open the book and find:

• Hundreds of signs illustrated

• Basic ASL grammar rules

• Good signs for striking up a conversation

• How ASL has changed and evolved

• Dialogues that show ASL in action in everyday situations

• Deaf culture and etiquette

• Info on becoming a certified interpreter

• Popular Deaf expressions

Bonus video CD includes

Actual conversations, demonstrations by ASL signers, and reinforced lessons from the book

See CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Learn to:

• Sign numbers and the manual alphabet

• Ask questions, start conversations, and make small talk with fellow signers

• Use ASL grammar to sign clearly and effectively

Practice signing with the companion video CD

Adan R. Penilla II, PhD, teaches American Sign Language at Colorado State University and is a freelance interpreter for the Colorado court system. Angela Lee Taylor is the Interpreter Coordinator at the Colorado Springs School for the Deaf and Blind.