Authors: Mickey Flodin
ISBN-13: 9780399530418, ISBN-10: 039953041X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: November 2004
Edition: REV
Here is the complete learning guide that teaches American Sign Language by "category," the most popular and preferred method of teaching and learning. This easy-to-use guide is updated and expanded to include new computer and technology signs and offers a fast and simple approach to learning. Includes:
- Vocabulary reviews
- Fingerspelling exercises
- Sign matching and memory aids
- A complete glossary and a comprehensive index
- Clear instructive drawings
Author Biography: Mickey Flodin is the co-author of many widely used signing books, including Signing Made Easy, The Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing, and The Pocket Dictionary of Signing, and is the author of Signing for Kids.
A brief history of sign language | 9 | |
Getting started : the basics | 16 | |
The basic hand shapes | 18 | |
Hints for better signing | 20 | |
The manual alphabet | 22 | |
Ch. 1 | Family, people and pronouns | 23 |
Ch. 2 | Home, clothing, and colors | 39 |
Ch. 3 | Food and eating | 53 |
Ch. 4 | Actions and related words | 69 |
Ch. 5 | Sports, recreation, and hobbies | 93 |
Ch. 6 | Animals, nature, and science | 105 |
Ch. 7 | Travel, holidays, location, and direction | 121 |
Ch. 8 | Thoughts, emotions, and abstract ideas | 135 |
Ch. 9 | God and religion | 161 |
Ch. 10 | Education, careers, and communication | 175 |
Ch. 11 | Cities, states, countries, and governments | 197 |
Ch. 12 | Numbers, money, and quantity | 209 |
Ch. 13 | Health, medical, and the body | 227 |
Ch. 14 | Time, seasons, and weather | 241 |
Ch. 15 | Opposites and questions | 255 |
Ch. 16 | Technology | 273 |
Acronymns, etc | 302 |