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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Sign Language Illustrated
How to say it in sign.
With over 500 photos and an instructional DVD. Focusing on the less formal and more popular PSE (Pidgin Sign English), this is the perfect guide to the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Inside, readers will discover how to sign for small talk, emotions, directions, weather, family and friends, special occasions, recreation, travel, around the house, dining out, shopping, education, at the workplace, emergencies, and more.
• Includes more than 500 photos
• First and only book on sign language that contains a DVD
• There are approximately two million deaf people in the United States
• 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, and PSE is the form of signing most often learned and taught by parents
With over 500 photos and an instructional DVD. Focusing on the less formal and more popular PSE (Pidgin Sign English), this is the perfect guide to the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Inside, readers will discover how to sign for small talk, emotions, directions, weather, family and friends, special occasions, recreation, travel, around the house, dining out, shopping, education, at the workplace, emergencies, and more.
• Includes more than 500 photos
• First and only book on sign language that contains a DVD
• There are approximately two million deaf people in the United States
• 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, and PSE is the form of signing most often learned and taught by parents
261 pages, Paperback
First published September 7, 2004
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July 27, 2010
Good beginning resource.
There's a lot of intro. to the Deaf Culture, which is, of course, the best place to start. For me it was a good review.
If you have a basic interest in sign, I would recommend this book.
There's a lot of intro. to the Deaf Culture, which is, of course, the best place to start. For me it was a good review.
If you have a basic interest in sign, I would recommend this book.
November 1, 2009
Useful and interesting. Should read it again sometime.
August 21, 2012
Brushing up on sign language again.
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