American Sign Language For Dummies with Online Videos (For Dummies

by Adan R. Penilla, Angela Lee Taylor

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 Deaf community with the ability to acquire and develop language and communication skills by utilizing facial expressions and body movements to convey and process linguistic information. With American Sign Language For Dummies, the complex visual-spatial and linguistic principles that form the basis for ASL are broken down, making this a great resource for friends, colleagues, students, education personnel, and parents of Deaf children.

Grasp the various ways ASL is communicated Get up to speed on the latest technological advancements assisting the Deaf Understand how cultural background and regionalism can affect communication Follow the instructions in the book to access bonus videos online and practice signing along with an instructor If you want to get acquainted with Deaf culture and understand what it's like to be part of a special community with a unique shared and celebrated history and language, American Sign Language For Dummies gets you up to speed on ASL fast.

Genres: Nonfiction, Language

333 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 11, 2016

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

دیگه پی دی افشو جمع کردم فعلن گذاشتم کنار. یادمه اون اولاش هر روز تمرین هم م میکردم.
راجع به خود این کتاب بخوام بگم، یادگیری ساین ها یکم قاطی میشه اگه فقط بخوای با کتاب پیش بری.
چون مدل حرکات رو تو نقاشیاش کشیده و یه سری وقت ها خیلی پیچیده میشدن.
البته خوبی سری کتاب های دامیز اینه از پایه شروع می‌کنه و کلی توضیح داره و فلان ولی توضیحات اضافی رو مشخص می‌ذاره میتونی هر وقت حوصله داشتی بیتشر بخونی‌

[Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars, rounded up. I agree with other reviews that static images are not easily understood for something like ASL. Luckily, the book provides a solution by making videos available.

What I really read this book for was the context behind ASL, like how the sentence order differs from English, different grammar rules, stuff like that. That information was really valuable, but most of the book is taken up with hard-to-decipher signs.

[Matthew Korniczky · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. It got me started with ASL and signing. I can now sign pretty well (with a little help from the ASL App). Thanks!

[Brett Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is definitely a helpful book. Sometimes the drawings make it confusing, the reader may be best served to look into someone teaching it on youtube.

[Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful. This is a perfect book to learn the basics.

[Kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

10/10. Used this to learn more basics for my son working with special needs children. I knew some but wanted to brush up on it and this was extremely helpful

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good place to begin learning sign language but need to work w/ someone to practice.