Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide

by Mickey Flodin

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

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Language, Education, Textbooks

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1994

About the author

Mickey Flodin is an accomplished artist and bestselling author whose books on sign language have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. A self-taught painter and illustrator, Flodin began his career in advertising before launching his own freelance business, building a professional art career that has spanned over 25 years. His award-winning artwork has been featured in galleries and museum shows, with national and international sales. Deeply inspired by nature and wildlife, Flodin now works full-time as a wildlife artist, traveling across the United States for inspiration and residing in Missouri amid the natural landscapes he loves to paint.

Reviews

[Evan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good book I purchased at a used book store last summer. I was trying to teach myself back then but it's hard to teach yourself from a book and not have anyone to sign with or ask questions about the signs. This book was published in 1994 and I just found out that a revised version of the book was published in 2004. I think I'm going to try to hunt that one down.

This book has over 1300 signs. Some are outdated. Most are not. I have yet to take an ASL class but I have taken Introduction to Deaf Culture and am currently in a class called Implications of Deafness. A good majority of my classmates have taken AMSL II and beyond and one of my closest classmates is Deaf. She learned ASL when she was 3. Every day, from the first day of class, one of my classmates has taught me signs and/or clarifies things for me when I have a question. Two weeks ago I pulled out this book and started looking thru it. I recognize more signs, my Professor signs to us all day and the class is like 3 hours a day, twice a week. I can see the signs in context and just in person you know and it's easier. I practice practice practice and am picking up vocabulary fairly quickly and this book is a great help. The book is broken up into sections:

Family/People
Home
Clothing
Colors
Food
Social
Actions
Sports
Recreations
Hobbies
Numbers
Animals
Nature
Science
Travel
Holiday
Leisure
Thoughts/Emotions/Abstract Ideaa
God/Religion
Education
Communication
Weather
Time
and so on..

At the end of each chapter there are little quizzes with pictures of the signs and you can write in what they are. This is to help with receptive skills.

Let me tell you though..It's a lot different when someone is signing in front of you.

[Paige Etheridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this book to review my ASL before I dive deeper into my Japanese and German learning. Images and explainations are great. Keep in mind that are many signs for different words. I know how to sign pizza in six different ways for example and know that there's even more ways I don't know. Overall a great book for reviewing ASL and first time learners!

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good supplement to a sign language class. The illustrations do a good job of showing what the sign should look like. The memory aids are very helpful in remembering what a sign means. The introduction has very helpful information.

[Marlee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great. The pictures are well drawn. And the explanations of the signs are done really well. My daughter, who is 6, has learned a lot of the signs in this book with me. The signs are presented in a way that is quite simple to learn. We did already know a few signs, which made it a lot easier to learn from these.

[Crystal · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this book
great I am a beginning student of ASL, and I found this book to be of great help. I have a deaf friend, and wanted to communicate better with him, and I feel this book will really help me do that.
It would be best as an add-on to a course or to practical one-on-one conversation, but it is great on it's own too.
I loved the quizzes to keep checking myself.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to use, well categorized. It's kind of like a starter dictionary for sign language. Unfortunately I'm trying to self teach the basics and this wasn't all that helpful for that- I wouldn't suggest going for this first. Instead get the basics down and then get this book to increase your vocabulary.

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

The illustrations are clear, and for each word there is a narrative description of how to make the sign. I like that the words are categorized into subject areas, such as Family, People and Pronouns; Food and Eating. I also like that a memory aid is provided to help you remember each sign.

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

We use this book as a daily tool. I have enjoyed the great benefits of teaching my hearing children sign language. I use this book as a reference book.

[Jessica Morgan]

i found this book to be amazing !!!!!!!

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

well organized. easy to follow

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book for my sign language class in college, December 2008. Good reference book.