Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
This is an excellent resource on communicating and thriving in deaf culture. For the most part, we will focus on American Sign Language (ASL) and on the concepts and culture that exist within the deaf population. You may be reading this book as the parent of a deaf child, as the employer of a newly hired deaf person or as someone who is interested in learning to sign, as a foreign language. Chapters include the use of the basic symbols of American Sign Language - both one-handed and two-handed, British sign language - using two-handed symbols, other International signing languages, communicating with concepts, teaching sign language to children, learning to sign as an adult, finding learning resources for adults, learning opportunities for the serious student, remote communication, building understanding and fostering learning and using an interpreter.
Product Description
This is an excellent resource on communicating and thriving in deaf culture. For the most part, we will focus on American Sign Language (ASL) and on the concepts and culture that exist within the deaf population. You may be reading this book as the parent of a deaf child, as the employer of a newly hired deaf person or as someone who is interested in learning to sign, as a foreign language. Chapters include the use of the basic symbols of American Sign Language - both one-handed and two-handed, British sign language - using two-handed symbols, other International signing languages, communicating with concepts, teaching sign language to children, learning to sign as an adult, finding learning resources for adults, learning opportunities for the serious student, remote communication, building understanding and fostering learning and using an interpreter.
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