Learn American Sign Language: Everything you need to start signing * complete beginner's guide * 800+ signs

James W. Guido

Sep 2015 · Wellfleet Press

About this ebook

American Sign Language (ASL) is a vibrant, easy-to-learn language that is used by approximately half a million people each day. Current with the latest additions to ASL and filled with thousands of brand new photographs by Deaf actors, Learn American Sign Language is the most comprehensive guide of its kind. - Learn more than 800 signs, including signs for school, the workplace, around the house, out and about, food and drink, nature, emotions, small talk, and more. - Unlock the storytelling possibilities of ASL with classifiers, easy ways to modify signs that can turn "fishing" into "catching a big fish" and "walking" into "walking with a group." - Find out how to make sentences with signs, use the proper facial expressions with your signs, and other vital tips.

Ratings and reviews

This is a great book for learning the basics. The arrow directions can be a little confusing at first, though. If you don't have anyone to practice with, or show you the proper way to sign, I'd recommend looking up videos.

It's very detailed and simple, though there is so much detail in each word they teach, it's not complicated. I recommend this book

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About the author

James W. Guido is an American Sign Language instructor and the artistic director of the New York Deaf Theatre. Originally from Buffalo, New York, he's currently a professor of ASL at the College of Staten Island, and hopes to some day be a Broadway actor while continuing to teach ASL through the use of theatre. This is his first book.