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| Overview | |
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| Taking a Look at the History of ASL | |
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| The History of ASL | |
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| The Standardization of ASL | |
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| The First Schools for Deaf Students | |
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| The Role of Education | |
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| A Ban on Sign Language | |
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| Effects of the Ban | |
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| Education Today | |
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| Understanding Deaf Culture | |
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| What is Deaf Culture? | |
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| The Values of Deaf Culture | |
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| Causes of Hearing Loss | |
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| Myths About Deaf People | |
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| Technology in a Deaf Person's Life | |
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| Using the Phone | |
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| Relay Services | |
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| Closed Captioning | |
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| Pagers | |
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| Paradigms of the Deaf Community | |
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| Introducing ASL | |
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| A Closer Look at ASL | |
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| Survival of the Language | |
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| Accents in ASL | |
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| Communication Methods | |
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| Early Acquisition of ASL | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Conversational Basics | |
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| Being an Observer | |
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| Attention-Getting Behaviors | |
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| Barriers | |
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| Leave-Taking Behaviors | |
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| Making Culturally Appropriate Choices | |
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| Possible Scenario #1 | |
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| Possible Scenario #2 | |
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| Possible Scenario #3 | |
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| Good-Byes | |
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| Learning Your ABCs | |
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| Knowing Your ABCs | |
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| Fingerspelling Smoothly and Clearly | |
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| Appropriate Uses for Fingerspelling | |
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| Lexicalized Fingerspelling | |
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| Crunching Numbers | |
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| Numbers 1 Through 10 | |
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| Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers | |
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| Numbers 11 Through 100, 1,000, and 1 Million | |
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| Money Signs | |
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| A Look at Grammar | |
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| Nonmanual Signals | |
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| Pronouns | |
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| Topic/Comment Structure | |
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| Yes/No Questions | |
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| Wh- Word Questions | |
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| Rhetorical Questions | |
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| A Look at Grammar, Part 2 | |
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| Making Negations and Assertions | |
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| Using Directional Verbs (Subject-Object Agreement) | |
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| Signing Conditional Sentences | |
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| Giving Commands | |
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| Building Sentences with Verbs | |
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| Using Adjectives | |
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| Holding a Conversation | |
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| Introducing Yourself | |
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| Meeting a Deaf Person | |
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| Typical Introductions | |
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| Name Signs | |
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| Sharing Personal Information | |
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| Background Exchange | |
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| Conversational Indicators | |
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| Introducing Family and Friends | |
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| Family Ties | |
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| Gender-Oriented Signs | |
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| Talking About Locations | |
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| Telling Where You Live | |
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| Geographical Signs | |
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| Major Cities | |
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| States | |
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| Being Descriptive | |
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| Using Classifiers | |
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| What Are Classifiers? | |
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| Classifier Handshapes | |
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| Locatives | |
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| Movement | |
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| Talking About Weather and Emergencies | |
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| The Dangers of Weather and Emergencies | |
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| Communication Barriers | |
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| Weather | |
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| Emergencies | |
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| Using Colors and Adjectives | |
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| Colors | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Moving Around the House | |
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| House | |
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| Living Room | |
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| Kitchen | |
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| Bathroom | |
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| Bedroom | |
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| Other | |
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| Location of Things | |
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| Talking About People | |
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| Descriptions | |
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| Affirming an Identification | |
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| Referring to Animals | |
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| Animals | |
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| Describing Animals | |
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| Hearing and Deaf Dogs | |
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| Telling Time | |
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| Telling Time | |
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| Hours and Minutes | |
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| Days, Weeks, and Months | |
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| Talking About Your Life | |
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| Working in the Office | |
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| Occupations | |
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| Furniture and Supplies | |
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| Work Duties and Activities | |
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| Eating Out | |
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| The Restaurant Experience | |
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| Restaurant and Food Signs | |
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| Condiments and Extras | |
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| Being Sick | |
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| Communicating Distress | |
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| Health-Related Signs | |
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| Sports and Recreation | |
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| Sports Signs | |
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| Actions and Plays | |
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| Rankings, Scores, and Records | |
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| What Next? | |
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| ASL Classes | |
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| Resources in Your Area | |
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| Community Events | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| The Rest of the Journey | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Answer Key | |
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| Organizations for Deaf People | |
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| Where to Buy Books and Materials | |
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| Internet Resources | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |