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American Sign Language, Level 1

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ISBN-10: 1598635166

ISBN-13: 9781598635164

Edition: 2008

Authors: Janna Sweenie, David W. Boles

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Written in the 4-color, visual, tutorial style of the "Picture Yourself" series, "Picture Yourself Signing ASL, Level One" provides the building blocks for learning ASL in a fun and simple way. The book teaches 10 Facial Expressions, 10 HandShapes, and over 60 vocabulary words as well as signs for time, space, and location. Using a "Pick and Say" rubric, each part of the sentence is assigned a color red for time, green for nouns, and blue for actions. The rubric makes learning proper sentence structure fun and engaging, and simple sentences can be built upon with the addition of individual vocabulary words. Filled with full-color photographs and images that illustrate proper HandShape…    
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Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Course Technology
Publication date: 1/18/2008
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 208
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Has been teaching ASL at NYU for over 15 years and other ASL credits include Montclair State University, Lehman College, Catholic Charities in Brooklyn, LaGuardia Community College and the College of New Rochelle. She was born Deaf in Council Bluffs and attended the Iowa School for the Deaf. Her job with NY State is to rehabilitate Deaf clients via education and employment. Her ASL website is http://HardcoreASL.com

David W. Boles has authored three other books for Course Technology PTR: Picture Yourself Learning American Sign Language,Level 1; Picture Yourself Learning Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard; and Google Apps Administrator Guide. David is the author of several blogs that deal with technology and the mind-body meme, including Urban Semiotic.com, RelationShaping.com, and WordPunk.com. David has also been teaching for over 16 years. He has taught American Sign Language at New York University; Public Health at University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; English and Literary Criticism at Fordham University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Saint Peter's College, and the College of New Rochelle; and…    

American Sign Language is a Visual Language
Deaf Culture Norms, Memes, and Standards
Understanding Facial Expression
Commanding HandShapes
The Red Chapter
The Green Chapter
The Blue Chapter
The Pick and Say Rubric
Creating Complex Sentences
Signing from Her on Up!
Index