Signing For Dummies

by Penilla, Adan R.; Taylor, Angela Lee

• ISBN13: 9780764554360
• ISBN10: 0764554360
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-20
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

" As an ASL teacher . . . I love the complete and simple layout of this book." -- Don Cabbage, PhD, author, International Sign Language Series Filled with hundreds of detailed illustrations " This book really caught my attention. Everyone should read the chapter on Deaf Etiquette." -- Dr. Neal Weaver, President Louisiana Baptist University Want to discover more about ASL? This friendly guide explains the basics you need to start communicating right away, from proper handshapes and body language to vocabulary and grammar. With the conversations in the book and on the CD-ROM, you' ll build your skills for use in the home, office, and out and about town. All this on the bonus CD-ROM: Pick up Signing the easy way - through actual conversations Features demonstrations by ASL Signers Allows you to see ASL in action Reinforces lessons from the book

Author Biography

Adan R. Penilla, II is President of the Colorado Registry of Interpreters, Pikes Peak Affiliate. He has his NAD IV interpreting certification and his legal qualification. In 1995, he was an interpreter at the World Federation of the Deaf in Vienna and is currently teaching ASL at Trinidad State Junior College. He has written an ASL Quick Study Bar Chart and WW II for the Deaf. He lectures on Sign language throughout the United States and is currently working on his PhD.&#160; <p> Angela Lee Taylor is the Interpreter Coordinator at the Colorado Springs School for the Deaf and Blind. She was born deaf and is a native of Dixon, Illinois. Taylor graduated from Illinois School for the Deaf in 1985 and later received her bachelor's degree from Gallaudet University in 1997. During the past five years, Taylor has taught ASL for Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the community. Taylor has annually coordinated for the statewide Deaf and Hard of Hearing Symposium for four years running. She is a tutor for the shared Reading Project (SRP) and is also involved with ASLTAC. Taylor resides in Pueblo, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: Signing On to Sign.

Chapter 1: Finding Out That You Already Know a Little Sign.

Chapter 2: Digging into Grammar and Numbers.

Part II: ASL in Action.

Chapter 3: Introductions and Greetings.

Chapter 4: Getting to Know You: Asking