This book presents English words and their American Sign Language (ASL) equivalents in 63 lessons. Part one covers 750 words and their signs. Part two deals with the interpretation of 220 English idioms (which have over 300 usages in ASL). Part three presents over 300 ASL idioms and colloquialisms prevalent in informal conversations.
Conversational Sign Language II is excellent for the classroom or for self-instructional use and includes a separate index for each part as well as a bibliography. Each of the 63 lessons in the text is illustrated and has follow-up exercises. A practice test is included after every third lesson.
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Conversational Sign Language II
An Intermediate Advanced Manual
- 237 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the author
- Preface
- Note to the instructor
- Note to the student
- Basic handshapes for use with this manual
- Part I: A Review of Fingerspelling and Basic Sign Language
- Part II: English Idioms in Sign Language
- Part III: Sign language colloquialisms and Idiomatic Expressions
- Bibliography
- Index to parts I and II
- Index to part III
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