Product Details

• Actors: Pam Amundsen, Don Lee Hanaumi, Seymour Duran, Justin Calloway
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000BHUUCU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,016 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

"This is the ASL Dictionary we've been waiting for! ASL in Motion has created a straightforward, easy-to-use DVD that offers introductory vocabulary for beginning signers, and a valuable reference for more advanced signers. The set-up is effectively simple; the menu offers a choice of 22 categories of signs, ranging from the manual alphabet to numbers to more advanced areas such as transportation signs, occupation signs, and emotion signs. Once the user selects a category, a signer is shown demonstrating 20-30 signs that fit that category. Both the categories themselves and the signs within each category are arranged logically with the easiest material appearing first. An English gloss of the sign, along with a picture where appropriate, is shown as well, further clarifying concepts. On-screen graphics are used very effectively; for example, the "family signs" section uses an on-screen family tree to clarify the relationships being shown. Four signers of various races and genders are shown, and their sign production is slow and clear without being exaggerated. With a total of 718 signs, this DVD is an extremely valuable resource for any student of ASL."

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not for beginners, February 28, 2011

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M. Yoho (Georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ASL in Motion Dictionary (DVD)

This video is hard to follow especially if you are beginning sign language. You have the word shown on the left side of the screen, a picture in the upper corner and the person signing on the right side of the screen so you have to look on the left for the word/words or in the upper left corner for the picture while the person is signing on the right side of the screen. Sometimes you may not catch all the sign because you are reading the word and/or words, or the word is signed to fast. The sign is only made once and if you don't catch it the first time you will have to replay. You will need to have some experience under your belt before using this video. I do not recommend it for beginners. Also, there is no spoken sound on this video(only music)so you cannot rely on hearing a word, you have to be able to read or look at the picture. You must also know the alphabet in sign languare because some of the words or pictures are simple spelled out. No specific sign is given.