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Ace's Sign Language (1 of 3) Exambusters Study Cards (Ace's Exambusters)

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These cards present you with a nice array of basic signs which can be communicated in one or two photos. Photograhs of handshapes are a nice change over the drawing you usually find in a signing dictionary. The cards are large enough to view well and can be laid in a row to form a sentence. Younger children find them intriguing and fun and they make it easy for adults to pick up some of the basics quickly. I would recommend purchasing all three sets (Exambusters Sign Language, More Sign Language and Even More Sign Language). Together they will supply you with about 600 different signs grouped by category. (food, occupation, people, home, etc.)

One of the other reviewers complained about the signs not being accurate. Of course they're accurate. However, ASL like all languages is dialectal. Just as we use a different word in one part of the country for something in another part of the country, so, too, with signing. Some signs in California are different than New York. You can't always trust the ASL dictionary (just as you might not always be able to trust a flash card). Look around and see what people are using.

Great resource! I'll certainly buy the others.

My students love them. We use them in class for group study and a jeopardy/trivia game. They're good review before finals and good preview for upcoming lessons. Exambusters cover the basics in an unconfusing format. In our learning center, we use the software. It's easy to figure out. Just click around and all the functions are clear. Students can remove cards they know or don't need from a virtual stack of cards, the same as if they had index cards printed. The screensaver helped with vocabulary study especially. The computer test was different each time and no matter how many times it was taken. There are three lengths to choose from, quiz, mid-term, and final.

I've tried several courses: math, science, history and language. My kids especially love the Sign Language cards! I purchased all three card sets and the CD-software. The photographs are more realistic than drawings which you mostly find in ASL products. Great for younger kids too. My daughter's using them in her Brownie troupe and my three-year-old has picked up on some of the alphabet and numbers already. My older son has some mild learning disabilities and looking at a page in a book with so much information all together makes him nervous. I put one card at a time on a cleared table. It helps him focus and that gives him more confidence. People have been making or using flash cards forever, and I think they always will be no matter how fancy computers and software gets (but the Exambusters software is good too). I've recommended them to others.

When I was in school, flash cards were the best way to learn and I always made my own. The exambusters cards cover many of my daughter's courses and I bought her several. Sometimes we work together and she and her friends study in a group too--making a trivia game. Try the software. The screensaver function is great!! In our house, we love to learn new languages. The program flashes words or phrases and then translation every few seconds. The material goes into your brain by osmosis and the constantly changing cards on the screen keep pulling you back to read more. The software is much easier to figure out than some other brands we've purchased. It's intuitive; you don't need to read a lot of confusing instructions. All in all, good investment.

In junior high, my son got a head start on high school courses and that helped him get better grades. He used both cards and CD. My son liked the software, so he studied more than he would have from a book. Learning is hard work, but the exambusters made him feel like it's not quite so bad. The software is well-laid out, colorful, and user-friendly. The messages they give when they score the tests are amusing.

I bought several courses. The cards offer basic concepts in small bites. The information was relevant to what was presented by my teacher. The cards and CD's gave good review before exams and a head start at the start of the new school year. The cards had a lot of questions; you can carry them in your pocket and learn a few each day. The software was easy to use. It is like the cards but on the screen. You can take a test or just review. Front is question, click for answer on back of card. The software can also show the cards on the screen at random, first the question, then the answer. They change every few seconds. That keeps you reading and wondering what's coming up next. It's entertaining while you're studying.

I was enjoying my new set of flashcards until I realized that many of the signs shown are not found in an ASL dictionary as the proper sign. So while the concept of learning via flashcards is fun and encouraging, I feel the need to cross-reference every word in case I'm learning the wrong sign. I will, however, give part 2 and 3 a chance!

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Study cards for Sign Language? Cool! Hey, if I had these, I probably would'nt need to buy anymore books! I could just use the flash cards and learn how to sign in one day! I'm going to tell everybody! This is great! Finally, there is an easier way to learn Sign Language! The best part is, you can practice anywhere! In the car, at home, in the office, etc. I have also heard that there are cards for different subjects too like math, biology, Spanish, French, etc. ( If you have read this review, email this one!)