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~ Janna Sweenie (Author), (Author)
Key Phrases: American Sign Language, Facial Expression, Laurent Clerc (more...)
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"Picture Yourself Learning American Sign Language, Level 1" makes learning to sign fun and easy, providing the building blocks to help you master your comprehension of American Sign Language (ASL) at the beginner level. Using a whole-body approach to signing, you’ll learn to convey context and meaning on a dynamic level involving both facial expressions and HandShapes. The book begins by teaching you 10 facial expressions, 16 unique HandShapes, and signs to convey time, space, and location. You’ll then be introduced to the revolutionary “Pick and Say Rubric” that incorporates 90 vocabulary words with a sentence pattern. 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. "Picture Yourself Learning American Sign Language, Level 1" is filled with full-color photographs that illustrate proper HandShapes formation, and an accompanying DVD that demonstrates the correct way to form words and sentences, making learning to sign simple and enjoyable.


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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 Drama and Speech at Rutgers University, NJIT, and Columbia University. He can be visited online at www.BolesBooks.com.

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (January 18, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1598635166
  • ISBN-13: 978-1598635164
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,119,963 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Honest book, has writers strong opinions. , September 7, 2008
By C. Dorward "CJ" (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Very easy way to learn, the DVD is a great help. Some of the writer's opinions are very strong and I can see some people turned off by the book because of it, I was not. The book can sometimes be hard to follow, it reads like someone translated the book into spoken English, but you get the drift.

I would recommend to anyone who has an open mind and wants to learn more then just signing and also wants to know about the culture and how to be accepted as a "hearing enabled signer".
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