Hey does anybody know a good website or book to help you learn sign languge? I know the alphabet but is the a website with picutes and tells you common words and phrases like- he, she, what is---, things like that. help will be greatly appreciated!
~thank you
2006-10-02 09:04:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Book: the Gallaudet dictionary of ASL - it includes a dvd rom of the signs:
http://www.amazon.com/Gallaudet-Dictionary-American-Sign-Language/dp/1563682826/sr=8-1/qid=1160081968/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-0959583-9264944?ie=UTF8&s=books
but the best websites (which I use as reference to teach ASL classes):
A good site with large, descriptive drawings:
http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/signs.htm
Good sites with alphabetized video clips:
http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
Classifiers:
http://www.jal.cc.il.us/ipp/Classifiers/
2006-10-05 10:01:09 · answer #1 · answered by LEMME ANSWER THAT! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
handspeak.com is the best I have ever found. They have videos of many signs. They even have some signs from other sign languages around the world besides ASL. They used to be free, but I think they may have begun to charge a small fee.
The best book I have found is A Basic Course to American Sign Language. (Sometimes referred to as the ABC book). My wife is an interpreter, and also teaches sign language. This is the book both of us learned with, and the book she always uses to teach.
You really need to have a teacher, however. Some sign just can't be learned from a book. You must remember that ASL (American Sign Language) is a seperate language, not just signs for english words. It has its own grammar structure, and has other rules, as well. Many of these things are difficult to learn from a book.
By the way, he and she is denoted simply by pointing. You would never ask "What is" if you want to know a sign, you would ask "how sign (fingerspell word)?". Words like "is" are usually not signed at all.
Feel free to e-mail me. I might know a good teacher in your area, or might be able to get you in contact with other resources.
2006-10-02 09:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by Serving Jesus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
certain, i recognize some. i'm deaf yet i'm able to speech. I easily have a extreme listening to loss in my proper ear and a profound listening to loss in my left. listening to aids help yet I count very much on lip reading. My father and mom did not opt for me to be restricted to speaking by skill of ASL so I discovered a thanks to talk by years of speech treatment. i recognize the alphabet and about 100 signs and indicators. EMT
2016-11-25 23:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by incera 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The art of signing.Took it in college,may find it in college Bookstore.
2006-10-02 09:08:40 · answer #4 · answered by Rather be dead than red... 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best ASL web site:
aslpro.com
I use it almost every day.
2006-10-02 09:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by RocketMan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋