Signing Made Easy: A Complete Program for Learning and Using Sign Language in Everyday LifeA comprehensive guide to learning and using Sign Language in everyday life The authors of the acclaimed Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing and The Pocket Dictionary of Signing have created a text and workbook in one. This volume will teach you how to use signing in English sentence format. Signing Made Easy offers the most thorough, step-by-step approach to learning sign language, complete with drills and practice exercises to increase signing ability and understanding. Presented in a large-format, easy-to-follow design, this book includes: • More than 3,500 different signs, with clear illustrations and descriptions • Instructions on how to sign in complete sentences • Exercises for learning how to give and receive signs • Drills to reinforce vocabulary retention • Chapters organized by subject -- from "Work and Careers" to "Family and Social Life" to "Food" --that build progressively on previous lessons • The complete manual alphabet • Spelling exercises throughout • Instructions for forming numbers and inflections • A complete index for easy reference |
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Signing Made Easy: A Complete Program for Learning and Using Sign Language ... Rod R. Butterworth,Mickey Flodin No preview available - 1989 |
Signing Made Easy Rod R Butterworth, M.A., M.Ed.,Rod R. Butterworth,Mickey Flodin No preview available - 1989 |
Signing Made Easy: A Complete Program for Learning and Using Sign Language ... Rod R. Butterworth,Mickey Flodin No preview available - 1989 |
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ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIONS additional practice chest with palms chin curved open hand deaf F hand finger and thumb following sentences once following signs front with palms Giving Signs Practice hand back hand in front hand with palm Hold the left Hold the right index fin INDEX FOR LOCATION left flat hand left flat palm left hand left index finger left palm little-finger edge LOCATION OF ADDITIONAL LOOK IN INDEX mouth Move both hands Move the hands Move the right movement palm facing forward palm facing left palm facing right palm-up pivot Place the fingertips Place the right Place the thumb Point the right Practice Giving Signs Practice Learning Signs Practice Receiving Signs right curved hand right flat hand right H right index finger right open hand right S hand right thumb right V fingers sign language signing the following Signs Practice signing simultaneously Test Your Skill thumb and index upward ward wrist