Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II–Beginning & Intermediate

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Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II–Beginning & Intermediate

Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II--Beginning & Intermediate

This book was created to assist learners in successfully interacting with each other. American Sign Language (ASL) users The 24 lessons are written by two of the most respected authorities in the field. They cover Beginning and Ending. Intermediate Or Level I You can choose from I or II courses of study. The lessons are based on common situations in life and are taught through dialogues. Grammar and vocabulary instruction are also included. The United States Deaf culture is also covered. A videotape is included as well as an instructor’s guide.

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This course teaches you how to use the common conversational language that is required for everyday life situations.
With over 2,000 high quality colorized illustrations, this book illustrates hundreds of sentences.
This book contains over 100 grammar and cultural tips, 72 exercises and charts of the American Manual alphabet (Finger spelling) & ASL number system
Instructs native users in ASL using a natural, predictable order. American Sign Language.
Information about the cultural lives and daily activities of Deaf Americans in America.
This video supports the text with all of the important conversations and structures.

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Video to Accompany American Sign Language, 2/e
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American Sign This state-of the-art video will delight language students. It presents each of the 72 dialogues as well as every key structure in the text in a clear, natural way. Four internationally recognized Deaf actors animate the dialogues. Students can review the instructional materials at their home and see the animated text.

About the authors

Tom Humphries, Associate Director of Teacher Education Program, also teaches in Department of Communication at University of California San Diego. He currently coordinates a program that trains teachers of deaf children in a bilingual manner. Before this, he was an English teacher at Gallaudet University for many years. He also served as the Associate Dean of the San Diego Community College district where he oversaw the development of ASL programs and interpreter training programs. He is a cross-cultural communication and language specialist with a Ph.D. Learning. Carol Padden and Dr. Humphries co-authored Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture, as well as several other books and articles on ASL and the culture and deaf people.

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Carol Padden is an Associate Professor at the University of California in San Diego’s Department of Communication. She teaches courses on language, culture, and media. She is a Georgetown University graduate and has a Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego in Linguistics. Recent research has focused on reading development in young children with hearing loss. She also wrote extensively about the culture and lives of Deaf people in the United States. Her work was recognized with a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and many other awards and grants. She has also co-authored several books with Tom Humphries. American Sign Language structure. Humphries & Padden (Learning American Sign Language, 2e). SMP 2004 Page 1

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