Title: Excellent Deaf culture and PSE/CS learning tool!
Product review: Having taken 2 semesters of ASL, I must admit that I was disappointed to see a vocabulary list that I knew 95% of...but this book is definitely an excellent source for those with no or very little prior ASL knowledge. NOTE: THIS IS NOT ASL. The book is Pidgin Signed English (now called Contact Signing) which is easier to learn if your first language is English. That is, the grammar of ASL is absent in the presence of English word order. But the way the book is laid out, it's easy to learn! There's little bits of cultural information, how to engage and end a conversation, "do"s and "don't"s, and more! I like the little anecdotes, too.Pros: Easy to follow, comes with a DVD to reinforce and clarify signs, decent amount of information for a beginnerCons: NOT ASL (ASL "words" but not the grammar) and not terribly helpful for those with moderate exposure to sign languageOverall, it's a handy cultural tool that helps you learn a little language :)
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