The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Sign Language Illustrated

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Sign Language Illustrated

by Carole Lazorisak, Dawn Donohue
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Sign Language Illustrated

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Sign Language Illustrated

by Carole Lazorisak, Dawn Donohue

(Book and CD)

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Overview

How to say it in sign.
With over 500 photos and an instructional DVD.

Focusing on the less formal and more popular PSE (Pidgin Sign English), this is the perfect guide to the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Inside, readers will discover how to sign for small talk, emotions, directions, weather, family and friends, special occasions, recreation, travel, around the house, dining out, shopping, education, at the workplace, emergencies, and more.
• Includes more than 500 photos
• First and only book on sign language that contains a DVD
• There are approximately two million deaf people in the United States
• 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents, and PSE is the form of signing most often learned and taught by parents


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781592572557
Publisher: DK
Publication date: 09/07/2004
Series: Complete Idiot's Guide Series
Edition description: Book and CD
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 8.60(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.63(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Carol Lazorisak holds national certificates as a Deaf Certified Interpreter and as a Professional American Sign Language Teacher. Selected as a “New Yorker of the Week” by NY1 Cable, she was featured in the first issue of Biography magazine.

Dawn Donohue is a sign language interpreter and sign language teacher as well as an international management consultant. She is also Ms. Lazorisak’s daughter.

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