Learn American Sign Language, Second Edition: Everything You Need to Start Signing - Complete Beginners Guide - 1000 Signs

by James W. Guido

Overview

Master American Sign Language (ASL) with this updated edition of the best-selling guide featuring thousands of photographs of signing Deaf actors. 

ASL is a vibrant, easy-to-learn language that is used by approximately half a million people each day. With this updated edition of Learn American Sign Language, you can learn how to communicate existing, new, and updated signs in ASL. With this new edition you will be able to:

• View videos demonstrating multi-step signs

• Learn more than 800 signs, including signs for school, the workplace, around the house, out and about, food and drink, nature, emotions, small talk, and more. Includes new signs from the past 10 years and slang that is more reflective of our current culture

• Unlock the storytelling possibilities of ASL with classifiers, easy ways to modify signs that can turn “fishing” into “catching a big fish” and “walking” into “walking with a group.”

• Find out how to make sentences with signs, use the proper facial expressions with your signs, and other vital tips

Organized by theme and with an index at the back, this easy-to-use and accessible reference boasts a layflat format that leaves your hands free for practice. Become an effective ASL communicator and storyteller with Learn American Sign Language, Updated Edition, the definitive guide to ASL.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760398692
Publisher:	Wellfleet Press
Publication date:	10/28/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256

About the Author

James W. Guido returns for the updated version of Learn American Sign Language. James is an American Sign Language instructor and the artistic director of the New York Deaf Theatre (NYDT). Since joining as the Artistic Director in 2012, JW has focused on creating opportunities for Deaf artists. Originally from Buffalo, New York, he’s currently an instructor of ASL at the College of Staten Island, and he hopes to some day be
a Broadway actor while continuing to teach ASL through the use of theatre. With his Ed.D in theater education at NYU, he’s developing innovative ways to teach ASL.

James W. Guido returns for the updated version of Learn American Sign Language. James is an American Sign Language instructor and the artistic director of the New York Deaf Theatre (NYDT). Since joining as the Artistic Director in 2012, JW has focused on creating opportunities for Deaf artists. Originally from Buffalo, New York, he's currently an instructor of ASL at the College of Staten Island, and he hopes to some day bea Broadway actor while continuing to teach ASL through the use of theatre. With his Ed.D in theater education at NYU, he's developing innovative ways to teach ASL.