Signing Made Easy: A Complete Program for Learning Sign Language. Includes Sentence Drills and Exercises for Increased Comprehension and - Rod R. Butterworth

For the fourth most used language in the United States, there has not previously been a manual that did more than simply show how to make individual signs. Signing Made Easy teaches how to use signing as a language. \nA comprehensive guide to learning and using Sign Language in everyday life \n 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. \n \nPresented in a large-format, easy-to-follow design, this book includes: \n - More than 3,500 different signs, with clear illustrations and descriptions \n- Instructions on how to sign in complete sentences \n- Exercises for learning how to give and receive signs \n- Drills to reinforce vocabulary retention \n- Chapters organized by subject -- from Work and Careers to Family and Social Life to Food --that build progressively on previous lessons \n- The complete manual alphabet \n- Spelling exercises throughout \n- Instructions for forming numbers and inflections \n- A complete index for easy reference\n