The American Sign Language Handshape Starter: A Beginner's Guide

I am a beginner and this book works like a dictionary. I selected this book because with each word there was a picture and a description of proper hand movement. I purchased this book as well as a few other books, and have been successful in learning ASL.I would recommend the seller, as the transaction was prompt and I got what I expected.

Ordered for my daughter, the book is great, great delivery as well.

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The book is organized well. It helps while learning the basics of ASL.The pictures took a while to get used to.

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This is an excellent book for the beginning American Sign Language (ASL) student to learn signs and to supplement class learning. The book gives a good explanation of the parameters or components of a sign. It discusses proper handshape, palm orientation, location, movement, and non-manual signals. The book teaches about the difference in signing a noun and a verb (like the noun airplane vs. flying in an airplane) and it presents the American Sign Language Manual Alphabet and how to fingerspell the numbers 1-10. A chart is then presented with common American Sign Language handshapes for each letter (example: L and Bent L; V and Bent V).The book is laid out in twenty major sections so you can easily find words with similar functions (like classroom vocabulary, action words, quantities, prepositions, people, food, animals, sports, clothing, and seasons). Each ASL sign is sketched like a typical sign in an ASL dictionary to show specifics of the sign and each description has additional information so you can accurately use the sign. This additional information includes handshape, palm orientation, proper location of the sign (near head, on chest, below mouth or shoulder, etc.), and any movement or non-manual sign (like a head shake "no") needed for proper execution of the sign. I have taken 8 American Sign Language classes and I still find this an excellent book to review words and understand signs. The index is laid out in a particularly helpful way with the word, the handshape needed, and page number. Sometimes I only need to look at the index to remember the sign. This book is published by Gallaudet University Press, which is why I trusted it enough to buy in the first place. I was not disappointed!

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