Conversational Sign Language II: An Intermediate

by Willard J. Madsen

Book Overview

This book presents English words and their American Sign Language (ASL) equivalents in 63 lessons. Part one covers 750 words and their signs. Part two deals with the interpretation of 220 English idioms (which have over 300 usages in ASL). Part three presents over 300 ASL idioms and colloquialisms prevalent in informal conversations.

Conversational Sign Language II is excellent for the classroom or for self-instructional use and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913580007
• ISBN13: 9780913580004
• Release Date: October 1972
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An excellent addition!!!

This book is an excellent addition to my collection on sign language texts. I would caution someone who is very new to sign language to hold off on this particular book due to the lack of pictures. Also, some of the signs are outdated (Especially the country and city signs... but these, after all, seem to change on a somewhat DAILY basis). All in all, this book is wonderful at illustrating the use of idioms and words that mean many things... for instance, if you sign "run" do you mean run away, a runny nose, run for president, a run in pantyhose, or a run like in a card game? This books is an excellent source for learning how to sign English idioms of all sorts... I highly recommend it.