Sign Language Made Simple

by Ruth Reppert and Edgar D. Lawrence

Book Overview

This comprehensive book features 600 complete sentences with every word clearly signed in graphic art, offering one of the easiest and most practical methods for learning sign language. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088243604X
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Gospel Pub House
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 7.3" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

Simple Made Easy

I own many Sign Language books (textbooks, dictionaries, etc.) and I found this book a wonderful resource to help beginners to sign sentences right away instead of looking up each word in an sign language dictionary.

Format for PSE is Excellent

I teach ASL at a college level. I would still recommend this book to everyone who is interested in learning sign language, but who does not have constant contact with Deaf people, or limited occassions at a work place. The format of learning elementary to more complex sentences (and the vocabulary along the way) puts the didactic and practical together in one easy to use resource. It comes with a comparatively inexpensive DVD with all of the chapters in visual format. I think it's one of the best for non-ASL users.

Sign Language Made Simple

This book is great. We were able to communicate with a deaf person (limited of course) with just the first two lessons. Rather than learning each word individually, like you would with a dictionary, you learn in sentences. We really enjoy our sign language class using this book. It makes learning SL fun. A Student of SL

Very comprehensive and easy to follow

My daughter had the first edition of this book and we had enjoyed working with that. Yet, when we received the second edition it was more compatible to American Sign Language, deleting many of the incidental words (the, to, a, etc.)The review exercises at the end of each lesson offer focused practice on the signs already learned. This enables the reader to quickly use the new words in actual conversation. Although just learning, I have been able to converse somewhat with hearing impaired friends.

Makes learning on your own easy!

This book has been in my personal library for 10 years. Rather than learning words independently, signing is learned in sentence form. This greatly aids in the retention of the signs. You can begin conversing from lesson one. Easy to follow directions and graphics show how to make the signs. Fingerspelling practice drills are given at the end of each lesson. This book will put you on your way to being a proficient signer.