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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind by Margalit Fox is a really interesting book that covers the study of a village with its own sign language and also the history of sign. http://www.amazon.com/Talking-Hands-Language-Reveals-About/dp/0743247124

 

A Basic Course in ASL is an often used text. http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Course-American-Sign-Language/dp/0932666426

 

Be aware that any book might include old signs or regional signs that will differ from what is taught in class.

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The Signing Naturally series is what the Interpreting program my husband is in uses. The DVD's are very good receptive practice.

 

A Basic Course in ASL (referred to above) was the text used in the ASL I and II classes he took at a different community college before transferring into the interpreting program. He felt behind his classmates that had been through the SN series. Although if your DD wants exposure before taking ASL I in college this may be fine.

 

I highly recommend that your DD do some reading in Deaf Culture as well as doing the language study. To truly learn the language, she needs to practice with native language users; however, there are many jokes in Deaf Culture about ASL students. She would be wise to learn a little more of the culture she would be walking into and how to be respectful as a student within that culture.

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http://www.lifeprint.com

 

Free, teaches classifiers and all that fancy ASL stuff. :tongue_smilie:

 

:iagree: The lesson plans on LifePrint follow a similar sequence to ASL classes. Bill Vicars has a lot of good information on his site. I took ASL 1-4 using the Signing Naturally series. I have not seen the teacher's text, but the student text is not something that you could use for self study. Check your library for Talking with your hands, Listening with Your Eyes by Gabriel Grayson.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Talking-Your-Hands-Listening-Eyes/dp/075700007X/ref=pd_sim_b_21

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Thanks for the input. She is toying around with becoming an interpreter. Not sure if it is some romantic dream or what. I once suggested she become a speech therapist in which case ASL would be helpful (I assume).

 

However, she is at the wrong school if this is what she wants to do! Our local cc is one of the leaders in ASL/Interpretation, but she only has one semester before going off to school.

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The Signing Naturally series is what the Interpreting program my husband is in uses. The DVD's are very good receptive practice.

 

A Basic Course in ASL (referred to above) was the text used in the ASL I and II classes he took at a different community college before transferring into the interpreting program. He felt behind his classmates that had been through the SN series. Although if your DD wants exposure before taking ASL I in college this may be fine.

 

I highly recommend that your DD do some reading in Deaf Culture as well as doing the language study. To truly learn the language, she needs to practice with native language users; however, there are many jokes in Deaf Culture about ASL students. She would be wise to learn a little more of the culture she would be walking into and how to be respectful as a student within that culture.

 

This reminds me: The book For Hearing People Only: Answers to Some of the Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Deaf Community, Its Culture, and the "Deaf Reality would be useful too. If this is the same book I have, the questions and answers came from Deaf Life Magazine. http://www.deaflife.com/

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