Title page
Copyright page
Contents
About the author
Preface
Note to the instructor
Note to the student
Basic handshapes for use with this manual
Part I: A Review of Fingerspelling and Basic Sign Language
An Introduction to helpful hints and aids to better manual communication
Lesson 1: Fingerspelling Problems
Lesson 2: Fingerspelling Exercises
Lesson 3: Contextual Fingerspelling
Lesson 4: Time words and phrases
Lesson 5: Review of money signs
Lesson 6: Review of Numbers and Counting
Lesson 7: Automobiles, parking and traffic
Lesson 8: Common foods and drinks
Lesson 9: Around the home
Lesson 10: Signs for different countries
Lesson 11: Signs for major U.S. cities
Lesson 12: Local colleges and universities
Lesson 13: Person signs requiring addition of "
-er"
Lesson 14: Diseases and illnesses
Lesson 15: Government and politics
Lesson 16: Use of comparatives and superlatives
Lesson 17: Some Verb Problems "Do"
Lesson 18: Some action words and phrases
Lesson 19: Prefixes and suffixes
Lesson 20: Mixed word groups
Lesson 21: Mixed word groups
Lesson 22: Mixed word groups
Lesson 23: Mixed word groups
Lesson 24: Mixed word groups
Lesson 25: Mixed word groups
Lesson 26: Mixed word groups
Lesson 27: Mixed word groups
Lesson 28: Mixed word groups
Lesson 29: Mixed word groups
Lesson 30: Signing songs, poems or hymns
Part II: English Idioms in Sign Language
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
Lesson 9
Lesson 10
Lesson 11
Lesson 12
Lesson 13
Lesson 14
Lesson 15
Part III: Sign language colloquialisms and Idiomatic Expressions
Lesson 1: The use of finish
Lesson 2: More uses of finish
Lesson 3: The use of late
Lesson 4: The use of think
Lesson 5: The use of zero
Lesson 6: The use of feel
Lesson 7: The use of succeed
Lesson 8: The use of lie down
Lesson 9: The use of For +
Lesson 10: The use of derogatory expressions
Lesson 11: The use of mixed patterns
Lesson 12: More mixed patterns
Lesson 13: And more mixed patterns
Lesson 14: And still more mixed patterns
Lesson 15: The use of miscellaneous expressions
Lesson 16: More miscellaneous expressions
Lesson 17: And more miscellaneous expressions
Lesson 18: And still more miscellaneous expressions
Bibliography
Index to parts I and II
Index to part III