This is one of the most comprehensive guides available for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English Language or in the American Sign Language patter.

There are over 1,500 signs that have been clearly illustrated in this guide and are grouped by chapter into their natural catagories.

Dr. Lottie L. Riekehof has been associated with deaf people, sign language teaching, and interpreter training for many years. She is one of the first to promote the singing of music and has successfully trained a number of choral groups in the presentation of signed interpretations of well-known songs.

There are sections in this book that contain the history of sign language and fingerspelling, the art of signing, language patterns of signs, and an illustrated guide for fingerspelling.

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