Description

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While learning a new language isn t a knack for everyone, Knack American Sign Language finally makes it easy. The clear layout, succinct information, and topic-specific sign language partnered with high-quality photos enable quick learning. By a bilingual author whose parents were both deaf, and photographed by a design professor at the leading deaf university, Gallaudet, it covers all the basic building blocks of communication. It does so with a view to each reader's reason for learning, whether teaching a toddler basic signs or communicating with a deaf coworker. Readers will come away with a usable knowledge base rather than a collection of signs with limited use. . 450 full-color photos. American Sign Language. Intended for people who can hear. Can be used with babies and young children.

About the Author

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Suzie Chafin has the knack! She was born hearing to deaf parents, and American Sign Language was her first language. The author of Your Pregnancy Devotional: 280 Days of Prayer and Inspiration, Suzie contributes to About.com's Guide to Parenting Multiples and speaks on a variety of parenting topics. Johnston Bell Grindstaff has the knack! He is associate professor and former department chair of art at Gallaudet University, the world-renowned institution in Washington, D.C., that serves deaf and hard of hearing students.