John Murray Press British Sign Language: Teach Yourself

@2@@20@This product contains a book and DVD.@21@@16@@20@@21@@20@@21@@16@@20@Do you want to be able to understand and use British Sign Language confidently?@21@ @16@All you need is this best-selling course. Learn everyday, useful BSL through real-life situations that make the grammar and vocabulary easy and memorable. Hundreds of line illustrations throughout the book and constant references to video clips on the DVD make learning fast and fun.@3@@2@British Sign Language (BSL) is used in the United Kingdom. The number of Deaf people in the UK using BSL has been put at about 50,000; there are in addition many more hearing people who use BSL to communicate with Deaf users. Sign languages are not related to spoken languages and BSL is completely different, for example, from American Sign Language. Sign language conveys meaning through the use of space and movement of the hands, body, face and head. @3@@2@We know that many hearing people are keen to learn BSL (it is a very popular evening class course, for example). But there is a lack of good teaching materials written in English for hearing learners of BSL, which this course fills. @18@Get Started in British Sign Language @19@follows the BSL curricula taught currently in colleges (Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People CACDP and Institute of BSL) and therefore will be able to be used as support material by learners, as well as providing a complete grounding in the structure and grammar of BSL. @16@@20@@21@@16@@20@@21@@16@@20@Flexible@21@@16@Learn in your own time and at your own pace@3@@2@@20@Time saving@21@@16@Learn quickly with one- and five-minute essentials@3@@2@@20@Expert@21@@16@Written by Deaf authors@3@@2@@20@Informative@21@@16@Sections of Deaf culture@3@@2@@20@Jargon-free@21@@16@Learn the grammatical features of BSL with ease@3@@2@@20@Practical@21@@16@Reinforce your learning with examples and exercises@3@@2@@20@Authentic@21@@16@Learn everyday BSL through real-life situations@3@@2@@20@DVD (MP4 compatible)@21@@16@Video clips provided on a 60-minute DVD @3@@2@@20@Teach Yourself British Sign Language includes:@21@@3@@2@Chapter 1: Starting out with BSL structure@16@Chapter 2: More about Deaf people@16@Chapter 3: BSL Structures@16@Chapter 4: Deaf culture and BSL etiquette@16@Chapter 5: Introduction to facial expressions@16@Chapter 6: Asking 'wh-' questions@16@Chapter 7: Asking 'yes'/'no' questions@16@Chapter 8: More about questions@16@Chapter 9: How to use facial expressions@16@Chapter 10: BSL mouth patterns@16@Chapter 11: Starting out with fingerspelling@16@Chapter 12: Learning to fingerspell@16@Chapter 13: Reading fingerspelling@16@Chapter 14: Fingerspelling signs@16@Chapter 15: Using fingerspelling in conversation@16@Chapter 16: Other fingerspelt words: months@16@Chapter 17: Starting out with placement@16@Chapter 18: Describing a room@16@Chapter 19: Introduction to referent handshapes@16@Chapter 20: Understanding switching@16@Chapter 21: Describing a room from... ...