Teach Yourself British Sign Language

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Paul Redfern, Deafworks

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Sign languages

Teach Yourself
02 June 2016

Do you want to be able to understand and use British Sign Language confidently?

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 Teach Yourself library make learning fast and fun.

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.

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. Get Started in British Sign Language 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.

Flexible

Learn in your own time and at your own pace

Time saving

Learn quickly with one- and five-minute essentials

Expert

Written by Deaf authors

Informative

Sections of Deaf culture

Jargon-free

Learn the grammatical features of BSL with ease

Practical

Reinforce your learning with examples and exercises

Authentic

Learn everyday BSL through real-life situations

Video clips

Video clips online on the Teach Yourself library

Teach Yourself British Sign Language includes:

Chapter 1: Starting out with BSL structure

Chapter 2: More about Deaf people

Chapter 3: BSL Structures

Chapter 4: Deaf culture and BSL etiquette

Chapter 5: Introduction to facial expressions

Chapter 6: Asking 'wh-' questions

Chapter 7: Asking 'yes'/'no' questions

Chapter 8: More about questions

Chapter 9: How to use facial expressions

Chapter 10: BSL mouth patterns

Chapter 11: Starting out with fingerspelling

Chapter 12: Learning to fingerspell

Chapter 13: Reading fingerspelling

Chapter 14: Fingerspelling signs

Chapter 15: Using fingerspelling in conversation

Chapter 16: Other fingerspelt words: months

Chapter 17: Starting out with placement

Chapter 18: Describing a ro

By: Paul Redfern, Deafworks
Imprint: Teach Yourself
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9780340991329
ISBN 10: 0340991321
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 02 June 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

: Introduction 1.: Eats shoots and leaves: An introduction to BSL grammar (including linguistic words e.g. placement, classifiers etc) 2.: Walking on the beach: Starting facial expressions (including questions) 3.: Make that cup of tea! Placement 4.: It takes two to tango: Role shift 5.: A ball is a ball: Iconic signs 6.: May I have this dance please? Asking questions (includes rhetorical questions & turn taking) 7.: Getting from A to B: Directions 8.: Am I coming or going? Directional verbs 9.: A leap into the unknown: Multi-channel signs 10.: Alphabet soup: Fingerspelling 11.: Counting...: Numbers and dates 12.: Shut that door! Equipment 13.: Putting it all together: Telling a story 14.: Putting it all together: Family and friends 15.: Putting it all together: About myself 16.: Where do I go from here? Next steps

Paul Redfern was Head of Community Development of the British Deaf Association for five years before becoming Chief Executive for Richmond Advice and Information on Disability. He has been very active in the training and teaching of Deaf and Disability Equality. Nicholas Callow and Laraine Callow are partners and co-directors of Deafworks, a specialised consultancy exclusively concerned with the social and legal issues around D/deafness. They have 25 years' teaching experience with Deaf children in day and residential special schools and in hearing-impaired units.

Reviews for Teach Yourself British Sign Language (BSL)

By far the best on the market now ... I will be putting this book on my mandatory reading material for all my BSL Level 1 learners -- Sister M. Rebicsek - Amazon reviewer and BSL tutor Well worth the investment -- Lucy - Amazon reviewer I loved it because it fully covered the areas that most books I have tried missed, such as facial expressions to accompany the signs, as well as word ordering -- FeatherHammer - Amazon reviewer