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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: American Sign Language and You
• Chapter 1: You Already Know a Little Sign
• Discovering Signs That Look like What They Mean
• Building on the Basics of Sign: Gestures and Expression
• Chapter 2: Signing Grammar Basics
• Explaining the Parts of Speech
• Talking Tenses
• Structuring Sentences
• Exclaiming in Simple Sentences
• Signing Conditional Sentences
• Personification: The Secret of Agents
• Clarifying with Classifiers
• Chapter 3: Starting to Sign Basic Expressions
• Initiating a Conversation
• Getting Acquainted
• Acting the Part: Constructed Dialogue and Constructed Action
• Chapter 4: Getting Your Numbers and Times Straight
• Counting on Numbers
• Talking about Time
• Chapter 5: Signing at Home
• Handling Signs about Your Home
• Hanging Out for the Holidays
• Teaching the Tots
• Keeping Track of Your Subjects in Space
• Part 2: Refining Your ASL
• Chapter 6: Asking Questions and Making Small Talk
• Signing Key Questions: Six Ws, One H
• Discussing Family, Friends, and More
• Using Possessives and Pronouns When Chatting
• Chapter 7: Asking for Directions
• Finding Your Way
• Looking to Natural Landmarks
• Searching the Streets
• Transporting Yourself
• Directing Your Sentences with Conjunctions
• Chapter 8: Dining and Going to the Market
• Eating Three Square Meals a Day
• Dining Out
• Attention, Shoppers!
• Chapter 9: Shopping Made Easy
• Clothes for All Seasons
• All about Money
• Shopping Superlatives and Comparisons
• Chapter 10: The Signer About Town
• Making Plans
• Selecting Your Social Station
• Chapter 11: Takin’ Care of Business
• Occupying Yourself with Occupations
• Sorting Office Supplies
• Getting to Work
• Chapter 12: Recreation and the Great Outdoors
• Exercising Your Right to Recreate
• Playing Indoor Games
• Having Fun with Hobbies
• Seeing the Night Sky
• Getting the Weather Report
• Asking Rhetorical Questions in ASL
• Chapter 13: Here’s to Your Health
• Going to the Doctor
• Describing Ailments and Treatments
• Pointing to Body Parts
• Handling Emergencies
• Part 3: Looking at Life through Deaf Eyes
• Chapter 14: The Deaf Community and Deaf Etiquette
• Digging into Sign’s Past
• Examining When and How ASL began
• Facing the Challenges of the Deaf Community
• The Deaf as an Ethnic Group
• Being Sensitive to Being Deaf
• Participating in the Deaf Community
• Interpreting for the Deaf Community
• Chapter 15: Soliciting Social Justice
• Oralists and Manualists Meet in Milan
• The Deaf Have It
• Rejecting Language Oppression
• Movers and Shakers
• Chapter 16: Using Technology to Communicate
• Using Videophones: Can You See Me Now?
• Using Other Communication Methods
• Calling through Captioning
• Part 4: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 17: Ten Tips to Help You Sign like a Pro
• Watch Yourself and Others Sign
• Discover Multiple Signs for Communicating One Thing
• Practice Your Signing — with Others
• Always Fingerspell a Name First
• Adjust Your Eyes; Everyone’s Signing Is Different
• Use Facial Expressions like Vocal Inflections
• Journal Your Progress
• Get Some Signing Space
• Don’t Jump the Gun
• Watch the Face, Not the Hands
• Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Pick Up Sign Quickly
• Volunteer at a Residential School for the Deaf
• Volunteer at Local Deaf Clubs
• Attend Deaf Social Functions
• Make Deaf Friends
• Assist Deaf Ministries
• Attend Conferences for Interpreters
• Work at Camps for the Deaf
• Attend Silent Weekends
• Go to Deaf Workshops and Deaf Conferences
• Watch Sign Language Videos
• Chapter 19: Ten Popular Deaf Expressions
• Swallowed the Fish
• Train Gone
• Pea Brain
• Rats!/Darn!
• I Hope
• Your Guess Is as Good as Mine
• Cool!
• Oh No!
• That’s Superb!
• That’s Pretty Straight-Laced
• Wow!
• About the Authors
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement