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• British Sign Language for Dummies®
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Part I Starting to Sign
• Chapter 1 Discovering Who’s Who – And How They Communicate
• Different Groups of Deaf People
• Attracting a Deaf Person’s Attention?
• Watch My Lips!
• Chapter 2 Sign Language You Didn’t Know You Knew
• Signs That Make Sense
• Making It Clear with Body Language
• Let Me Spell It Out: Finger-spelling
• Funny Faces
• Getting Your Hands into Shape
• Simple Sentences: Sign Order
• Part II Everyday BSL
• Chapter 3 Meeting and Greeting
• Greetings! Starting a Conversation
• Asking questions: Who? What? Why? When? Where? Which? How?
• Getting to Know You
• Starting to Sign
• Starting to Sign
• Starting to Sign
• So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
• Starting to Sign
• Chapter 4 Knowing Me, Knowing You
• Don’t Point! It’s Rude! Or Is It?
• Telling Others about Yourself
• Starting to Sign
• Chapter 5 Expressing Your Feelings
• How’s Life? Talking about Your Feelings
• Starting to Sign
• 999 Emergency
• Starting to Sign
• Chapter 6 Nailing Numbers
• Explaining Regional Signs
• Numbers? Count me in
• Signin’ the Sign
• Chapter 7 Describing Weather, Colour, and Clothes
• Signing Come Rain, Come Shine
• Describing Colours
• Developing Dress Sense
• Starting to Sign
• Part III Getting Out and About
• Chapter 8 Getting from A to B
• Signing Space
• How Do I Get To . . .?
• Out on the Town
• Starting to Sign
• Chapter 9 Arranging Not So Blind Dates
• Getting Tense about Time
• Arranging to Meet
• Starting to Sign
• Special Celebrations
• Chapter 10 Fancy Fish and Chips?
• On Today’s Menu
• Starting to Sign
• Eating Out
• Chapter 11 Making the Most of Your Free Time
• Having Fun with Leisure Activities
• Signin’ the Sign
• 222 Getting Sporty
• Starting to Sign
• Playing Indoor Games
• Having Fun with Hobbies
• Starting to Sign
• Part IV Looking into Deaf Life
• Chapter 12 Deaf Community and Culture
• Digging Into the History of BSL
• Exploring the Origins of Deaf Education
• The Social Side of the Deaf World
• Access for Deaf people – Language Service Professionals (LSPs)
• Chapter 13 Technology and Modifications for Deaf People
• Keeping in Touch
• Wakey-wakey! Flashing Lights and Vibrating Alarms
• Part V The Part of Tens
• Chapter 14 Ten Top Tips To Improve Your Signing Skills
• Watch My Face
• RSVP Please
• 266 Showing the Sign!
• Spotting the Difference
• Being Honest
• Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
• Being a Film Star
• Keeping a Record
• Hare or Tortoise?
• The Way of the World
• Chapter 15 Ten Top Tips For Good Communication
• Get an Attitude
• Lights, Camera . . . Action!
• Does He Take Sugar?
• Get Body-Conscious
• What’s the Point?
• Keep Clear – Access Required
• Be Environmentally Friendly
• One at a Time Please!
• English versus BSL
• Don’t Give Up!
• Chapter 16 Ten Top BSL Resources
• Honing Your Skills at BSL Classes
• Attending a Communication Club
• Going to Deaf Pubs
• Taking a Trip to the Theatre or Cinema
• Attending Deaf Workshops and Conferences
• Watching BSL Signed DVDs
• Taking in TV Programmes
• Wising Up to Websites
• Weighing Up Webcams
• Making Deaf Friends
• Chapter 17 Ten Really Useful Phrases
• How Are You?
• You All Right?
• Again, Please
• I’m Sorry
• I Don’t Understand
• 282 Do You Need Help?
• That’s Right!
• That’s Bad/Wrong!
• Excuse Me
• See You Around/Soon!
• Chapter 18 Ten Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know about Deaf Culture and History
• British Sign Language (BSL)
• St John of Beverley
• Early Signs of Sign Language
• Vows of Silence
• To Read and Write – Right?
• Finger-spelling Circa 1720
• Give Us a Bell
• Deaf Church to Department Store
• The Queen Amused Others
• Deaf to the Crowd
• Part VI Appendixes
• Appendix A Answer Key to Fun & Games
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Chapter 5
• Chapter 6
• Chapter 7
• Chapter 8
• Chapter 9
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 11
• Appednix B About the CD
• System Requirements
• Using the CD
• What You’ll Find on the CD
• Troubleshooting
• Customer Care
• Index