Learn American Sign Language: Everything You Need to Start Signing * Complete Beginner's Guide * 800+ signs Spiral-bound – Special Edition, October 13, 2015

This is an honest non paid for non free item given review.I met someone from a dating website who was Deaf. And who is also a college ASL instructor. I wanted to learn ASL and started learning lessons from YouTube. But I also wanted a good book for beginners.I looked at many books on amazon and read many reviews on them but settled for this one. When I met my Deaf friend he was impressed with this book and said all of it was correct.The only difference with some of the signs was this book was more tailored for worldwide ASL and not specifically the American in American Sign Language. To me. I'd rather learn what is known world wide than just in the United States.Either way. If you get this book and sign with a Deaf individual who knows ASL, they will STILL know what you are saying/signing. Some may want to correct you. But like vocal language and meaning. Some words can have 5 different ways you can sign them. To me, who cares! If Deaf individuals know what you're meaning then what's the problem?I was learning ASL from several different YouTube teachers/lessons, an actual Deaf person, and this book. EVERY one was different! Or had different signs for some or many words. Some of the signs were similar and some were different looking. But they all meant the same thing/word. So if you're going to be learning from different sources anyways. This book is the perfect book to have for beginners.The main ASL laws in this book were all the same and what is "right" when my Deaf friend read through it. Like proper facial expressions with signs and using your dominant hand with most signs or explaining classifiers.No there is no DVD with this book but the pictures are VERY good and to me describe the motions and facial expressions very well. But even if there was a DVD with this book. It will still have different looking signs than any other book, YouTube or DVD lessons anyways. After what I have already learned of ASL. It it impossible to find/know the exact main signs for words or certain words that every single Deaf person in the world all uses. I guess ASL also has it's own slang or variations. Since I saw 5 different ways to sign "how". To me and a Deaf ASL instructor. This book is great!!!5 Stars!

My aunt teaches ASL and suggested something along the lines of a more "dictionary" type book when I mentioned wanting to teach my son some signs to communicate before he can speak. While this book is not alphabetized like a dictionary, it's divided into various sections, alphabet, numbers, basics, days and times, friends and family, etc. There's a glossary in the back linking words to pages, making quick word look up an ease but I've noticed some words that I feel are basic are not included, such as morning. They have all day, all night, tonight, yesterday, day, the days of the week, but not morning. So when looking for some phrases such as good morning, you'll have to do a little improvising, such as good day, etc. But it can all be pieced together for the most part. Some signs got confusing (lack of description, some arrows on the signs weren't specific enough) and I had to refer to a YouTube video to see how it was signed.One thing I really like is the intro, it's short but packed full of confidence building suggestions and recommendations for learning and practicing ASL.So happy I went with this over a baby sign book!

I needed an organized way to learn the basic words used in ASL, and not a list from class of randomly covered words. I also knew that the best way for quick reference was to have pictures of the sign, and it is a lot easier to be able to buy than create something yourself. So far I am using the book in combination with the app Sign Savvy, there are advantages to both so both are a great tool. There are currently word list that match by chapter in the app because I created them and am sharing with everybody, just search by Guido and save yourself a lot of work. The book being spiral bond was awesome touch, as well the little extra information to the side of the pictures.

I’m taking a free ASL 1 class at the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center in SLC, UT. We’re using this textbook, and so far it’s been great. The book is high quality and was in perfect condiction, came in less then a week, and the pictures are super helpful. I like the organization method (but find it weird that colors are in the back, even though that’s usually taught toward the beginning), it’s a great beginners book, and I love that it’s spiral bound but has a hard cover (and spine cover) to protect it.

Good book for beginners. Photos clearly demonstrate signs

Easy-to-use

Straight forward and easy way to start learning sigh language.

Very helpful when learning the basics of sign language, and I was happy to see that grammar and sentence structure were included, because many people think that ASL has the same grammar and sentence structure as spoken English, but that is simply not true. The signs included were all helpful and really helpful for me to get started along with some dictionary flashcards (a great idea to expand vocabulary along with this).