This text offers a unique approach to using American Sign Language (ASL) and English in a bilingual setting. Each of the 25 lessons involves sign language conversation using colloqualisms that are prevalent in informal conversations. It also includes practice tests and a glossed alphabetical index.

For use in instruction of sign language beyond basic course.

This video along with the text teaches basic sign language in an uncomplicated format.

Hoza uses variables in how English speakers and native ASL signers express politeness as a comparison of the two language communities' styles.

Let's Start Talking was conceived of as a lower-level companion to the intermediate Can't Stop Talking and the advanced Nonstop Discussion Workbook. Continuing the tradition of Nonstop discussion, Let's Start Talking offers upper-beginning and lower-intermediate students an opportunity to express their ideas about stimulating problems in an interactive small group setting. As with the previous books, the purpose of this text is to generate discussions and conversations in which the students do almost all the talking.

As more and more secondary schools and colleges accept American Sign Language (ASL) as a legitimate choice for second language study, Learning to See has become even more vital in guiding instructors on the best ways to teach ASL as a second language. And now this groundbreaking book has been updated and revised to reflect the significant gains in recognition that deaf people and their native language, ASL, have achieved in recent years. Learning to See lays solid groundwork for teaching and studying ASL by outlining the structure of this unique visual language. Myths and misconceptions about ASL are laid to rest at the same time that the fascinating, multifaceted elements of Deaf culture are described. Students will be able to study ASL and gain a thorough understanding of the cultural background, which will help them to grasp the language more easily. An explanation of the linguistic basis of ASL follows, leading into the specific, and above all, useful information on teaching techniques. This practical manual systematically presents the steps necessary to design a curriculum for teaching ASL, including the special features necessary for training interpreters. The new Learning to See again takes its place at the forefront of texts on teaching ASL as a second language, and it will prove to be indispensable to educators and administrators in this special discipline.