Our Curriculum

A welcome companion to the textbook, the 2-hour video provides a virtual tutor who signs and simultaneously speaks the 600 sentences. The student signs along with her and may pause and repeat the sentences at will. The sound may be turned off during the signing and for practice in understanding the visual message. Included are self-check segments, the manual alphabet and a sign-interpreted song. Those who are Deaf or hard-of-hearing may use the closed captioning. Choose DVD or VHS format—the video is identical.

(ISBN 0-9632691-0-0)

Instructor’s Kit for Sign Language Made Simple

This kit includes materials and helps needed for effective teaching of the course. In addition to teaching signing, lessons include information on such topics as: "History of the American Deaf Community", "American Deaf Culture", "Sign Language Interpreting", "Interpreting Songs", "Technology and Deafness", "Using a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf", etc. Lessons and scheduling of classes may be adapted to fit the needs of the students, the class, and/or the teacher. With two-hours of study per week, the course may be completed within ten months. For convenience, the material is loose-leaf and in a binder, enabling the teacher to remove the pages specified in each lesson plan, duplicate handouts for students and use the plan and resources at the class session. Pages are reinserted in the kit after use. Includes everything the instructor needs at his or her fingertips!

(ISBN 0-88243-470-5)

I. Instructor's Kit

A. 40 Lesson Plan Outlines

B. Teacher Resources

C. Reproducible:

1. Student Handouts

2. Learning Activities

3. Tests

D. Test Answer Keys

II. Sign Language Made Simple, 2nd Edition Textbook

III. Reproducible Word and Sign Review Templates

for Use with the Textbook

IV. Reproducible Textbook Review Pages

Sign Language Made Simple, 2nd Edition

"Unlike a reference book presenting signs in isolation, the 30 lessons in this book present 1,500 ASL signs in the context of 600 English sentences, with signs clearly illustrated above their English equivalents. Beginning with simple sentences in lesson one ("Hello. How are you?"), each of the succeeding twenty-nine lessons reviews previous signs and adds new signs. Ongoing repetition and review fosters rapid acquisition of sign vocabulary, while learning in sentences promotes signing fluency. The transition from English to signing becomes relatively simple. Suitable for youth and adults.

(ISBN 0-88243-500-0)

Practice Video for Sign Language Made Simple

Closed captioned by National Captioning Institute. Used under license.