- American Sign Language
Here are a few American Sign Language terms to help those of you who are trying to communicate with a person who signs, but does not hear. New word definitions are being added, and this will soon bring the total number of ASL terms to more than 1270! Also included is the basic alphabet and numbers 1-10.
(Added: Wed Jun 20 2001)
- Animated American Sign Language Dictionary
To see how to Sign a word click Sign links. These will take you to a table with both the English and manual alphabet.
Click on the letter of your choice then scroll down the list in the frame on the left for the desired word.
After the sign loads it will begin to "animate". It will repeat the sequence four times slowly. I chose a speed that I thought would be best for learning the sign. As you become adept at ASL you will sign faster and more fluidly than the animations.
(Added: Wed Jun 20 2001)
- Deaf Blind Manual Alphabet
The English deafblind manual alphabet (Evans) is based on the two-handed manual alphabet used by many sighted deaf people. Deaf and blind people who do not know the manual alphabet may use the Spartan alphabet - capital letters spelt on to the palm of the receiver's hand.
(Added: Sat Jun 23 2001)
- Educating Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing:
English-Based Sign Systems
By Gerilee Gustason. Sign language as used by deaf adults may resemble English, or it may be American Sign Language (ASL), which has a grammar, syntax, and idioms distinct from English. ASL is sometimes called a natural language because it evolved through use by people who were deaf. In contrast, English-based sign systems were developed by educators. These systems adopted much of the vocabulary of ASL but added grammatical features of English such as articles (a, an, the), verb endings (-s, -ing, -ed, -en), and other markers of English. English-based sign systems follow English syntax.
(Added: Mon Jul 16 2001)
- Educating Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing:
Total Communication
By Larry Hawkins and Judy Brawner. Total communication (TC), a term coined by Roy Holcomb in 1967, is the title of a philosophy of communication, not a method (Scouten, 1984). Total communication may involve one or several modes of communication (manual, oral, auditory, and written), depending on the particular needs of the child. The original expectation of TC was for teachers to use the communication method(s) most appropriate for a particular child at a particular stage of development. Therefore, there would be situations when spoken communication might be appropriate, other situations where signing might be appropriate, others that would call for written communication, and still others where simultaneous communication might work best (Solit, Taylor & Bednarczyk, 1992).
(Added: Mon Jul 16 2001)
- Handspeak
Welcome to the Visual Language dictionary on the web! HandSpeak,
formerly known as Sign Language Dictionary Online, became an
independent "offspring" web site from the Deaf World Web in April
2000.
(Added: Sun Jul 08 2001)
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