Signing For Dummies

316 Pages·2016·17.25 MB·English

by  Penilla Adan R.

®
Signing For Dummies
Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Chapter 1: Finding Out That You Already Know a Little Sign
Discovering Signs That Look Like What They Mean
Building on the Basics of Sign — Gestures and Expression
Chapter 2: Digging into Grammar and Numbers
Explaining the Parts of Speech
Structuring Sentences
Exclaiming in Simple Sentences
Counting on Numbers
Personification: The Secret of Agents
Chapter 3: Introductions and Greetings
Getting the Conversational Ball Rolling
Getting Acquainted
Chapter 4: Getting to Know You: Asking Questions and Making Small Talk
Signing Key Questions: Six Ws, One H
Talking about Yourself
Using Possessives and Pronouns
Chapter 5: Food: The Whole Enchilada
Eating Three Squares a Day
Dining Out
Complex Sentences
Attention, Shoppers!
Chapter 6: Shopping Made Easy
Clothes for All Seasons
Shopping Superlatives and Comparisons
Chapter 7: The Signer About Town
Making Plans
Talking About Time
Chapter 8: Enjoying Yourself Come Rain or Shine
Exercising Your Right to Recreate
Playing Indoor Games
Having Fun with Hobbies
Getting the Weather Report
Asking Rhetorical Questions
Chapter 9: Home and Office
Discussing Your Office
Handling Signs about Your Home
Keeping Track of Your Subjects in Space
Chapter 10: Asking Directions and Getting Around
Finding Your Way
Looking to Natural Landmarks
Searching in the City
Trotting Out Signs for Transportation
Directing Your Sentences with Conjunctions
Chapter 11: Here’s to Your Health
Going to the Doctor
Describing Ailments and Treatments
Pointing to Body Parts
Handling Emergencies
Chapter 12: The Deaf Way
Digging into Sign’s Past
Facing the Challenges of the Deaf Community
The Deaf as an Ethnic Group
Chapter 13: Deaf Etiquette
Being Sensitive to Being Deaf
Participating in the Deaf Community
Chapter 14: Talking on the Phone
Teletypes (TTYs) for the Deaf
Relying on Relay Services
Packing Pagers
Using a Tele-Interpreter
Chapter 15: Ten Tips to Help You Sign like a Pro
Watch Yourself and Others Sign
Discover Multiple Signs for Communicating One Thing
Practice Your Signing
Always Fingerspell a Name First
Adjust Your Eyes; Everyone’s Signing Is Different
Facial Expressions Are Like Vocal Inflections
Keep a Journal of Your Great Experiences
Get Some Signing Space
Don’t Jump the Gun
Watch the Face, Not the Hands
Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Pick Up Sign Quickly
Volunteer at a Residential School for the Deaf
Volunteer at Local Deaf Clubs
Attend Deaf Social Functions
Make Deaf Friends
Assist Deaf Ministries
Attend Deaf Movies and Plays
Work at Camps for the Deaf
Attend Silent Weekends
Go to Deaf Workshops and Conferences
Watch Sign Language Videos
Chapter 17: Ten Popular Deaf Expressions
Swallowed the fish
Train gone
Pea brain
Shucks/Darn!
Cross fingers on both hands
Your guess is as good as mine
Cool!
5 to manual S under chin
Bent ring finger
Crossed index fingers in “X” handshape
Appendix A: Answer Key to Fun & Games
Appendix B: About the CD
Dialogues
Shockwave and Flash Player
Signing For Dummies
®
by Adan R. Penilla, II
and Angela Lee Taylor
Signing For Dummies®
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About the Authors
Adan R. Penilla, II: Penilla is the President of the Colorado Registry of Interpreters: Pikes
Peak Affiliate. He has his NAD IV interpreting certification and his legal qualification. In 1995, he
was an interpreter at the World Federation of the Deaf in Vienna and is currently teaching ASL at
Trinidad State Junior College. He has written an ASL Quick Study Bar Chart and WW II for the
Deaf. He lectures on Sign language throughout the United States and is currently working on his
PhD.
Angela Lee Taylor: Taylor, born deaf, is a native of Dixon, Illinois. Taylor graduated from
Illinois School for the Deaf in 1985 and later received her bachelor’s degree from Gallaudet
University in 1997. During the past five years, Taylor has taught ASL for Pikes Peak Community
College, Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the community. Taylor has annually
coordinated for the statewide Deaf and Hard of Hearing Symposium for four years running. She is a
tutor for the Shared Reading Project (SRP) and is also involved with ASLTAC. Taylor resides in
Pueblo, Colorado with her husband, Lindsey, and border collie/blue heeler mix, Chip.
Dedication
(From lead author, Adan) To my parents, Adan and Aurora Penilla — mom and dad. Thanks
for your generosity in love, patience, and giving. You have helped me more than you know.
Author’s Acknowledgments
(From lead author, Adan) I would like to thank Mark Mattarocci. Real friends are hard to find,
great friends even harder. Thank you for telling me what I needed to hear, not what I wanted to hear.
Lindsey Antle, thanks for the knowledge of ASL you brought to this book; you gave me great
confidence. A special thanks to Ron Hammer — your example in excellence is always before me,
whether I like it or not. A deep thank you goes to my four sisters whose constant encouragement kept
me going. Linda Barr, without your talent and genius this book would not have been published —
thank you. Dr. Weaver and Dr. Cabbage, your support has helped a great deal. Thank you very much.
Thanks to Sue Ann VonFeldt for her help during the research of this book.
Lastly, thank you Wiley Publishing, Inc. and crew for the opportunity to write for your
company. I have learned much from you.
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