Whatever your reason for learning the richly expressive language of American Sign Language (ASL), this book will guide you through the initial stages of your signing journey. It's filled with everything you need to master more than 800 essential vocabulary words, including detailed directions that make it simple to develop your ASL skills.

Part I. Basics of signing.A brief history of American Sign Language -- About the language -- Building blocks of signing -- Classifiers -- Fingerspelling -- Numbers -- Days of the week -- Colors -- How to use this book -- Part II. A-Z.