Sign Language for Everyone: A Basic Course in Communication with the Deaf

by Cathy Rice

Book Overview

"Sign Language for Everyone "is authored by Cathy Rice, who along with her late husband, Bill, founded the Bill Rice Ranch, the largest missionary enterprise dedicated to reaching the deaf for Christ. An extension of their ministry, this book covers lessons and rules to follow when learning to sign and interact with the deaf.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0840790023
• ISBN13: 9780840790026
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.3" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Small Bites For the Beginner

This is a very good book that is small enough not to overwhelm a beginner. Also, it is ASL-based with a great explaination of how deaf think (samples of letters written by Deaf individuals are included). Many signs are out-dated, but most of the important ones are the same. You will need another book (or a deaf friend) to explain the signs for the countries listed, as the ones in the book are not used anymore. There are short lessons followed by practice work such as sentences, songs, and a Bible verse. You might need the help of a deaf friend to check your abilities on this. This book is a religious book written by a woman who desired to share the Gospel with her deaf child. If you aren't looking for religious sign, don't buy it. It does include many basic conversational words. I sign and used this book to teach my hearing children. Very good book!!

this was great

I have been looking for the Sign Language for everyone book, it was nice to get the book at such a good price. The book was in nice shape and it arrived in good time.

Sign Language for Everyone

Currently, I am leading a Signing class at my church. Using both the videos and book, has helped many who have never been exposed to Sign Language to learn it in a weeks time (depending on their commitment to learn.) Kathy Rice does a good job describing how to form the signs with helpful hints on remembering them. However, some of the signs are a little outdated, but they are still useful. I would recommend this course video and book to anyone who would like to begin learning Sign Language.

This book is clearly written and well organized--easy to use

I am trying to teach myself sign language, and I have purchasd many books on this subject. This book is one of the best I have used, and I would recommend it to anyone who is trying to learn sign language alone. The illustrations and the directions are easy to understand and to follow and perform. I especially like the Bible memory verses at the end of each lesson as well as the suggestions of songs and the sentences for practice. There are two videos that go with the book and they help a great deal, but the book can "stand alone" in successfully teaching the novice how to "sign". The videos give extra help in that they offer practice sessions for review. Cathy Rice gives clues for remembering some of the signs..and that is a great help for me. I can totally recommend this book (with or without the videos) to anyone who wants to learn sign language. I also use The Joy of Signing to great advantage. However,Sign Language for Everyone is more relaxing to work with.

Great beginner's book

I first learned sign language using this book. Excellent book for those beginning to learn sign language. The explanations are simple to understand. The graphics are usually clear, so the student will do the sign correctly. Our church switched to a different text about three years ago because of the lack of vocabulary. Since we use the book for three semesters of teaching, we needed a book that would contain three semester's worth of vocabulary. I think that this book is an excellent book for younger people learning sign lanague. The Campus Church, Pensacola Christian College