The Joy of Signing: The New Illustrated Guide for Mastering Sign Language and the Manual Alphabet

by Lottie L. Riekehof

Book Overview

Teaches sign language in senteces rather than individual words. Includes graphic drawings, index, and sadditional learning tools. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882435183
• ISBN13: 9780882435183
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: Gospel Publishing House
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Well Packaged & Good Quality

My book just arrived today in really good condition. There are a few pink post-it bookmarks inside and the pages are all fully intact. The spine of the book is fully functional and strong. I was even given two coupons as a thank you for my purchase. I'm eager to learn and practice American Sign Language from this book.

I love this book.

This book is just what I’ve been looking for, I’ve always wanted to learn sign language because you never know when you will need it.

Great

I wanted to learn. In high school I taught myself to sign my name in 5 minutes

American Sign Language made easy w/ “The Joy of Signing”

I bought 5 copies of The Joy of Signing for an ASL class I teach. For more than 20 years this book has been my favorite in the classroom. I decided to keep extra copies on hand for students who don’t have their own copies. I’m 100% pleased w/ my purchase. All 5 of them. 😊

Signing done right

This is the traditional signing book. It is old, but the method is time honored and still effective.

The joy of signing: The new illustrated guide for mastering sign language and the manual alphabet

This book is very helpful as our grandson was born deaf and we are learning sign language as well as teaching him. Would recommend to anyone needing to learn sign language.

A Fabulous textbook for classroom teaching and for reference

This was the text I used in my first sign language class. When I first took sign language, it was beeing taught as Siglish (Signed English) and this was the perfect text for beginners. Lottie Riekehof has done an excellent job of assembling the best signs for beginners and each lesson contains enough variety to keep students engaged.This text should not be used to teach yourself sign language, however. While I consult this book for a refresher and a reference, I can't imagine how I'd be signing if I hadn't had a real human instructor explain the idiosynchrocies of signing. Signing is much more than the hands, the entire face and body are needed in expressing not only emotion, but meaning... the signs for "shy" and "prostitute," for example, are very similar looking and could not be properly distinguished by a text alone.If you're starting a study group or a class, or even if you're taking a class and using a different text, this is a great book to have on your reference shelf.

joy of signing is but its title; a joy! and signing!

back in the old country, the deaf community is a highlight. Though they are not treated to the BEST lentil perogies, they are treated to the 2nd best borscht. Lucky them...I love perogies... i need this book to give to my deaf granddaughter Oibaf. She is very young and very scared becasue she lost her hearing in a cooking accident. She was listening to music and the radiation in our gas stove reacrted with the sound waves, destrying her anvil bone. Poor little meshugina. She's still my little dear though. She needs to be joyous and sign, so pease rank this book well...take care and god be with you..Helga