Learning To See: American Sign Language as a Second Language

Contents

vii Contents Preface ix 1 More than a Gesture 1 2 American Sign Language in Perspective 13 3 American Deaf Culture 55 4 Teaching ASL 76 5 Special Considerations 112 Appendix 1: Selected Videotapes on American Sign Language and Deaf Culture 123 Appendix 2: Selected Books on American Sign Language and Deaf Culture 125 Appendix 3: Deafness-Related Organizations and Publishers 129 Appendix 4: Colleges and Universities That Accept ASL as Partial or Complete Fulfillment of Foreign Language Credits 131 References 133 Index 141 ...