Getting Started In Signing
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DVD Cover Information
Artist: Elaine CostelloDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Multimedia 2000
Movie Reviews of Getting Started In Signing
Movie Review: Packed with signs and very structured
Summary: 5 Stars
Here is a description of the Lessons on this DVD:
Part 1: The Family Reunion
Pronouns
The American Manual Alphabet
Occupations
Part 2: Saturday at Home (vocabulary of rooms in house and a bunch of verbs)
Prepositions
Part 3: The Doctor's Appointment
Parts of a Sign
Part 4: The Picnic
Signs for the Weather
Time of Day
Part 5: Our Vacation
Plurals
Time
Calendar
I am a beginner in sign language. This DVD is really the only "lesson" I've had in sign language.
This program is great! It is jam-packed with vocabulary - they teach you around 800 signs! The content and lessons are very well organized and structured.
The host of the show is a deaf woman signing ASL. The co-host is a man signing in English grammar structure. I love it that just about everyone on this DVD signs every word they speak. The host signs as a background voice translates for the viewer. This way you pick up more words as you watch the lessons over and over; you also get to see people interacting in sign language, putting it all together, instead of just learning a bunch of signs. Everyone signs at normal signing speed, so at first it is overwhelming. But as I have watched the program over and over, I can now pick out a lot of what they are signing.
I only noticed two drawbacks of this program. One, the speed at which they sign the signs they are teaching you. I had to rewind a few times for the more complex ones. Two, during a couple of the skits the person "learning" signs from the deaf person didn't sign the exact same way. They did it backwards or with a different hand. I'm totally new to ASL, so I don't know how much precision is expected. It is confusing for a beginner either way.
Despite the two small drawbacks, I give this program 5 stars. I am definitely buying the second volume!