Master American Sign Language (ASL) with this updated edition of the best-selling guide featuring thousands of photographs of signing Deaf actors. 

ASL is a vibrant, easy-to-learn language that is used by approximately half a million people each day. With this updated edition of Learn American Sign Language, you can learn how to communicate existing, new, and updated signs in ASL. This new edition features:

  • Learn 1000 signs, including signs for school, the workplace, around the house, out and about, food and drink, nature, emotions, small talk, and more. Includes new signs from the past 10 years and slang that is more reflective of our current culture
  • Unlock the storytelling possibilities of ASL with classifiers, easy ways to modify signs that can turn “fishing” into “catching a big fish” and “walking” into “walking with a group.”
  • Find out how to make sentences with signs, use the proper facial expressions with your signs, and other vital tips


Organized by theme and with an index at the back, this easy-to-use and accessible reference boasts a layflat format that leaves your hands free for practice. Become an effective ASL communicator and storyteller with Learn American Sign Language the definitive guide to ASL.

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Learn American Sign Language is your definitive guide to ASL, now featuring new signs from the past 10 years.

THE MOST CURRENT UPDATES: This updated edition features brand new signs added to ASL within the last 10 years, as well as slang that is more reflective of our current culture.

Product details

ISBN
9781577155522
Published
2025-11-27
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Weight
871 gr
Height
254 mm
Width
203 mm
Age
01, G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Spiral
Number of pages
256

Biographical note

James W. Guido returns for the updated version of Learn American Sign Language. James is an American Sign Language instructor and the artistic director of the New York Deaf Theatre (NYDT). Since joining as the Artistic Director in 2012, JW has focused on creating opportunities for Deaf artists. Originally from Buffalo, New York, he’s currently an instructor of ASL at the College of Staten Island, and he hopes to some day be
a Broadway actor while continuing to teach ASL through the use of theatre. With his Ed.D in theater education at NYU, he’s developing innovative ways to teach ASL.