Think of the difference it could make in your life if you could improve on you nonverbal communication skills:
– While other languages are slowly disappearing, sign language remains to grow year by year.
– You’ll be able to communicate with other people who don’t understand your dialect.
– You can understand the communicate your message with the deaf and the mute.
– More and more employers are looking for qualified applicants who know sign language.

The possibilities are endless!

The Learn Sign Language book helps you achieve growth in your nonverbal communications skills. This book will teach you the basics that you need to learn which can serve as a stepping stone to mastering sign language.

Use Learn Sign Language as a reference book or a study guide so you can discover the world of sign language.

Read more

This KINDLE version is in print replica format of the printed book which is an A4 sized book and is best viewed on an ipad or pc.

380 signs – 60 A4 pages – ONE TOPIC PER PAGE – 36 TOPICS which include….

• My Family
• Out and About
• My House
• At the Nursery
• Food and Drink
• Bed Time
• Useful Phrases and many more.

A much needed introduction to British Sign Language (BSL) vocabulary organised in topics to suit young children’s surroundings and everyday environments.

It is intended to encourage all the family members, teachers, classmates and all those in contact with children who sign to get involved, and also to support carers, child-minders and nursery staff in providing inclusion for all children.

(BSL is used in the education of deaf children and also forms the basis of sign systems such as Makaton and Signalong used in the field of special needs/learning disability/autism).

The useful topic per page format also provides a ready-made structure, making it an ideal resource for classes and signing clubs and an easy reference guide.

We hope that this book inspires all those in contact with children who sign, to learn more.

Read more

       The concept of strategic omissions is explored here as a tool that is consciously used by interpreters as a coping strategy. Instead of being a mistake, omitting part of the source language can actually be part of an active decision-making process that allows the interpreter to convey the correct meaning when faced with challenges. For the first time, Napier found that omission potential existed within every interpretation and, furthermore, she proposed a new taxonomy of five different conscious and unconscious omission types. Her findings also indicate that Auslan/English interpreters use both a free and literal interpretation approach, but that those who use a free approach occasionally switch to a literal approach as a linguistic coping strategy to provide access to English terminology. Both coping strategies help negotiate the demands of interpretation, whether it be lack of subject-matter expertise, dealing with dense material, or the context of the situation.

       Napier also analyzes the interpreters’ reflections on their decision-making processes as well as the university students’ perceptions and preferences of their interpreters’ linguistic choices and styles. Linguistic Coping Strategies in Sign Language Interpreting is a foundational text in interpretation studies that can be applied to interpreting in different contexts and to interpreter training.

Read more