Product Description

The most significant publication of British Sign Language (BSL) vocabulary for 15 years.

This brand new extensively revised and updated edition is in paperback, A4 format, with 316 pages.

More than 1,000 new entries bring the total contents to over 2,400 clear line-drawing graphics, making this the most comprehensive, up-to-date print dictionary of modern BSL signs in contemporary use, with an Index of over 6000 words. The book represents excellent value.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30023 in Books
• Published on: 2009-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 316 pages

From the Publisher
Sign are ordered alphabetically with headings of meanings and captions to describe movements.

The Introduction explains the importance of non-manual features, question forms, sign variations, classifiers, directional verbs and other crucial BSL features. 14 pages arranged in topics that may be copied as handouts.

The work is informed by BSL users nationwide and provides an excellent collection of sign vocabulary for all those teaching and learning BSL.

* An established reference for BSL Level 1 and 2 courses
* Practical and accessible to families, baby-signers, schools and services
* Supported by the Let's Sign Series of BSL educational materials
* Appealing to learners of all ages and abilities, deaf, hearing and special needs

The sign graphics contained are also available in Let's Sign & Write V3 software pack for teachers and families to make their own materials - published by Widgit Software.

From the Author
The excellent response to the 1st edition of this book has helped to form and develop this substantial new work.

Customer Reviews

A great book to use alongside Deaf tuition
A great little find at a great price.
The book is best used alongside tuition with a Deaf Teacher and is great to use out of class as a memory aid. The Dictionary contains many Sign words and all are easy to understand. It would not be easy to teach yourself sign from this book as it doesn't cover Deaf sentence structure and also contains regional sign variations, but like I said I am finding it very useful as a reminder of what was taught in class.

Brilliant!
This is an excellent tool to use when learning BSL. It was one of the first books that I bought and have used it every week. It is laid out in alphabetical order which makes things easy to find and it gives a simple explanation of how to do each sign. When learning BSL most topics use the same sentence structures so only the odd word needs changing about. This book is a really easy way of adding new words into a sentence and building up ur BSL knowledge.

Basic Signing
Essential book for Level One learners, although it doesn't have as many signs as you might like. Great for starters.