Can you recommend an american sign language self teaching program?
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The one I have is called SignLink 1.00 and is pretty good. Look it up online to buy it.
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Yes, there are programs you can use.  One self-study course that I have used with my students is "Pronunciation for Success", which is available at eslvideos.com.  One thing I particularly like about this course is that it focuses heavily on the rhythm and intonation of the language, which is very important for native speakers to be able to understand you.
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Learning to sign or studying American Sign Language (ASL) can be very interesting ot aanyone whether they are hearing or deaf.  \n\nSign can allow people who do not have the facility for spoken language to communicate fluently and quickly where writing or other non-verbal communication can be inconvenient.  The speach disability could be from birth, due to accident or stroke or illness, temporary or permanent.\n\nWithin the deaf community, ASL, like any other spoken language, has an impact on the culture of those who are fluent users, and ASL is evolving and changing as the "deaf culture" develops and changes with new words and ideas.  \n\nWith computers and words processig speach aids now available, keyboards are helping more people communicate without relying on knowledge of sign -- yet we all still use gestures and informal signing when trying to communicate accros language barriers.\n\nChildren in special education can sometimes use signing as a temporary form of communication until theyare able to develop speach or the ability to use a keyboard - or may rely on signing completely if they are severly disabled.\n\nSpecial education teachers and classroom aids study ASL to better teach and understand their students.
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There is a teach yourself braille course at http://www.brl.org/ However, to be certified, you would still have to submit a final manuscript to NLS, and you would need to know their formatting standards from their textbook, which is available for purchase from the American Printing House for the Blind:\nAuthor                Risjord, Constance.\nTitle                 Instruction manual for Braille transcribing \nPHONE: (502) 895-2405,(800) 223-1839\nCatalog No.           7-59880-00 $31.00 \nYou can also enroll directly through NLS and receive materials free: http://www.loc.gov/nls/bds.html\nOther countries have similar programs, I understand.
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Just follow your counselor's lead.  The Americans with Disabilities Act is an important act.  Learn it for your own benefit!  Good luck!
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Mimi, the BBC English course is very good if you plan to speak the British or Australian form and accent of English.  They also have an American form of English program which takes place in San Francisco and is very interesting.  Good Luck!
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Sure- a friend of mine taught at the American School in GDL for seven years and loved it!   Check the internet for "American School"...I'm sure it must be listed.
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Go check out ASL Pro http://www.aslpro.com/ \n\nThey have everything you could need there, including religious signs
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Find a vocational school teaching the A+ program.  It's really good.  I teach a motified version of it.  I am not sure what voc school is teaching it in your area but you should be able to look in your phone book. If you searching for a do it yourself book, I am not sure but I think there is a A+ book that you can pick up at Barnes and Noble booksellers.  \n\nGood Luck!
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Hello.  Yes I went to college and did my NVQ1 and 2 in BSL, hoping that it would enhance my abilities with the Autistic and challenged kids I work with.  Yes it did, but in the real world I have used it twice in 5 years!  Once to help a deaf passenger order a sandwich on a ferry and another to help a deaf lady ask if a cabinet came in a different colour!  Try at the local council offices and also the court house as they often require translators.  Failing that, Look on the net for Deaf Meeting clubs as they always know of jobs for hearing BSL experts.\n\nGood Luck!
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The Pimsleur language programs are the best I have found. They are designed to have you learn your new language the same way a child learns their first language. They have studied how the human brain stores and recalls language information and tailored the program to work with the brain's natural systems.\n\nThey are the best but also expensive. \n\nI have found many available through the library systems.\n\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671790617/002-8203935-1506460?v=glance&n=283155
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In the United States this is location specific. There is a national rating and membership in the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Their outline of how to become a certified Sign Language Interpreter is at http://www.rid.org/start.html.(1)\n\nIn Michigan, where I live, you can attain State Qualification as an alternative to RID certification.\n\nAn excerpt from Michigan's code, posted on the Division of Deaf and Hard of Hearing website reads:\n"PA 204 was the first step in addressing interpreter quality when persons were not certified. The State Quality Assurance (QA) Screening program was modeled after the national RID's program. The QA program has improved the access for deaf and hard of hearing persons and the quality of interpreting services is better. QA interpreters follow the same code of ethics that nationally certified interpreters do and must obtain continuing education units yearly to keep their qualification level current." (2)\n\nI've known some wonderful Interpreters. In tribute to Brenda Smith, deceased, who was a fabulous interpreter and social worker, I'll repeat the words she gave when someone would ask her how to learn Sign to become an Interpreter:\n"Adopt a Deaf person!"\n\nShe supported all that schoolwork and books and teachers could do, but sincerely believed that the #1 way to become proficient in Sign was to spend major amounts of time, three or more hours a day everyday, with one or more Deaf persons in situations where only Sign is used.\n\nThat's for becoming a Signer, the first step in becoming an Interpreter. Not all Signers are or can be Interpreters. They are different skills. I look for a crossover skill that indicates whether a person is likely to have the brain makeup that allows them to do the act of interpreting. I'll ask them if they like crossword puzzles and can do them with a time clock running. It's a skill that "crosses over" and helps prepare them for the act of interpreting.\n\nNow I'm back editing this to add my belief that it's not necessary to be a Sign Language Interpreter to be of value. In the classroom, the doctor's office, a law office, or across a counter, an Interpreter is still a third person there. How much better to BE the teacher, the doctor, the lawyer or clerk that can function in BOTH English and Sign!\n\nI have many wait-staff as friends and have been asked many times how they can help out their Deaf customers with some common and easy signs: Hi, how are you, do you want (coffee, tea, soda, Coke). Goodbye. Thank you. They tend to love the Sign for Coke! (3)
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For me learning sign language was easy. The best part about sign language is that you don't have to sign a sentence for your point to go through. You can almost paint a picture with signs and get a concept through. I guess you can say it could be a huge game of charades. \n\nOf course it's not JUST charades. In ASL (American Sign Language), there a sentence structure, vocabulary, and grammatical nuances. This is what makes ASL a foreign language as opposed to English Sign Language. English Sign Language just puts a sign to a word.\n\nStudents in my class failed other langauges and did really well in ASL. I'm sure you'll be fine. Good luck!
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These are excellent sites.\nhttp://commtechlab.msu.edu:16080/sites/aslweb/browser.htm\nhttp://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html
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Look online for a program that has you read it, hear it spoken (like a CD rom or regular CD for your car) and also, if possible, one that can hear you say the words and correct your pronunciation. I've found the best way to learn a language is to have one that you can just listen to in the car that says it in English and then in the foreign language and you can repeat along. Makes car trips go so much faster and you can repeat the "lessons" as many times as you need to. You could always enroll in a community college course, but I haven't heard of Greek being offered really, so I'd look for a CD program.
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I would suggest eTandem! That way a learner can learn English, but also teach some of their own language(s).
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www.monster.com? \nIf you're looking into something like teaching, there's this amazing program: TeachforAmerica.org.