Sign Language

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18 Don't Know Much About Geography Even if you're not good with directions, you'll be able to sign like you are.

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Part 4: More Signs You'll Need to Know

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19 Time on Your Hands This chapter covers everything from minutes to years.

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20 In Sickness and in Health Learn about the difficulties Deaf people encounter in hospitals, and signs for the parts of the body, illnesses, and emotions.

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21 How Would You Describe That? Blue or green, tall or short, nice or mean, big or small—you'll learn how to describe it in sign language.

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22 Crime and Punishment Learn about difficulties Deaf people experience within the legal system, and signs for things related to law and order.

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23 Come and Worship Find out why religion is important in the history of ASL and learn some signs associated with religion and spirituality.

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Part 5: Fine-Tuning

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24 We're Not Done Yet! It's time to look at those fun topics like prepositions and conjunctions.

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25 Ask Me a Question There are two basic types of questions in ASL; we'll show you how to sign both of them.

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