American Sign Language and Deaf Studies

Getting Started in Signing teaches students the basic words, phrases, and expressions of American Sign Language using a simple, step-by-step approach. Students will learn everything they need to begin using sign language in practical, everyday situations from talking about family, to planning a party, to shopping at the mall.

This video and workbook offer a studied, careful way to learn about transferring information from one language to another. Topics include: preparing to translate, analyzing the meaning of the text, message transfer, reformulating the message, priorities in translation, testing the translation.

This video and guide offer a studied, careful way to learn about transferring information from one language to another. Topics include: preparing to translate, analyzing the meaning of the text, message transfer, reformulating the message, priorities in translation, testing the translation.

This powerful documentary uses real life experiences from Deaf people of varied social, racial, and educational backgrounds showing how audism does lasting and harmful damage.

Bernard Bragg, well known Deaf storyteller and performer, key figure in founding the National Theatre of the Deaf, and staunch advocate for ASL and Deaf education, presents the definitive commentary on his life's work. Bragg on Bragg mixes video clips from throughout Bragg's career with narration by Bragg.

Deaf Jam is the story of deaf teen Aneta Brodski's bold journey into the spoken word slam scene. In a wondrous twist, Aneta, an Israeli immigrant living in the Queens section of New York City, eventually meets Tahani, a hearing Palestinian slam poet. The two women embark on a collaboration/performance duet creating a new form of slam poetry that speaks to both the hearing and the Deaf.

Exploring nearly 200 years of Deaf life in America, this film presents the shared experiences of American history--family life, education, work, and community connections--from the perspective of deaf citizens. Interviews include community leaders, historians, and deaf Americans with diverse views on language use, technology, and identity.