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CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS 7 Facial Grammar 7 The First Ten Rules of ASL Grammar 13 Introduction to the Dialogues 31 CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED 33 Lesson 1 Getting Started 33 Lesson 2 Learning ASL 42 Lesson 3 Courtesy Phrases 49 Lesson 4 Vocabulary Building: Descriptive Signs 57 Lesson 5 Taking Up Classes 73 Lesson 6 Inquiring About Class Time 82 Lesson 7 Signs for Courses 89 Review of Lessons 1-7 97 CHAPTER 3: THE DEAF COMMUNITY 99 CHAPTER 4: ONE MILLION NEW SIGNS 105 CHAPTER 5: EVERYDAY ASL 113 Lesson 8 Common Conversational Signs 113 Lesson 9 Practice Signing - 127 Lesson 10 Discussing Time 135 Lesson 11 Leisure Activity 142 CHAPTER 6: DIRECTIONAL VERBS AND COMMUNICATING 151 Directional Verbs That Change the Meanings of Sentences in Space 151 Lesson 12 The Deaf Teacher 180 Lesson 13 The Interpreter 189 Lesson 14 Understanding Communication 197 Review of Lessons 8-14 206 CHAPTER 7: THE DEAF WAY 209 Technology and Other Adaptations: The Deaf Way 209 CHAPTER 8: IT'S ALL RELATIVE 215 Lesson 15 Opposites 215 Lesson 16 Relations and Places 227 Lesson 17 Relations, Cities, and Occupations 236 CHAPTER 9: BODY- AND GAZE-SHIFTING-PERSONALIZING THE MESSAGE 249 CHAPTER 10: TALKING ABOUT TIME 255 Lesson 18 The Time Line 255 Lesson 19 Talking About Time 266 Lesson 20 Vocabulary Building: Time Adverbs 276 Review of Lessons 15-20 284 CHAPTER 11: CLASSIFIERS AND THE WORLD GAMES FOR THE DEAF 285 Classifiers: The Paintbrush of ASL 285 Lesson 21 Introduction to Classifiers: Person 307 Lesson 22 Exploring with Classifiers 317 Lesson 23 Using Classifiers in a Dialogue 320 Lesson 24 Going to the World Games for the Deaf 329 Lesson 25 Socializing and the World Games for the Deaf 339 Lesson 26 Signing and the World Games for the Deaf 347 Review of Lessons 21-26 354 CHAPTER 12: DEAF ORGANIZATIONS 355 CHAPTER 13: THE DEAF AND HEARING WORLD 361 Lesson 27 Sports and Leisure Activities: Part 1 361 Lesson 28 Sports and Leisure Activities: Part 2 371 Lesson 29 The Dentist and You 385 Lesson 30 The Tooth Comes Out 395 Lesson 31 A Visit to the Doctor 403 Lesson 32 What the Doctor Said 412 Lesson 33 Vocabulary Building: Health and Body Related 420 Review of Lessons 27-33 429 CHAPTER 14: POEMS AND HUMOR 431 CHAPTER 15: TRAVELING WITH ASL 437 Lesson 34 Travel Plans 437 Lesson 35 Travel Schedules 447 Lesson 36 More Places to Visit 459 Review of Lessons 34-36 470