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Sign Language
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This series presents sign language users signing the dialogues in the accompanying texts, The Green Books. Each dialogue is presented three times, the first presenting a full view of both signers and the second and third allowing the viewer to sign with the person in the dialogue. Each DVD concludes with several stories, anecdotes or poems spontaneously presented in American Sign Language.
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English
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Presents a discussion among counseling staff of Larkin Street Youth Services of open approaches to gender identity among LGBTQ youth, particularly transsexuals. Includes coverage of semantics and an interview of a transgender-male-to-female client conducted by Toby Eastman, the center's Chief of Programs.
7) Dolittle
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English
Description
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria's England, hides behind the walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure. The doctor is joined on his quest by a young, self-appointed apprentice...
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English
Description
A series of instructional Signed English DVDs based on the sign system used at the Tennessee School for the Deaf in Knoxville, TN. There are 12 Units in the series with two DVDs per Unit: Lessons 1-4 and Lessons 5-8. Placement review DVDs covering Units I-IV; V-VIII; and IX-XII serve as reviews of the signs previously taught.
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English
Description
This is the first documentary about Black ASL: the unique dialect of American Sign Language (ASL) that developed within historically segregated African American Deaf communities. Black ASL today conveys an identity and sense of belonging that mirrors spoken language varieties of the African American hearing community. The program highlights the different uses of space, hand use, directional movement, and facial expression, which are ways that Black...
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English
Description
The power of an effective speech is undeniable. It has the capacity to engage, inform, motivate, and create change in an audience, and in the world. In How to Speak Effectively in Any Setting, a 24-lesson course with Molly Bishop Shadel, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, learn the fine art of speaking clearly, effectively, and persuasively in contexts across the spectrum, from the board room to the bar room and everywhere...
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English
Description
A lecture about the values and differences between Deaf and hearing cultures. Illustrations of many of the differences are given by telling anecdotes from personal experiences and those of her daughters. Informational as well as good practice fo sign to voice interpreting.
Language
English
Description
Have you ever lost your TV remote control? Join the amusing search while learning household signs as the Bravo family looks for theirs. The remote may be lost, but Billy Seago makes sure that you aren't. Cultural Notes topic: accessibility in the home. Grammatical Notes topic: negation.
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English
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Gives an introductory look at sign language. Vocabulary lists are enhanced by practice sentences at the end of each lesson. The signs are given in easy to read form, along with explanations designed to help jar the memory. A good beginning tape for those wishing to learn sign language and those wishing to practice a skill already known.
Language
English
Description
Demonstrates grammatical features addressed in the 2001 Instruction Guide workbook needed to accompany the video. Grammatical aspects of ASL which are presented include: topic/comment structure; yes/no questions; wh-questions; rhetorical questions; directionality; use of space; negation; classifiers; conditional; and time sequenced ordering. Following an explanation of each grammatical component sample sentences in both PSE and ASL are presented....