Inc Sign Media

Learn the basic skills of American Sign Language in an easy way. Shows how natural gestures, mime, and facial expressions used everyday can aid in thinking in picture instead of in words - the basis of ASL. Each DVD builds upon the concepts learned in the previous unit(s).

A comprehensive history of deaf people in Europe and America. Told largely from the vantage point of Laurent Clerc, the narrative traces the beginnings of formal education for deaf students in France and in the U.S. This outstanding story reads like a suspense novel. Sadly, the story is also a study of prejudice and oppression for almost two hundred years as "educators" have sought to abolish sign language and have denied deaf people the right to...

Allows ASL students to practice interpreting by focusing on a group meeting with several deaf employees and a non-deaf supervisor.

Allows students to practice interpreting from ASL to English and English to ASL within the same interaction.

A series featuring Deaf entertainers, each DVD is taped in a cabaret setting at Sign Media's studios and captures the wit, creativity, and humor of these truly funny people as they entertain a live Deaf audience. Each unit has a voice-over translation (where possible) to make the performance accessible to hearing persons. Born in Texas and a graduate of Gallaudet University, Bill Ennis is a master of ASL and a stand-up comic. His spontaneous stories...