Books published by publisher Co-Sign Communications

A 'warts and all' collection of 93 illustrated signs with written descriptions in flashcard format for families and learners in contact with the Deaf community and a helpful reference for families and carers of adults and children with learning disability who use BSL sign vocabulary in their communication and to access their education.A useful support for BSL Courses with alternative versions of some signs where appropriate. Physical characteristics provide a succinct and visual point of reference when identifying individuals in the British Sign Language (BSL) using community that illustrate alternative perspectives and sensibilities that define its culture. In addition, there are many situations that call upon our ability to describe and identify people and this publication contains an illustrated collection of examples for easy reference for revision of signs learned in class or seen used in the community.Includes distinguishing facial characteristics, hair styles and colour, body types, age groups and much more.Also included are Left and Right-Handed Fingerspelling Alphabets and BSL Handshape Key, Clear Communication Guidelines for Beginners, Useful Contacts and Resources and a full Index.Supported by the Let's Sign BSL materials and resources. See DeafBooks website for details and Free Downloads.

Originally designed as Flashcards for use on Kindle now available in printed book format from Amazon Print-on-Demand. Please note this is a printed book in flashcard format and not actual Flashcards. Includes: Basic Handshape Key and Fingerspelling Alphabet. Signs for: animal, bird, butterfly, cat, cow, deer, dog, donkey, duck, fish, fly, frog, horse, kangaroo, koala, kookaburra, owl, parrot, pig, possum, rabbit, shark, sheep, snake, spider, wombat. The illustrated animal pictures and sign graphics with their written descriptions are presented in landscape Flashcard format. One sign per page - clear and simple – easy to refer to on the go with appeal to learners of all ages and abilities. Some signs have more than one version and the commonly used variations are included but, as with learning any language, the best way to learn is by face to face contact with native sign language users. The Let’s Sign resources are designed to support this. Australian Sign Language (Auslan) and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) are the sign languages of the deaf communities of Australia and New Zealand. Both have evolved from forms of British Sign Language (BSL) and together the three languages comprise the BANZSL language family. They share many of the same vocabulary items and structural features in addition to the use of the same two-handed fingerspelling alphabet. Because of these similarities, the Let’s Sign BSL resources of dictionaries, posters, flashcards, stickers and graphics have been of interest to learners of Auslan and NZSL. This includes people wishing to communicate within the Deaf community and also increasingly in the field of Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Baby Signing, where signs are used with spoken language to support communication and language development – known as Sign Supported English (SSE). Due to requests, this resource has been created using the most appropriate and commonly used versions of signs for Australian and New Zealand learners and we welcome your feedback in planning any future materials. www.DeafBooks.co.uk - info@deafbooks.co.uk