Ready! set! sign!! A review of software designed to teach American sign language.(Product/Service Evaluation)

From: American Rehabilitation | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Ready! Set! Sign!! (RSS) offers beginning sign language students--and others wishing to refresh their skills--the opportunity to take a comprehensive course in American Sign Language (ASL), with outstanding instructors, from the comfort of their own homes. RSS is easy to follow and self-paced; and, just as many sign language instructors advise students to meet people in the deaf community, RSS takes students on a video tour through deaf history, enabling them to meet important historical figures, learn about critical events in the deaf community and hear divergent opinions on ...

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