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Basic Sign Language for Telephone, Book, Radio

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Summary: Learn how to sign telephone, book, radio, car, and story with American Sign Language (ASL) tips in this free online sign language video tutorial clip.

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asluser said

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on 8/2/2008 I am Deaf and fluent in ASL. I need to point out to you that your signs are inaccurate. Out of respect for the language and the Deaf community, please leave the education of the language to the experts.

mtmt10001 said

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on 9/4/2008 I have to agree with the previous comment. I am a teacher of the deaf and have watched most of your "sign language" video clips. Many of the signs are incorrectly signed. I am very disappointed.

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"Hello! My name is Melissa and on behalf of Expert Village, today we're going to be learning some basic signs, words, phrases in sign language. In this clip, we're going to learn the words telephone, book, radio, car, and story. Let's start off with telephone. Telephone, take the letter Y, this is the letter Y, and put it to your ear like you were talking on the telephone. Telephone. Telephone. Book is like you're going to open the pages of a book. Book. Book. Perhaps you're looking of a telephone book. Telephone. Book. Radio. You want to take the letter R of your alphabet and start at your side and go to your ear like you were listening or you wanted to hear the radio, or where is the radio. Radio. Radio. Radio. Car. Pretend you have an automobile steering wheel and you're going to steer that wheel. Car. Car. Story. Story; you want to go like this and actually you're going to interlink your hands. Story. What you're trying to do is if you were reading a book would you tell me a story is your lengthening. It looks like it's lengthening, so it's many phrases or sentences. It's a story. Story. Perhaps you want a bedtime story."

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