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Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL...
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sign it and say it! Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly, naturally and start signing with the deaf community and people with hearing loss. Students will learn basic to advanced communication skills, vocabulary, finger spelling, the alphabet the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations, proper ASL...
3) Vital Signs
Publisher
Visit Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Français
Description
After a family member's tragic death, Simone dedicates her life to helping terminally ill patients at a hospital. Nominated for the Tiger Award at the **Rotterdam International Film Festival.** Nominated for an Emerging Visions at the **SXSW Film Festival.**
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Latvian
Description
Ansis earns his living as a sign painter, a seemingly innocent occupation. His craft is needed in every regime – the authoritarian Thirties, the following Communism, as well as Nazism. Ansis is compelled to cooperate. He paints the signs of the city green, later replaced by red and finally brown. But then he gets caught up in a love triangle. While being in love with the Jewish girl Zisla, whom he cannot marry for religious and social reasons, he...
Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In 1970, Filipino film director and political activist Lino Brocka won an award for best screenplay at the Manila Film Festival, for the very first film he ever directed – ‘Wanted: Perfect Mother’. Over the course the following two decades, Brocka directed upwards of 60 titles for film and television, and solidified his distinction as one of the most significant Filipino filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. ‘SIGNED: LINO BROCKA’...
Publisher
Vooks
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Baby sign language is an amazing tool of communication for little ones, and Nita’s First Signs makes it easy and fun! Get ready to learn ten essential signs, including eat, more, love, please, and thank you. Each sign is taught in context through a cute, simple story between baby Nita and her parents. With clear visuals set at a steady pace, little ones and guardians alike will learn baby sign language with ease! Nita’s First Signs is written...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 1976, Hubert Smith set out with a group of researchers to visually document Yucatec Maya society within the village of Chican. This project resulted in the 4-part series, The Living Maya. During filming, however, it was impossible to ignore the use of sign language in the village. Smith and his team saw a lot of the deaf residents, filmed them often, and went back to have these sign exchanges translated. Now it is time to share a story solely about...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Signs out of time, a film by Donna Read and Starhawk, examines the life and work of world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Marija Gimbutas. Drawing from her extensive knowledge of mythology and linguistics, Lithuanian-born Gimbutas uncovered the life-affirming and goddess-worshiping civilizations of pre-historic "Old Europe." Weaving together footage of Gimbutas herself, as well as interviews with her supporters and critics, Signs out of time reveals a...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Some pain is fleeting. Some pain should make parents worry. Discover how different specialists (including orthopedists, rheumatologists, oncologists, and psychiatrists) think about and approach pain in children. Then, find out how doctors break the news of a life-changing diagnosis to a child and his or her family.
Publisher
TMW Media
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
American Sign Language (ASL) is an easy-to-learn, step-by-step approach to learning sign language, complete with drills and practice exercises to increase signing ability and understanding. It’s the perfect guide to the fundamentals of communicating through sign in a variety of everyday situations. Excellent for every American Sign Language (ASL) student as well as teachers, parents and professionals learning ASL to be able to communicate clearly,...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
By exploring a version of language that operates in a different modality than speech, you'll develop a wider and deeper appreciation of what language actually is. You'll unveil many myths about sign language, as you learn about its fascinating development and linguistic components. Our relatively recent understanding of neural mechanisms reveals that language is language, regardless of modality.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Teaching your baby sign language can help her communicate long before she speaks her first word. Learn simple signs you can teach your baby, plus other tips for promoting language development, including why you should begin having "conversations" with your baby right from birth and reasons you should use "Motherese" when you do.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The richness of signs (signifiers) in art includes the use of symbols, icons, and indexes as they reveal layers of meaning. See how, in different historical eras, symbolic associations change over time, how icons visually represent a subject, and how indexes exhibit direct connections with the thing signified.
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