HAND JIVE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE FOR REAL LIFE*
written by
Janna M. Sweenie, MA
David W. Boles, MFA

Hand Jive: American Sign Language for Real Life* is inspired by someof the work found on our Hardcore ASL teaching and learning site.  It is a funky and fun book unlike anything you have ever seen before and you can watch 57 free videos from the book for free and now also download, or read online, the entire book in .PDF format for free, too! If you like reading Hand Jive, you will love taking our Hardcore ASL classes online!

INTRODUCTION:
America's Third Language (2.07 MB)

PART ONE: Deaf Culture
Chapter 1: Getting Down with the Deaf (4.98 MB)
Chapter 2: Don't Make that Face at Me! (811 KB)
Chapter 3: You Want a Pizza or a Lesbian? (1.2 MB)

PART TWO: Throwing Down the Signs
Chapter 4: Form that HandShape (3.84 MB)
Chapter 5: Check This (1.2 MB)
Chapter 6: Step Off (1.39 MB)
Chapter 7: Eat It! (1.96 MB)
Chapter 8: The Fam and Your Peeps (3.98 MB)
Chapter 9: Working for the Man (3.20 MB)
Chapter 10: Health and Emergencies (1.43 MB)
Chapter 11: Hooking Up (3.16 MB)

We give you tips on grammar, clues on sentence structure and we will share with you instant insider tricks on how to get up to speed fast on speaking American Sign Language in the real world. You will not find a more wild and more useful book for the home, the street and in the classroom.

*Including Talking Trash, Hooking Up, and Getting Down