Sign Now: The British Sign Language Cd-Rom

Subtitle: British Sign Language CD-ROM, The
Synopsis: Reviewed by Alistair Wright, Helen Reed and Richard Vaughan in ‘Library Association Record, Library Technology’ supplement, Vol 2, No 1 (2/97), p13.
A multimedia package with full-colour video demonstrations of over 3500 signs for British Sign Language (BSL), presented in five modes: 1) fingerspelling mode - demonstrates the signs used in BSL to represent the letters of the Englsih alphabet; 2) alphabetic order mode - covers all the signs with some of their regional variations and contexts; 3) numbers mode; 4) places mode; 5) handshapes mode - shows 57 handshapes and the signs connected with each.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; CD-ROM. PC Windows version only.
Year of production: 1996
Availability: Sale; 1997 sale: £59.00 (inclusive) single user
Documentation: Accompanying manual.
Uses: Students of BSL and their tutors.
Subjects: Languages
Keywords: British Sign Language; sign languages

Name: 4 Learning
Notes: Channel 4 Learning has now closed. This used to be the educational broadcasting arm of Channel 4. The online shop sold educational DVDs and CD-ROMs for use in primary and secondary schools.

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