im a normal american who can hear and speak with no conflict but one of my best friends is deaf and i would very much like to be able to talk to him with less confusion, any suggestions for a web site or book or anything along those lines
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Sign Language Made Simple is a good book. The illustrations are great. ^_^
Call a community college, if there is one close to you, and enroll in a class. It takes some practice (just like learning a foreign language), but once you learn how to form letters and phrases, it’s a great thing to know. There are library books that show pictures of how to form the individual letters, but that isn’t the same things as trying to carry on a conversation. you have to be able to sign fluently, and there are signs that are used for entire words and phrases. It’s much better to attend a class if you can find one.