Learning Sign Language
₱500
Each SKITBOOKS journal is printed and hand-bound when you order it — no warehouse copies, every book fresh off the press. Printing and binding takes 3–5 business days, then your order ships with tracking.
- Pages
- 100
- Size
- 6 × 7.8 in
- Paper
- 120 gsm bristol vellum
- Cover
- 260 gsm satin
- Binding
- Perfect bound
About this journal
You learned to fingerspell your name. You know "thank you" and "hello." Then a Deaf person signs something back at normal speed, and you catch maybe one word, smile, and hope it wasn't a question.
That's the moment most learners stall. Producing signs is the easy half. Understanding them is the hard one.
Learning Sign Language is a sign language journal for getting past that moment. It works for whichever sign language your Deaf community uses, including FSL, ASL, BSL, or Auslan, because they aren't universal. It gives you a place to log what you practiced, the new signs you picked up, and what you did and didn't understand when someone signed to you. Over a few weeks, those logs show you that your receptive skill is actually moving, even when it doesn't feel like it.
It starts with how signs are built: handshape, location, movement, palm direction, and the facial expressions that carry grammar. (A correct sentence signed with a blank face isn't quite correct.) From there it takes you from your first signs to real conversations, and it keeps pointing you toward Deaf teachers, Deaf-made content, and actual people, because that's where the language lives.
What's inside
- 12 practice session logs — what you worked on, and what you understood when signs came back at you
- 12 vocabulary trackers — keep new signs organized and see how many you really know
- 9 conversation logs — remember real exchanges, the wins and the "sorry, again please" moments
- 6 "Notes From a Deaf Signer" pages — for corrections and cultural pointers you don't want to lose
- 3 signing feedback pages — outside eyes on your handshapes and facial grammar
- 15 skill focus pages across three levels, from the manual alphabet to storytelling
- Pages on filming yourself, hand fatigue, and building your signing circle
- A glossary, goals, milestone checks, and 12 self-reflection pages
It's a good fit for hearing learners taking an FSL class, parents and relatives of Deaf kids, teachers, healthcare workers, and anyone who wants to talk with a Deaf friend or coworker in their own language. It also makes a thoughtful gift for a sibling who just enrolled in a sign language course, or a new teacher with a Deaf student in class.
It won't make you an interpreter, and it doesn't pretend to. It helps you show up, practice honestly, and hold real conversations.
