Reading list: American Sign Language Reading
Required Reading for ADULT LEARNING COURSE - ASL I - CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
TEXTBOOK
A Basic Course In American Sign Language – Tom Humphries, Carol Padden, Terrence J. O’Rourke. T-J-Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0932666420 ISBN-10: 0932666426
Student Study Guide to A Basic Course In American Sign Language – Tom Humphries, Carol Padden, Terrence J. O’Rourke. T-J-Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0932666338 ISBN-10: 0932666337
OTHER TEXTBOOK RECOMMENDATIONS - (Not Required):
 Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary – Elaine Costello, Ph.D. –
Soft Cover; Revised (1998, 2008) – 4,500 Entries/Illustrations; 581 pages
 Random House Webster’s American Sign Language Dictionary – Elaine Costello, Ph.D. – Hard Cover (1994, 2008) – 5,600 Entries/Illustrations; 1,200 pages
 American Sign Language Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary (Abridged Version) – Martin Sternberg - Soft Cover; Revised (1994) – 500 signs/1,500 Illustrations; 772 pages
 American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary – Richard A. Tennant and Marianne Gluszak Brown – Hard Cover; 1,600 signs organized by 40 basic handshapes; 408 pages