Hi! My name is Renee Moore. I am a professional sign language interpreter. I have been using sign language for over 16 years. There is no one in my family who is deaf and I am living proof, if I can learn sign language, anyone can! 

I am really excited that you are taking the first step. So many people have come to me when I am teaching sign language who say, ¡§I don¡¦t have time to go to college classes,¡¨ or, they say, ¡§I remember the correct way to sign a word, but after I leave class, I forget it.¡¨ They have asked me over and over again, ¡§Please make a video that I can watch again to help me remember.¡¨ After hearing the same statements over and over, I finally decided to go ahead and make this video. 

The purpose of this video is to teach you basic communication. This video will not make you a qualified sign interpreter. What this tape will do is allow you to be able to communicate in a very basic manner with the deaf. On this tape, you will be learning greetings if you should meet a deaf person while you¡¦re out in a public place or in your own workplace, school or church. You will be learning the manual alphabet. If you should happen to have someone in your family that is deaf, you¡¦ll be learning signs for family conversations. Then we¡¦ll be wrapping up with signs to help out in emergency situations that may help you or the deaf person until qualified help can arrive. There is a lot to cover, so let¡¦s get started!