Who should purchase Fingerspelling 1: Student DVD? A student or interpreter who wants to improve their receptive and expressive fingerspelling skills in context. Excellent for student or interpreter self study or as part of a formal class, this DVD is the companion to the 16 week Teacher's Guide. Benefits You learn by watching a native signer tell a short story or anecdote. You prepare your own short stories for classroom participation. You spend all of your time either watching a native signer or practicing your own signs. No time is wasted on reading text or looking at black and white drawings with arrows. Based on practical observation: Fingerspelling 1: Student DVD is based upon Missy's 18 years of teaching off and on at community colleges and workshops around the country. When asked to teach fingerspelling a few years ago at the last minute she said, "Sure." She was underwhelmed with the materials available to teach the course. That was the moment when she decided to produce a better curriculum. - from Amzon