Welcome back everyone! We are delighted to have teamed up with signsource to bring you BSL Basics – a 6x1hour sessions to learn the basics of British Sign Language.
What we’ll cover…
- Introduction to BSL and general Deaf Awareness; Introduction to Deaf Awareness, BSL alphabet/fingerspelling, introductory questions and phrases, lip-reading and fingerspelling activities
- Family; An introduction to correct hand-shapes, facial expressions and BSL grammar, basic conversational topics, family relations, describing a person including appearance, describing where people live, related short phrases
- Numbers; 1-100, language relating to money, talking about age, time, related short phrase
- Weather and School/College Subjects; The weather, short weather related phrases, school subjects, school life, describing classrooms, related short phrases to school
- Life at university/college – Basic language involving FE/HE courses, related phrases, how to discuss career aspirations, introductory language regarding the social life – joining clubs
- Applying for a new job – Basic language involving applying for jobs, related phrases to help with the application process
These sessions are limited to 30 students per group as they are interactive, and include lots of activities. Week 1 and 6 include an interpreter, Weeks 2-5 are without an interpreter.
Want to find out more? Book a meeting here or call 03309121340.
