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Introduction to British Sign Language

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Students doing sign language.

Course Overview

This course is the foundation for those who need to communicate with deaf people, either professionally or personally, but who have no signing skills. It will teach you the importance of hand shapes, and visual expressions and correct body language, giving you an insight into the way this language is structured.

This course is designed to introduce you to the basic principles of British Sign Language (BSL), and to present methods of communicating with people who are profoundly deaf or who are sign language users. The course includes lots of group and pair work. It is recommended that you practise your skills between the lessons. This is an Entry 3 Level course.

Course Code

XEAMSIG1W0

Course Fee
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Start Time

19:00

End Time

21:00

End Date

Tue, 12 Nov 2024

Entry Requirements

None other than an interest in this subject.

Course information

This course is designed to introduce you to the basic principles of British Sign Language (BSL), and to present methods of communicating with people who are profoundly deaf or who are sign language users. The course includes lots of group and pair work. It is recommended that you practise your skills between the lessons. This is an Entry 3 Level course.

20 hours, one evening a week for 8 weeks.

Classbased

There is one internal one to one assessment, there are no external assessments.

Entry Level NONE Non regulated SFA formula funded provision, Entry Level, Languages, Literature and Culture of the British Isles, 13 to 20 hrs, PW A

Potentially after passing Level 2 a career working with Deaf people

Entry level

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