I hope you’re having a good day. I’m in London today delivering another Deaf Awareness training course. Do you watch the BBC’s EastEnders? I don’t get to see it that much as I’m often teaching but I understand that the soap is introducing a new Deaf character, Frankie. Frankie will communicate using British Sign Language […]
Hello everyone, We’re running another Dot Sign Language Homework Club! Here’s a message from Jacque who runs the club. “The next session will be this Sunday, 23rd Feb, at Wetherspoons Guildford, 12 to 2pm! (Assuming a third storm doesn’t cause mass disruption again…)”. If you haven’t been to a session yet, our homework club was […]
Hello everyone, I hope that you managed to survive Storm Ciara! I gather that Storm Dennis is on its way. I’ve been delivering Deaf Awareness training in London again this morning. As I look out of the window now, it’s lovely and bright (although it was rather chilly when I boarded the train from Woking). […]
Hello everyone, I thought it would be useful to share these 4 Deaf Awareness tips. Please do feel free to share. Thank you. Best wishesKathleen #DeafAwareness #BSL
Hello everyone, Here’s a message from Jacque about Dot’s homework club. “Hello everyone! The next meeting scheduled is Sunday 26th January, 12pm to 2pm. Hope to see as many of you there as possible!” If you haven’t been to a session yet, our homework club was set up by Level 3 student Jacque to support […]
I love learning new skills. If you’re looking for something fun, new and extremely useful to learn for 2020, can I suggest, if you don’t it already, starting off with British Sign Language fingerspelling. It’s something that the whole family can enjoy. I’ve put together a fingerspelling sheet to get you started: Do let me […]
We’re delighted to share with you this year’s performance of Scrooge – performed by our Dot Sign Language Level 2 students. If this has inspired you to learn BSL next year, contact us or see the BSL Level 1 page. We have a new course starting in February 2020. A very well done to everyone […]
How many 50 year-olds in the UK have started to lose their hearing? A) 10% B) 25% c) 40% You might be surprised. 40% of fifty year-olds have started to lose their hearing. This increases to 70% by the age of seventy. The UK Census tells us that 65% of people who use BSL as […]
Q: Can I use British Sign Language (BSL) to communicate with Deaf people in other countries? A: You can, and how much you are understood depends on the country you are in! Much like spoken languages, countries have their own sign languages. There is not one global sign language. Deaf people who are fluent sign […]
A question I’m often asked is whether Makaton is the same as British Sign Language – many parents with young children will be all too familiar with #Cbeebies‘ Mr Tumble who uses Makaton. Makaton was devised in the 1970s and uses signs and symbols alongside speaking. It is not the language of the Deaf community, rather […]
