Kathleen and Paul, along with Jan, Lisa and partners and friends, had a fabulous evening at the CSSEF dinner and ball. As well as being an opportunity to catch up with friends and make new like-minded contacts, the event raised huge sums for local Deaf children. We cannot overstate how much Karen Jackson and her […]
Art Night is London’s largest contemporary art festival. Christine Sun Kim is a Berlin-based artist whose first language is American Sign Language (ASL.)She uses the media of drawing and sound in performance to investigate her relationship with spoken language and the aural environment. For Art Night 2019 Kim will collaborate with students at Frank Barnes […]
In order to make the BSL performance more accessible for children, the date of the BSL performance has been changed to Saturday June 8th at 7pm. It is suitable for children age 6+. In The Willows features soaring vocals and spectacular street dance, starring Olivier Award winner Clive Rowe, deaf street dance Chris Fonseca (The […]
Dot are running both courses, starting in September 2019. Both are appropriate for students who have completed BSL Level 2, but are different in their content and aim. BSL Level 3 will run over an academic year. It includes 3 assessments which when passed will provide a recognised Signature qualification. Participants will learn BSL linguistics […]
We will be holding a Taster session from 10 – 11am at Squires Garden Centre Cafe, Littlewick Rd, Woking GU21 4XR, on Monday June 10th. This is an opportunity to learn about Deaf culture as well as some BSL basics, such as fingerspelling, meeting and greeting, numbers. You can also find out more about upcoming Level […]
It is always wonderful to be told how much a student has enjoyed learning British Sign Language, and how they are putting it to use. Kathleen has been teaching BSL at The University of Surrey as a language option for the Global Graduate Award, for eight years. Students are able to pick BSL and study […]
Click the image to see Paul discussing BSL Level 1. (It has subtitles, click subtitles / closed captions if they do not automatically come on on your device.) For details of our September Level 1 course dates and venues see www.dotsignlanguage.co.uk/course/level-1-bsl/
It was a pleasure and a privilege to be invited to Positive Deaf Partnerships – an information day organised by Chloe’s and Sophie’s Special Ears Fund (CSSEF) and Fleet Rotary on Saturday. This was a wonderful opportunity for parents of Deaf children to meet, chat and find out about local organisations in the Deaf Community. […]
It was a pleasure to present at this event last night. Organised by Inclusion Expert Sarah Burrell, I and other speakers discussed how we have overcome challenges in the workplace. Being Deaf is not a disability but it is a communication barrier in the workplace. For workplaces and events to be accessible to Deaf BSL […]
Thank you Beaufort School for inviting Dot Sign Language to give assemblies to Key Stage 1 and 2 this morning. The school have been celebrating Deaf Awareness week and it was wonderful to see how excited the children were to learn some signs and how to fingerspell. They asked Kathleen some very insightful questions about […]
