Fancy a Virtual Coffee and The Chance To Learn British Sign Language? We’re delivering more of our taster sessions soon virtually. The sessions are an informal 1 hour session when we will give you a taste of British Sign Language (BSL.) We will teach you how to fingerspell, as well as key phrases when meeting […]
To all our students – The team at Dot Sign Language are doing everything we can to support your BSL studies. In addition to emailing you homework and videos of our teachers signing, we will be offering teaching through a video conferencing platform called Zoom. Do not worry if you have not used anything like […]
Message from Kathleen Grehan, Director of Dot Sign Language This is a very difficult time for us all with uncertainty and change happening in all aspects of our lives. The drastic but necessary Government decision to close all schools and colleges and the advice for many of us to self-isolate and for all to cut […]
At Dot Sign Language we are aware of your concerns regarding your courses and assessments, and also of the need to keep yourselves, families and the wider community safe. As a small business we are also concerned and are doing our utmost to support you all and find new ways to carry on teaching. We […]
This Wednesday – 18th March is the anniversary of British Sign Language being recognised as an official minority language in the UK, (18th March 2003.) Although 17 years on, and despite being the first language of tens of thousands of British citizens it still does not have legal status! 5 years ago Scotland enshrined BSL […]
Hi everyone, Tim here. I thought this would be useful to share on coronavirus. The Deaf health charity, SignHealth, have produced the official advice on the virus in BSL. You can see the videos at: https://www.signhealth.org.uk/coronavirus/
In order to safeguard the health of Dot Sign Language students and staff, we are taking the current position on COVID-19: As per the guidance from Public Health England, we are currently asking any student who has returned from a category 1 specified area (guidance on the gov.uk website) in the last fortnight to self-isolate […]
You might already be aware that today – March 3rd – is ‘World Hearing Day.‘ This is organised every year by the World Health Organisation. The day aims to raise awareness on deafness and hearing loss, and to promote ear and hearing care across the world. A recent survey of over 2,000 people by mobile […]
If you are interested in studying British Sign Language Level 3, 4 or 6, starting September 2020, we invite you to our Information and Interview Day. Date: Saturday May 30th 2020 Time: 10am – 1pm Venue: The University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH FREE OF CHARGE Kathleen Grehan – Director of Dot Sign Language, […]
A question we’re often asked is this one: Q: I have noticed my hearing declining. I am 70. Do you have many people my age learning sign language in your classes? A: You are definitely not alone. In the UK more than 40% of people over 50 years old are affected by hearing loss, increasing […]
