Our Pre-Level 3 course is a ‘bridging’ course for students who have completed BSL Level 2 and want to carry on learning, but feel that they need more experience before commencing BSL Level 3. Pre-Level 3 is a relaxed course with no assessments. It is beneficial to those wanting to improve their BSL vocabulary, placement, […]
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 […]
What to give the relative or friend who is hard to buy for? A 10 week ‘Introduction to British Sign Language’ course! Perfect for a taste of BSL without committing to a long course, to learn a new skill, to meet like-minded people, for Duke of Edinburgh awards….. Cost: £150 This includes £22 assessment fee. […]
We are delighted that Jacque – one of our Level 3 students, is supporting Dot Sign Language by setting up a homework group. The group is called ‘Going the Extra Mile’ – named, like Dot Sign Language after renown BSL poet Dorothy ‘Dot’ Miles. ‘Going The Extra Mile’ is a student led homework group aimed at supporting […]
We frequently have students on our British Sign Language (BSL) courses who work in schools supporting deaf children as Teachers of the Deaf or Teaching Assistants. We VERY much welcome them. In the schools they use Sign Supported English (SSE) much of the time, speaking as they sign. They can find it confusing knowing what […]
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 […]
Date: Saturday January 25th, 1.30 – 2.30pm Venue: The Trinity Methodist Church, Brewery Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4LH Cost: £10 (Payable in advance by BACS or cash on the day.) This will be an informal 1 hour when we will give you a taste of British Sign Language (BSL.) Aimed at complete BSL beginners – we […]
At Dot Sign Language we are asked this a lot. There is no set answer as it depends on a person’s situation and how much they use BSL in their daily life between classes. Like any language, the more you are immersed in it and practise, the faster you will learn. If someone was to […]
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 […]
Park View Primary School are looking to appoint a Communication Support Assistant to support hearing impaired children within class and in their attached resource provision. The candidates would preferably have worked with HI children before and have some qualifications in BSL. BSL Level 2 is desirable but candidates with BSL Level 1 would also be considered. […]
