The next meeting of the Dot Sign Language homework group ‘Going The Extra Mile’ will be this Sunday, February 9th, 12pm to 2pm. The group meets at Wetherspoons, The Rodboro Buildings, 1-10 Bridge St, Guildford GU1 4RY (On the one way system.) We are discussing the possibility of a Woking meet up in the future […]
Kathleen and Paul very much enjoyed teaching BSL to staff at The Jovial Sailor pub in Ripley, Surrey. Part of the Barons Pub Company, the team at the Jovial Sailor were keen to learn some basic signs to help them communicate when they welcome Deaf guests to their restaurant and bar. As well as fingerspelling, […]
The ‘Introduction to BSL’ course got off to an excellent start on Tuesday at AAT head office in London. The team are committed and very keen to learn British Sign Language so they can communicate with their colleague Oliver who is a Deaf BSL user. Kathleen taught the first class incorporating Deaf Awareness, communication tips […]
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 expect no prior […]
‘Going The Extra Mile’ Dot Sign Language’s student led homework group, had their first meet up of 2020. Wonderful to see so many of you keen to practice between class. If you haven’t been to a session yet, our homework club was set up by Level 3 student Jacque to support our students. Volunteers from Level […]
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 […]
Kathleen and Paul have filmed their Christmas message in British Sign Language. Happy Christmas everyone!
Access to mainstream crisis mental health services for Deaf people is almost non-existent, and yet Deaf people are twice as likely to experience mental health problems than hearing people, facing communication barriers and difficulties accessing healthcare. As part of World Suicide Prevention Day, SignHealth, powered by Shout, is launching a new free text message service […]
The Dot Sign Language team got together to celebrate the beginning of the festive season. December is a busy month with students taking assessments on our BSL level 1, 2 and 3 courses; as well as on Kathleen’s undergraduate courses at The University of Surrey. We have new courses starting in February to prepare, and […]
Due to requests from students we have changed our timetable and will now be running BSL Pre-Level 3 on Saturday afternoons, starting February 8th 2020. Pre-Level 3 is a relaxed course with no assessments. It is ideal for students who have completed BSL Level 2 and want to carry on learning, but feel that they […]
