Last week was one of the busiest weeks of assessments the team at Dot Sign Language has ever known! A total of 38 students took 102 or 103 assessments in 10 different sessions. Not only was it one of the busiest weeks but it was the first time that we have carried out assessments online. Thanks to […]
If you are thinking about starting a Signature BSL Level 3, 4 or 6 course this Autumn, we invite you to a FREE Zoom session on Saturday May 30th. Kathleen Grehan – Director of Dot Sign Language, will explain the aim, content and assessment methods of the course which you are considering. It is also […]
With the teaching landscape changing so dramatically since our cohorts of BSL students started their BSL courses last Autumn or in February, we have worked hard to carry on teaching using Zoom. Initially we thought all assessments would have to be postponed until our teachers could meet with students in person. (Signature were extremely flexible […]
Dot Sign Language has always been committed to working in the local community to raise awareness of Deaf issues and to encourage more people to learn BSL. For this reason, when we met Liz Doble from Weybridge Women’s Institute at one of our taster evenings we jumped at the opportunity to visit the group as […]
With a ten week British Sign Language course for BFI (British Film Institute) well underway, we are delighted that another group of staff are keen to learn. Yesterday, Kathleen taught the first session of a second course to 11 BFI team members using Zoom. She was assisted by an interpreter who provided a simultaneous voiceover. Students were […]
The Deaf Health Charity, SignHealth and online interpreting company InterpreterNow, have together launched ‘BSLHealthAccess’ which enables the provision of immediate, on demand access to British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters for communication with Deaf people in health settings free of charge during the current Coronavirus situation. Read the full Press Release and watch in BSL here. […]
Kathleen and Paul recently taught a 10 week British Sign Language course for a group at AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians,) which started at their London headquarters and was completed via Zoom. Their staff are extremely keen to learn BSL because one of their team is Deaf and a BSL user. We were delighted when AAT […]
You might already be aware of Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS.) We were contacted by OptiLingo and sent this article written by founder Jonty Yashima: What You Need to Know About TPRS (And How to Use It Effectively) We think it is interesting reading for anyone learning BSL. There are clear parallels between TPRS explained in the […]
This afternoon Dot teachers Kathleen and Paul taught the first BSL session in a course for BFI (British Film Institute.) The lockdown hasn’t stopped us as teacher, interpreter and students all ‘met up’ on Zoom.
The Dot Sign Language team have all been working hard the past few weeks to teach our BSL courses and Deaf Awareness training sessions via Zoom. It is proving to be very successful and we thank everyone for being flexible and adapting. Through feedback from teachers, students, interpreters and communication support workers we have compiled the following […]
