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/
British Science Week is a celebration of the innovation that led the United Kingdom to excel in science and technology. It’s organised by the British Science Association to push the importance of science at the heart of culture and society, whose mission is to support, grow and diversify the community of people interested and involved […]
Dot Sign Language are delighted to be teaching British Sign Language to a group of 12 Sixth Formers at Tormead School, Guildford. Head of Sixth Form Julian Sykes, who is also participating in the classes, recognises the importance of the students being able to communicate in BSL whatever their future profession. We plan an ongoing […]
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 […]
