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 interested in joining a BSL course with Dot Sign Language in September and have not studied with us before (or if it has been a long time!!) please contact us so we can arrange an informal interview. It is a requirement from the BSL examination board Signature that we check to ensure […]
This week is The British Deaf Association’s ‘Sign Language Week 2019’, and Dot Sign language are extremely excited to announce that we will be teaching two advanced level British Sign Language courses running from September 2019 – July 2020. Signature have completely updated the BSL Level 6 qualification. Focusing on fluent BSL skills and knowledge of Deaf culture, […]
It’s a very important time of year for Santa, and how frustrating when the Christmas elves don’t understand him. Kathleen and Paul had great fun filming this clip to illustrate the importance of mouthpatterns when signing BSL. Sometimes signs have the same handshape and a completely different meaning. It is the non-manual features which make […]
Every year the BSL awarding body, Signature, publishes an Annual Statistics Report which tells us how many students have tried the BSL exams and what percentage of the students have passed those exams. We have just received the report for 2014-2015. At Dot we keep records of our students results so we can compare our […]
Signature is the nationally-recognised awarding body responsible for the qualifications offered by Dot Sign Language. For the past eight years Signature has organised annual awards to celebrate the achievements of those who breakdown barriers for deaf and deafblind people. In 2016 the awards are focussing on achievements within education. Signature is looking for nominations that […]
