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Level 3 BSL (Online)

Choose from self-guided online study or live taught classes with a teacher and achieve a professional qualification.

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Level 3 BSL (Online)

£810 (inc. VAT) + £171 exam fees

  • Intermediate (B1)
  • 3 exams
  • 40 weeks
  • 3 hours per week
  • Online course

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    Level 3 BSL - Course Content

    The aim of this course is to further develop your linguistic skills in British Sign Language towards intermediate level, or B1 of the CEFR. Teaching begins by briefly re-visiting the vocabulary and grammatical structures covered in Level 2, before moving swiftly onto developing skills, understanding and knowledge in BSL grammar, receptive skills, productive skills and conversational skills.

    The course is delivered in an informal and relaxed environment and your teacher will use a variety of teaching and learning methods to cater for all learning styles and to meet the needs of all learners. The course is designed to be fun, engaging and meaningful and will give you the opportunity to practice your productive and receptive skills by means of group work, pair work, role-plays, games, presentations and discussions.

    The Level 3 course is useful for anybody who is in regular contact with deaf people, be it through work or social life. On completion of this course, learners will be able to further develop their linguistic skills by progressing onto the Level 6 Certificate in British Sign Language course and/or onto professional training in interpreting, translation and communication support.

    ThemeTopics covered
    BSL grammar
    • Classifiers
    • Syntactic and topographic space
    • Question forms
    • Negation and affirmation
    • Non-manual features
    • Finger spelling
    • Timelines and aspect
    • Plain, agreement and classifier verbs
    • BSL sign order
    • Role-shift
    • Mouth patterns
    • Intensifiers
    • Personal and possessive pronouns
    • Connectors
    Home life
    • Experiences of being a deaf parent
    • Technology in the deaf home
    • Hearing parents and deaf children
    • Deaf parents and hearing children
    • Deaf parents and deaf children
    • What are the differences between a deaf and hearing home?
    • How has the deaf home changed over time?
    Social and recreational activities
    • Leisure activities
    • Accessing the cinema and theatres – problems and challenges
    • Subtitles on TV and at the cinema
    • Interpreted and deaf theatre
    • Sports and exercise clubs – are these accessible for deaf people?
    • Deaf clubs
    • Social exclusion
    • Deaf conferences
    • Deaf comedy and humour
    Education and training
    • Nursery costs and pre-school education
    • Nursery provision for deaf children and deaf children with additional needs
    • What age should children start school?
    • Implications for deaf children starting school
    • Mainstream schools
    • Specialist schools for the deaf
    • Support available for deaf children in the education system
    • BSL and bilingual education
    • Oral education
    • Should BSL be part of the national curriculum?
    • University and higher education for deaf people
    Employment
    • Attitudes to finding work
    • Access to Work support
    • Obstacles and challenges of finding employment for deaf people
    • Unemployment support for deaf people
    • Flexible working hours
    • Discrimination at work
    • Barriers and challenges for deaf people at work
    • Interpreters in the workplace
    • Apprenticeships for deaf people
    • Retirement and pensions
    Consumer issues and daily living
    • How can deaf people access public services, e.g. bank and utility companies?
    • Telecommunications for deaf people
    • Everyday barriers for deaf people
    • How can we make society more accessible for deaf people?
    • Health and wellbeing
    • Access to healthcare services for deaf people
    • Keeping fit and access to gyms and exercise classes
    Deaf history and culture
    • History of BSL and finger spelling
    • Origins of signed language
    • Milan conference 1880 and 2010 official apology
    • History of deaf schools
    • Deaf social conventions
    • Social model of disability
    • D/d deaf and deafness as a linguistic and cultural minority
    • How do deaf and hearing cultures differ?
    • Deaf rules of etiquette, manners and how deaf people communicate with each other

    Accessments

    There are total of 3 assessments for this qualification:

    No.TopicAssessment
    1Productive skillsFormal presentation (8-10 minutes)
    2Conversational skillsInformal conversation (10-12 minutes)
    3Receptive skillsReceptive skills written exam

    Entry Requirements

    You must have passed the Signature Level 2 Certificate in British Sign Language qualification.

    All applicants must attend a short interview online before being offered a place. The interview costs £50 for non-BSL First students and is free for continuing BSL First students.

    Progression

    When you have completed this course, you will be able to progress on to the Level 6 Certificate in British Sign Language.

    Careers

    Learning BSL isn’t just fun, for many it’s the starting point of a new and exciting career, or professional development in their current role. Popular careers include BSL/English Interpreter, BSL/English Translator, Communication Support Worker, Teacher of the Deaf and BSL Teacher. Our courses are designed to respond to industry demand, which means they won’t just prepare you for the assessment, but also they will equip you with the skills to succeed in your chosen career, or any other career involving the use of BSL.

    Our teachers have a wealth of knowledge and experience in British Sign Language, teaching, interpreting, translation and communication support, so no matter what your goals are we will help to achieve them.

    Here are some popular careers that require knowledge and skills in BSL.

    • BSL/English Interpreter
    • International Sign Interpreter
    • BSL/English Translator
    • Communication Support Worker
    • Teacher of the Deaf
    • BSL Teaching Assistant
    • Educational Communication Support Worker
    • BSL Support Worker
    • Communicator Guide
    • BSL Teacher
    • Notetaker
    • Lipspeaker
    • Deafblind Interpreter

    Fees

    Self Guided

    £72(inc. VAT) annual subscription

    • 30x Self-guided lessons
    • List of learning resources
    • BSL stories and quizzes
    • BSL dictionary
    • Self-evaluation quizzes
    • Live weekly lessons with a qualified, deaf native BSL teacher
    • Administrative support
    • Access to online peer group
    • Formal accreditation and certificate
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    Taught course

    £810(inc. VAT)

    • 30x Self-guided lessons
    • List of learning resources
    • BSL stories and quizzes
    • BSL dictionary
    • Self-evaluation quizzes
    • Live weekly lessons with a qualified, deaf native BSL teacher
    • Administrative support
    • Access to online peer group
    • Formal accreditation and certificate
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    Accredited course

    £981(inc. VAT)

    • 30x Self-guided lessons
    • List of learning resources
    • BSL stories and quizzes
    • BSL dictionary
    • Self-evaluation quizzes
    • Live weekly lessons with a qualified, deaf native BSL teacher
    • Administrative support
    • Access to online peer group
    • Formal accreditation and certificate
    Apply

    For individuals paying privately

    Option 1 – Pay in full

  • £50 interview fee payable at the time of application (free for BSL First students)
  • £135 deposit payable when accepting place
  • £675 payable within 21 days after the course starts
  • £171 exam fee payable when the exams are booked
    • Refund policy: £675 refundable up to 21 days after the course starts. No refund after 21 days.

    Option 2 – Pay in instalments

  • £50 interview fee payable at the time of application (free for BSL First students)
  • £135 deposit payable when accepting place
  • £135 per month x 5 months
  • £171 exam fee payable when the exams are booked
    • Refund policy: £135 initial deposit non-refundable. Remaining payments refundable up to 21 days after the course starts. No refund after 21 days.
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    For employers and organisations

    We do not absorb the VAT for VAT-registered companies. We will raise an invoice for the full course and exam fee. We do not offer employers the option to pay in instalments.

  • Full course fee: £810 + VAT = £972

    • There is no VAT on the exam fee.

    PO number and employer financial details required at the time of application.

    Refund policy:
    £675 refundable up to 21 days after the course starts. No refund after 21 days.

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