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CATEGORY: Self Guided Courses

Level 1 BSL Taster Course

Course Access: Lifetime
Course Overview

Course aim

This course is designed to teach learners to communicate with Deaf people in British Sign Language (BSL) on a range of topics that involve simple, everyday language use. They will gain basic skills and confidence in production and reception of BSL.

This is a taster course, including the first 5 lessons from the full Level 1 BSL course.

Course structure

The course contains 5 lessons which can be completed separately. Each lesson covers vocabulary, grammar, receptive and productive skills.

Course objectives

At the end of the course, learners will be able to:

  • Understand about deaf and BSL culture
  • Understand and use fingerspelling to spell simple words
  • Introduce themselves in BSL
  • Talk about basic numbers and days of the week
  • Talk about basic feelings and emotions