Everyday Essential British Sign Language (L1)

Marcel Hirshman (Deaf Presenter and sign language teacher) will teach you the basics of BSL before you are introduced to our other Deaf presenters Ramon Woolfe, Radha Starr, Fifi Garfield and Deepa Shastri, who will show you how to put this new knowledge into everyday conversation, giving you the opportunity to watch different Deaf couples discussing normal day to day topics.

Our Deaf BSL presenters will also demonstrate BSL Storytelling of real life situations (5 different stories all accompanied by picture story sequences) introducing you to various linguistic elements of BSL such as non-manual features, role shift, and referencing.

You will initially see Marcel, who is the main presenter, during the teaching stages of vocabulary. Once you have completed those sections you will reach the 2 part conversational dialogue sections where you’ll be introduced to different deaf presenters. These presenters will show you how to put the vocabulary together into conversations.

There are chances to watch these videos with voice and subtitles and then without – which encourages the development of your BSL receptive skills.

Learning Objectives - You will be able to:

Understand and sign the alphabet and fingerpsell in BSL.

Understand and be able to ask and reply to general greetings and introductions in BSL.

Ask basic questions using common question forms such as “What, Why, Where, How and Who”?

Describe rooms in your house, detailing colours and sizes of items using BSL.

Be able to describe and understand small sentences and stories about animals in BSL.

Understand and put into BSL sentences different number forms - general numbers, ages, money and time.

Understand and be able to create sentences using BSL about weather, transport and directions.

Be able to discuss your work and understand short stories about different types of work in BSL.

Understand and be able to put together short sentences about your favourite food and drink.

Understand different Deaf presenters when they have basic conversations together about the topics taught through the programme.

Have an understanding through the BSL storytelling sequences of different elements of BSL, such as non manual features, placement of signs and referencing.

Have an awareness and understanding that BSL has regional dialects (as do spoken languages) and each person has their own particular “style”.

Course Curriculum

Everyday Essential British Sign Language (L1) course is delivered through our online learning platform, accessible through any internet-connected device. There are no formal deadlines or teaching schedules, meaning you are free to study the sign language course at your own pace.

You are taught through a combination of

• Video lessons
• Repeated with and without subtitles to aid your BSL receptive skills
• Multiple-choice assessments throughout

Full Curriculum Details

**Everyday Essential British Sign language (L1) **

• Introduction to BSL
• Alphabet with voice
• Alphabet
• Fingerspelling test
• Fingerspelling replay
• Names test
• Names replay
• Greetings
• Greetings without voice - to recap

Family, question forms and family story

• Family Vocabulary
• Family vocabulary test your memory
• Question forms
• Question forms test your memory
• Family story test
• Family Story Recap How did you do

Rooms in the house vocabulary

• Rooms in the house Vocabulary
• Kitchen Vocabulary
• Bathroom Vocabulary
• Bedroom Vocabulary
• Living room and Dining room Vocabulary
• Study Vocabulary
• Utility room Vocabulary
• Garden Vocabulary

Colours

• Colours
• Colours test yourself
• Questions and statements about home test
• Questions and statements about the home replay were you right

Animals

• Animal Vocabulary
• Animal vocab replay test your knowledge
• Short animal story
• Short animal story replay were you right
• Animal and pet questions

Numbers and Money

• Numbers 1-30
• Numbers 1-30 replay without voice test yourself
• Numbers 10’s, 100’s
• Numbers 10’s, 100’s replay without voice test yourself
• Mixed number
• Mixed number test replay
• Money £1 – £20
• Money £1 – £20 replay test your knowledge
• Mixed money
• Mixed money test replay

Time and Months of the Year

• Time 1 o’clock to 12 o’clock
• Days of the week
• Months of the year
• Time Periods
• Time Periods replay test your knowledge

Describing Ages

• Describing ages
• Describing ages replay without voice test your knowledge
• Number and ages phrase test
• Number & Ages phrase test replay
• Mixed time, ages and money test
• Mixed time, ages, and money test replay

Weather

• Weather Vocabulary
• Weather vocab without voice test your understanding
• Weather phrase test
• Weather phrase test replay

Transport

• Transport Vocabulary
• Transport vocabulary without subtitles – test yourself
• Transport phrases without subtitles
• Transport phrases replay with subtitles

Directions

• Directions Vocabulary
• Directions vocabulary without subtitles test yourself
• Direction phrases test without subtitles
• Direction phrases replay with subtitles

Hobbies

• Hobbies Vocabulary
• Hobbies vocabulary without subtitles test yourself
• Hobbies phrases test
• Hobbies phrases replay with subtitles

Work

• Work Vocabulary
• Work vocabulary without subtitles test yourself
• Work phrases test
• Work phrases replay with subtitles

Food and Drink

• Food and Drink Vocabulary
• Food and drink without subtitles
• Food and drink phrases without subtitles
• Food and Drink phrases replay with subtitles

Introducing our other Deaf Presenters!

2 part conversational dialogues - first with voice then repeated without

• The Broken Car Dialogue
• Tom’s 18th Birthday Part
• New House
• At the Bank
• On a Train
• Going to a Restaurant
• Going on a Picnic
• Job Interview Day
• Horse Riding
• I’m Lost and Need Directions
• Valentine’s Day
• A Day in Hospital
• Learning to Drive
• School Reunion
• Meeting up with the Family

Bonus 5 Stories with voice and subtitles

• Tom’s 18th Birthday Party
• New house
• On a Train
• Valentines day
• Learning to drive

Access Duration

The course is delivered through a system that you will have access to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and for 365 days (12 months). As this is an online course, you have no set timetable and can study at your own pace. Move through the modules as fast or slow as you wish, and return to previous sections at any point.

Each video has a timer and so to move through the video topics and lessons you must mark each video "as complete" before being allowed to progress.

Once you have seen the videos once you can repeat these as often as you like to recap.

Certification

Successful learners, on completion of the online course, will be able to download a "Certificate of Completion" awarded by Learn Sign Language Ltd - accredited by CPD Certification Service. Our certified accreditation number for this course is A019966. Our registration number with CPD Certification Service is 13086

This course is suitable for :

• HR departments wishing to teach their staff British Sign Language to help communicate with any Deaf staff members.
• Family members and work colleagues having Deaf connections.
• Learners who want to learn BSL as a hobby or supplement their academic learning in a class
• Anyone interested in learning sign language

Learners must be over the age of 16 and have a basic understanding of the English Language and computer literacy

Learners completing this course often move onto our Everyday Essential British Sign Language (L2) and combine it with BSL Storytelling of Real Life Situations (L1 / L2)

This is ideal for learners who want to work with Deaf people in community settings, want to further their qualifications with Signature or as a stepping stone to formal classroom based learning.

Currently there are no Q&As for this course. Be the first to ask a question.

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included