CULP: British Sign Language Basic 1

Beginners£

The course is delivered in a visual way. It offers 30 hours of classroom tuition in a group, (up to 16 students), and requires the students to study independently (or in pairs) for an additional 30 hours.

• Available to all
• Further details regarding Language Centre eligibility criteria are available

For absolute beginners (ab initio learners) or those with very little knowledge of the language.

Number of sessions: 15

The course introduces students to the following functions and notions:

• Greetings
• Introducing oneself, friends and family
• Describing your nationality, age and profession
• Talking about your daily life; describing routines, hobbies, free time activities, interests and expressing likes and dislikes.
• Telling the time
• Going shopping, inquiring about prices, size, quantity etc.
• Describing a home/building, give/ask for an address
• Talking about work/study, the timetable
• Understanding information relevant to travel and holidays
• Describing food and drink

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Understand basic instructions in BSL and take part in a basic factual conversation on a predictable topic. Have the ability to initiate a simple conversation with a deaf person.

• To develop a basic understanding and an appreciation of British Sign Language (BSL)
• Students will gain basic skills and confidence in production and reception of BSL
• Students will be able to understand signed communication in a given range of topics and answer simple questions about everyday situations
• To introduce students to the background of British Sign Language, the Deaf Community

• Raven access is required (UoC members only)
• Further information regarding Raven is available

• Students Fees: £285 to be paid online. Please select ‘Concessionary’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
• Staff Fees: £320 to be paid online. Please select ‘All charged’ under the course fee when you make your booking.
• Links to the online store will be provided with your confirmation email.
• Payment is required within 24 hours of your booking to secure your place.
• Refunds will only be available where participants are unable to complete the remainder of the course and only if requested before the third session.
• Payment for the courses is made on the Online Store (CULP General Purpose courses), (Raven log in).
• Course materials can be found on Moodle (Raven log in), once the course has started.

• The course will be offered upon enrolment of at least 10 students
• Full details of all Language Centre programmes can be found on the Language Centre website and Language Centre Online website

Fifteen taught sessions of two hours