British Sign Language: Beginner Intensive Beginners
This intensive course is designed for students who have very limited or no previous knowledge of British Sign Language (BSL). The course aims to enable students to understand and use BSL effectively for purposes of practical communication with deaf or hard of hearing people, to develop understanding of the BSL sentence syntax and to learn more about a Deaf Culture.
- All staff and students from Cambridge University Engineering Department
- Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here
Number of sessions: 9
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer |
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1 | Mon 21 Jun 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
2 | Fri 25 Jun 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
3 | Mon 28 Jun 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
4 | Fri 2 Jul 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
5 | Mon 5 Jul 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
6 | Fri 9 Jul 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
7 | Mon 12 Jul 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
8 | Wed 14 Jul 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
9 | Fri 16 Jul 2021 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | CLIC online teaching | Zrinka Mendas |
In this course, students will learn how to:
- Fingerspell and lip-read
- Meet and greet people
- Introduce yourself (name, age, where you live)
- Describe one’s family
- Talk about the weather, months of the year and the seasons
- Give directions and discuss transport
- Describe animals and pets
- Practise shopping for food and clothes
Students will also learn about:
- Basic BSL syntax and grammar rules
- Verbs
- Negative and positive face expressions and emotions
- Use of W-questions
- Prepositions
- Timelines
This course aims to enable students to understand and use BSL effectively for purposes of practical communication with deaf or hard of hearing people, to develop understanding of the BSL sentence syntax and to learn more about a Deaf Culture.
Class work (online via Zoom) and individual study
Nine sessions of two hours
Yearly
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