British Sign Language (BSL): Level 1 and 2

There are over 150,000 hearing-impaired people in the UK alone. Enhance your communication skills and boost your CV with this course qualification. Our comprehensive online training course helps you become sign language fluent through on demand study and innovative electronic learning materials.

Description

Designed by expert instructors with real-world sign language experience, this course is ideal if you are interested in working in social services for the hearing impaired, are a professional required to know sign language in the workplace, or want to learn British Sign Language (BSL) for personal use. It begins with the basics of spelling letters before moving onto greetings, questions, and more complex phrases and vocabulary.

Benefits of studying with Victoria Education include

• Easy-to-understand course materials designed by industry experts, accessible through your smartphone, laptop, desktop or tablet device
• No hidden fees or costs - study a professional course and earn a professional e-certificate upon successful completion
• Get instant feedback from automated assessments and mock exams to gauge your progress
• No formal deadlines or teaching schedule, meaning you can learn at your own pace
• 24/7 help and support from your online tutors, through email and via our live online chat
• Qualify for an NUS Extra card and gain access to over 200 fantastic deals from high street brands and one free year of ISIC unlocking over 42,000 international discounts

Who is this course for?

Our CPD-accredited course course is aimed at anyone wishing to enhance their sign language interpretation skills and understanding of BSL, or existing professionals wishing to boost their skills and employability.

Our courses are open to learners of all levels with no formal experience or qualifications required to enrol. However, learners should be aged 16 or over and have a good understanding of English language, numeracy and IT.

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How is this qualification delivered?

Our courses are taught entirely online, meaning you can access the materials wherever, whenever, at a pace that suits you, without formal deadlines or teaching schedules.

The courses are delivered through

• Video lessons
• PDF handouts
• Mock exams
• Online assessment

These can be accessed through any device with an internet connection. Our e-learning platform is optimised for use on mobile, tablet, laptops and desktop computers.

• Level 1: British Sign Language (BSL)
• BSL Essentials
• Practice Alphabet Finger Spelling and Names
• A-Z Sign
• A-Z Sign
• Using your fingers Test
• Using your Finger Repeat
• How well do you know your names?
• Repeat: Names
• How to sign greetings
• Signing Hello
• Try it yourself!
• Signing about family and forming questions
• Sign about your Family
• Try it yourself!
• Making a question
• Try it yourself!
• A short exam on Family signing
• Let's see how you did
• Using sign language to describe a house
• Describe a room
• Describe the Kitchen
• Describe the bathroom
• Describe the bedroom
• Describe the living room area and the dining area
• When Studying
• Store room
• Outside garden sign
• Colours
• A range of colours
• Try it yourself!
• How to ask questions and form statements about the home
• Ask questions and make comments about the home
• Let's see how well you did!
• Describe animals
• Describe Animals
• Try it yourself!
• A brief story about animals
• How did you do?
• Asking about animals and pets
• Sign Numbers and Money
• Counting between 1 and 30
• Try it yourself
• Try it yourself
• Try it yourself
• A short test on numbers
• Let's see how well you did
• Try it with money!
• Let's see how well you did
• Combining money and numbers test
• Let's see how well you did
• Describe time and dates in the year
• Telling the time
• What are the days in the week?
• How to sign the months of the year
• Time periods
• Try it yourself!
• Sign Ages
• Tell your Age
• Tell your Age - Try it yourself
• Number and ages phrase test
• How did you do?
• Combination of time, ages and money exam
• How did you do?
• Describe the weather
• How is the weather?
• Try it yourself
• Phrases exam
• How did you do?
• Sign various modes of transformation
• How are you getting around?
• Try it yourself
• Some phrases about getting around without subtitles
• Some phrases about getting around with subtitles
• How to sign directions to a place
• Which way is it?
• Try it yourself
• Which way is it? without subtitles
• How did you do?
• Describe your hobbies and interests
• What do you enjoy?
• Try it yourself
• Some phrases for what do you enjoy exam
• How did you do?
• How to describe your job
• Your job
• Try it yourself
• Phrases for work exam
• How did you do?
• Communicating what you want to eat or drink
• What do you eat and drink?
• Try it yourself
• Eat and drink phrases without subtitles
• How did you do?
• Practice Speech without voiceover and subtitles
• What happened to the car?
• Friends Birthday Party
• Brand new house
• Going to the bank
• Aboard a train
• Off to a restaurant
• Off to eat outside
• Today's interview
• Riding an animal
• Don't know where I am
• Special Occasion: Love
• At the hospital
• Driving around
• Reunion with the family
• Practice Speech with voiceover and subtitles
• What happened to the car?
• Friends Birthday Party
• Brand new house
• Going to the bank
• Aboard a train
• Off to a restaurant
• Off to eat outside
• Today's interview
• Riding an animal
• Don't know where I am
• Special Occasion: Love
• At the hospital
• Driving around
• Meeting with old school mates
• Reunion with the family
• EXTRA: Five stories with voiceover and subtitles
• Friends Birthday Party
• Brand new house
• Aboard a train
• Special Occasion: Love
• Driving around
• EXTRA: Five stories without voice over
• Friends Birthday Party
• Brand new house
• Aboard a train
• Special Occasion: Love
• Driving around
• Level 2 British Sign Language
• Signing about Family
• Members of the family without voiceover
• Members of the family
• Sign about people and animals
• Descriptions of people without voiceover
• Descriptions of people
• Describe ethnic people without voiceover
• Describe ethnic people
• Do you know about religion? Without Voiceover
• Do you know about religion?
• Describe clothes without voiceover
• Describe clothes
• Can you describe colours without voiceover?
• A range of colours
• Can you describe feelings without voiceover?
• Can you describe feelings?
• Can you describe feelings without voiceover? (2)
• Can you describe feelings? (2)
• Can you deescribe animals without voiceover?
• Can you describe animals?
• Describing tasks or activities at schol
• What did you do at school today? without voiceover
• What did you do at school today?
• What is your job at the school? without voiceover
• What is your job at the school?
• Some vocabulary used in schools without voiceover
• Some vocabulary used in schools
• Topics of learning without voiceover
• Topics of learning
• Some more vocabulary used in schools without voiceover
• Some more vocabulary used in schools
• Describing work tasks and activities
• Work without voiceover
• Work
• Applied to jobs without voiceover
• Applied to jobs
• At the office without voiceover
• At the office
• Company without voiceover
• Company
• Team meetings without voiceover
• Team meetings
• Tell the time
• What's the time without voiceover
• What's the time?
• Describe what you get up to at home
• What did you do at home? without voiceover
• What did you do at home?
• Leaving for work without voiceover
• Leaving for work
• Go and do the washing without voiceover
• Go and do the washing
• Apartments without voiceover
• Apartments
• Describe what you do in your free time
• What do you do in your leisure time? Without voiceover
• What do you do in your leisure time?
• What are your hobbies? Without voiceover
• What are your hobbies?
• You're leaving to go out (without voiceover)
• You're leaving to go out
• Tickets without voiceover
• Tickets
• Do it Yourself without voiceover
• Do it yourself
• Share your opinions: Joys and dislikes
• Can you sign attitudes and opinions without voiceover?
• Can you sign attitudes and opinions?
• Sign opinion without voiceover
• Sign opinion
• Describe a sickness, illness and health
• Describe illness without voiceover
• Describe illness
• Getting treatment without voiceover
• Getting treatment without voiceover
• Communicating what you want to eat or drink
• Can you sign eating and drinking vocabulary without voiceover?
• Can you sign eating and drinking vocabulary?
• Drinking without voiceover
• Drinking
• Eating cereal without voiceover
• Eating cereal
• Eating fruit without voiceover
• Eating fruit
• Did you eat your vegetables without voiceover?
• Did you eat your vegetables?
• What's the main meal without voiceover?
• What's the main meal?
• Eating sweets without voiceover
• Eating sweets
• Eating hot food and drink without voiceover
• Eating hot food and drink
• Take payment without voiceover
• Take payment
• Going out to shop and spending money
• Browsing and spending money without voiceover
• Browsing and spending money
• Too pricey without voiceover
• Too pricey
• Small store without voiceover
• Small store
• Going on holidays
• Do you know how to sign travel and holidays? without voiceover

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