Languages

British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 1B

Module code: T5003
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar, Class
Assessment modes: Coursework

This second-stage module builds on foundational skills, enhancing your conversational abilities and deepening your understanding of deaf culture. You'll:

• hold conversations in everyday contexts
• learn to sign grammatically correct sentences
• create your own sentences about topics such as food, hobbies, and travel
• explore the lives of Deaf people in the UK and abroad
• develop study skills to access academic resources on Deaf people and related issues
• begin examining Deaf culture topics relevant to your discipline.

Classes include practice in producing and understanding signs, simulations, practical exercises, and conversations, focusing on themes, grammar and language skills. Activities are complemented by independent and group study, supported by Canvas and other technologies.

Module learning outcomes

• Recognise and identify the main points of clear everyday BSL within a variety of everyday situations.
• Use BSL in everyday situations, within a selected range of formal/informal contexts.
• Use everyday vocabulary and the basic structures of BSL.
• Comment on aspects of the general social and cultural background of the Deaf community and give an appropriate everyday response in selected cultural settings and contexts.