Languages

British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 2B

Module code: T5005
Level 4
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar, Class
Assessment modes: Coursework

This fourth and final stage module of the 60-credit pathway in British Sign Language (BSL) and Deaf Culture will further develop and consolidate your range and conversational technique in BSL to routine contexts, and broaden your knowledge and awareness of Deaf culture.

Additionally, the module offers you the opportunity to present and discuss in BSL an agreed topic of interest which relates to your main discipline of study. This may take the form of a community engagement project.

The module aims to enable you to:

  • use BSL in a range of routine settings, and converse on a topic of their interest
  • demonstrate clear use of sign language grammar at an intermediate level and use of some complex structures
  • present and lead a discussion in areas of interest (e.g. descriptions on types of education, how Deaf culture is manifested, role of the media, how Deaf spaces are formed)
  • complete a project on a topic of interest related to your own studies, as agreed with the tutor
  • develop study skills to create a project report in BSL, supported with references and quotes in English.

Classes will consist of a variety of activities, including regular practice in pronunciation (production of signs) and listening (understanding signs), simulations, practical exercises and conversation etc., based around themes, grammatical structures and language skills, to encourage autonomous use of the target language.

This module is at B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Equivalent Signature Level 202 part B; 203.

Module learning outcomes

  • Recognise and identify the main points of clear routine BSL within a variety of topics.
  • Communicate effectively in BSL within a range of routine formal/informal contexts.
  • Employ a range of vocabulary and language structures of BSL appropriate to signing conventions of routine situations, and within a chosen theme.
  • Display understanding of aspects of routine social and cultural matters relating to the Deaf community and demonstrate an appropriate routine response in selected cultural settings and contexts.