Transcript BSL Pre Level 3 Language Development

BSL Pre Level 3
Language Development
Gary L Taylor
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background
 BSL experience
 Why pre-Level 3?
 Future aims?
Introduction
This course is designed to enable learners that already hold a Level
2 qualification to develop their range and depth of signing skills and
knowledge to go on to achieve the Level 3 NVQ.
At Level 3 students are required to evidence their skills through the
production of a portfolio of filmed evidence and self-reflection. This
pre Level 3 course allows learners to prepare for this by having
some additional teaching and practice for evidencing skills.
This course is beneficial to those wanting to improve their
grammatical syntax, vocabulary, conversation skills and receptive
skills and includes group work, tutorials and video practices.
There will be time allocated for individual tuition and feedback and
with other Deaf people in social situations.
There is no formal qualification at the end of this course but
participants will receive a certificate of attendance from Deaf
Solutions 3.
What is Involved in the Pre Level
3 Course
Any questions so far!?
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By the end of the course learners will have
improved their:-
Range of BSL vocabulary
 BSL production and receptive skills
 Ability to ask and respond to questions
 Conversation skills through discussing and
debating a range of topics
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BSL Features
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By the end of the course, learners will have
improved their:-
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Multi - channel signs
BSL sign order
Non manual features (NMF’s) and emotion signs
Numeration signs
Affirmation and negation signs (linked to NMF’s)
Examples please, in context!
BSL Features
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BSL terminology (classifiers, hand-shapes,
placements etc.)
Grammatical structure and variation of BSL
Role shift involving 2 or 3 people
Formal and informal language for production
skills
The linguistics of BSL
BSL Features
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Learners will be given the opportunity to:-
Meet other deaf people socially
Gain experience in front of a video camera
Research and give a presentation on a famous
deaf person or piece of deaf history
 Discuss the career paths open to those with
BSL qualifications
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Group discussion
BSL Features
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Work/ place of work - Getting a job, having a
job/being unemployed, retirement age
Health - Healthy living, using health services,
health and safety
Society - Domestic and international current
affairs, arts, media and leisure
Deaf Media / News
Education - Provision for deaf children and
learners, compulsory school age
Work based discussion topics
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Interview
Group discussion / debate
Formal presentation
Informal presentation
Chairing a meeting
1-1 discussion
Webcam conversation (using IT media)
Discussion about a piece of written English
language material
Types of activity
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Receptive Skills - 311
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Productive Skills - 312
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The Level 3 qualification is work based - i.e. it links
to any form of employment type activity.
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Level 3 Specification - Signature
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www.signature.org.uk
311 & 312
Any questions?
See you next time