British Sign Language (BSL) Level 1 (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of the L1 BSL qualification and is a continuation from the Introduction to Signed Communication (Z061). It will enable students to progress to the formal Signature Level 1 examinations.

The Level 1 Award in British Sign Language is designed to enable students to communicate with deaf people in British Sign Language (BSL). A range of topics are studied that involve simple, everyday language use. It provides an introduction to BSL and is suitable for all students.

Topics And Content - Mandatory:

• Meeting people (identifying common courtesies and information, understanding simple question forms, and the fingerspelling names & places)
• Work, school and/or college (identifying types of work or educational institutions, occupations or courses being learnt, length of time worked or number of years in school/college, eg. final year)
• Using numbers (use of local numbering systems for counting people, things, telling the time, age and currency variants)
• Weather (identifying comments about the weather and seasonal variants)
• Instructions and Directions (being able to understand instructions and directions of what to do/where to go/how to do something)
• Opinions and Ideas (understanding the difference between facts and ideas/opinions in simple descriptions or statements)
• Use of simple linking conventions and prepositions (i.e. use of sign structures linking words and phrases)
• Signing Structure (understanding placement, use of verbs & phrases, non-manual features, sign order, handshapes, direction, orientation)