NZ Sign Language

For beginners who have no prior knowledge of NZ Sign Language, this course will introduce you to communicating using sign language in a safe and engaging environment. 

NZSL Learning Outcomes

By the end of this 1A NZSL course, participants will learn to:

• Exchange greetings and make introductions

• Understand simple class instructions

• Learn about the role of facial expression in NZSL

• Get and give, eyegaze before signing (requirements for visual attention)

• Master numbers 1?10

• Fingerspelling the NZSL alphabet

• Spell their own name using NZSL

• Ask for repetition

• Identify people in the class

• Name language(s) they are learning

• Give and follow simple instructions and action commands

• Ask for clarification, correction and confirmation

• Ask and tell where something is in the class

• Use appropriate phrases for arriving and leaving class

• Use numbers for counting (0?20) and simple time phrases in relation to class activities

• Name common food and drink items

• Make and respond to requests and offers for basic wants and needs

• Ask and tell locations of familiar objects and locations in the immediate environment

• Express likes and dislikes

• Understand basic signs about emergency exit procedures

Who can Enrol?

Anyone, though there is a discounted fee for New Zealand citizens and residents – proof required.