BSL Pre Level 3 Language Development Gary L Taylor

Introduction Name Work Family background BSL experience Why pre-Level 3? Future aims? Introduction

What is Involved in the Pre Level 3 Course 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

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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 BSL Features

By the end of the course, learners will have improved their:- 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

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

BSL Features 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 Group discussion BSL Features

Work based discussion topics 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

Types of activity 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

311 & 312 Receptive Skills - 311 Productive Skills - 312 The Level 3 qualification is work based - i.e. it links to any form of employment type activity. Level 3 Specification - Signature www.signature.org.uk 311 & 312

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