1. BSL Pre Level 3 Language Development
Gary L Taylor

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

3. 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

4. Any questions so far!?

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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
311 & 312

12. Any questions? See you next time