Languages

British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 2B

Module code: T5005
Level 5
15 credits in spring semester
Teaching method: Seminar, Class
Assessment modes: Coursework

On this module, you’ll build on your range and conversational technique in BSL and broaden your knowledge and awareness of Deaf culture.

You’ll have the opportunity to present and discuss in BSL on a topic of interest that may take the form of a community engagement project.

The module enables you to:

  • use BSL in a range of routine settings
  • demonstrate clear use of sign language grammar at an intermediate level
  • use complex grammar structures
  • present and lead a discussion on topics of interest such as education, the media, Deaf culture and Deaf spaces 
  • complete a project on a topic of interest related to your own studies
  • develop study skills to create a project report in BSL.

You'll engage in various activities, including:

  • practice in pronunciation (production of signs)
  • listening (understanding signs)
  • simulations
  • practical exercises
  • conversations based around themes, grammatical structures and language skills.

Module learning outcomes

  • Recognise and identify the main points of clear routine BSL within a variety of topics.
  • Communicate effectively in BSL within a range of routine formal/informal contexts.
  • Employ a range of vocabulary and language structures of BSL appropriate to signing conventions of routine situations, and within a chosen theme.
  • Display understanding of aspects of routine social and cultural matters relating to the Deaf community and demonstrate an appropriate routine response in selected cultural settings and contexts.