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Level 1 Award in British Sign Language

Key Details

  • Available at:
    Rhos-on-Sea, Community Location
  • Study Mode:
    Part-time
  • Course Length:

    3 hours per week for 22 weeks

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Level 1 Award in British Sign Language

Part-time Courses

Bangor (New Campus) (Only use for 2425 PT courses)
Friday, 22/11/2024
Coleg Llandrillo, Abergele
Monday, 18/11/2024
Coleg Llandrillo, Rhos-on-Sea
Tuesday, 26/11/2024
HWB Dinbych
Tuesday, 07/01/2025

Course Description

This qualification aims to enable Learners to develop suitable and sufficient skills to communicate with Deaf people in British Sign Language on every day topics.

  • Meeting people – understand simple questions, courtesies, and information
  • Work/School/College – identify types of work or educational institutes, occupations or courses being studied (length of time worked or years in college)
  • Using numbers (general number terms including time, age, and currency)
  • Weather – discuss weather and seasonal variants
  • Instructions and directions
  • Opinions and ideas – facts and ideas/opinions in simple descriptive statements
  • Signing structure – to be able to apply BSL sign structure to sentences
  • Describing people, animals, and objects

Course Dates

Bangor (New Campus) (Only use for 2425 PT courses)

DateTimeDaysHoursWeeksCostBookingsCode
22/11/202413:30 Friday3.0022 £3060 / 16CGL138028

Coleg Llandrillo, Abergele

DateTimeDaysHoursWeeksCostBookingsCode
18/11/202418:00 Monday3.0022 £3061 / 16CGL138016

Coleg Llandrillo, Rhos-on-Sea

DateTimeDaysHoursWeeksCostBookingsCode
26/11/202413:00 Tuesday3.0022 £3061 / 12CGL138024

HWB Dinbych

DateTimeDaysHoursWeeksCostBookingsCode
07/01/202509:30 Tuesday3.0022 £3062 / 16CGL138026

Entry Criteria

Students are expected to have complete the Introduction to British Sign Language or demonstrate BSL skills at an equivalent level.

Delivery

Lessons will be delivered at college campuses or community venues, over 1 academic year. For remote delivery all assessments will be conducted at a college campus.

Assessment

The qualification is divided into three units:

  • BSL101 - Introduction to BSL
  • BSL102 - Conversational BSL
  • BSL103 - Communication in BSL about Everyday Life Unit

BSL101 is internally assessed by the teacher. Units BSL102 and BS 103 are externally assessment by Signature (the awarding body)

Progression

Successful students will receive an iBSL certificate, and can progress to BSL Level Two

Other details

Course type: Part-time Courses

Level: 1

Programme Area:

  • Deaf Studies and Sign Language

Bilingual:

n/a

Deaf Studies and Sign Language