BSL Level 1 – Mondays – 27 Weeks
Darlington Golf Club

Starting 9th September 2024 12.30pm - 2.30pm

BSL Level 1 – Mondays – 27 Weeks
Darlington Golf Club

This course is designed to teach you to communicate with Deaf people in British Sign Language (BSL) with a range of topics that involve everyday language use. You will gain basic skills and confidence in understanding BSL.

Level 1 is divided into three modules, each of which are achieved separately.

101 – Introduction to BSL
102 – Conversational BSL
103 – Communicate in BSL about everyday life

To achieve the full Level 1 Award in British Sign Language, you must pass all units. BSL L 1 is a fully accredited course registered and governed by UK awarding body Signature.

At the end of the qualification, learners will be able to:

  • Understand and use a limited range of simple words and sentences in BSL
  • Take part in simple, everyday conversations in BSL
  • Give and follow simple directions or instructions in BSL
  • Give and follow simple familiar statements or descriptions in BSL
  • Level 1 Award in British Sign Language can be taken without any previous BSL experience at any level.

Our teachers are all native BSL users as we believe this is the best way to learn a new language.

Course duration  – 27 weeks 2 hours per week

Tutor – Robert Foster

Location – Darlington Golf Club – Car parking on site is available and has no charge.

Time – 12.30pm – 2.30pm

Dates:

Every Monday

Monday 9th September 2024

Monday 16th September 2024

Monday 23rd September 2024

Monday 30th September 2024

Monday 7th October 2024

Monday 14th October 2024

Monday 21st October 2024

Monday 28th October 2024

Monday 4th November 2024

Monday 11th November 2024

Monday 18th November 2024

Monday 25th November 2024

Monday 2nd December 2024

Monday 9th December 2024

Monday 16th December 2024

Monday 6th January 2025

Monday 13th January 2025

Monday 20th January 2025

Monday 27th January 2025

Monday 3rd February 2025

Monday 10th February 2025

Monday 17th February 2025

Monday 24th February 2025

Monday 3rd March 2025

Monday 10th March 2025

Monday 17th March 2025

Monday 24th March 2025

Cost

£150 deposit to secure place

2 x payments of £150

Total amount £450

Total cost (Self funded*) £450

Total cost (Employer funded*) £540 (to be paid in 1 payment)

Payment includes examination fee

Fully accredited by UK  Awarding Body – Signature

 

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Remote Online / Working Platform Guide 

Do not use smartphone. 

Advisable to use ethernet cable to connect laptop / tower computer directly to router for smooth connection. 

If you rely on WIFI connection, ensure no-one else / devices are connected to the router, please kindly ask them to disconnect themselves from the router for temporary measures. 

Remove any unwanted applications that are running in the background of your device. 

Minimise background setting that gives the device camera / webcam a clearer focus on the person than distorted backgrounds. i.e: avoid bookshelves, picture frames in background. 

High Speed Internet Access: 

  • Dedicated High Speed internet access with significant bandwidth allocation is important to provide high quality video conferencing. 
  • Each BSL Interpreter’s workstation needs to have a consistent speed of 5MB upload and 25MB download. 
  • Network /Ethernet Cable – We recommend high quality CAT5e / CAT6 / CAT7 
  • No one should use the internet at the same time as you’re using it for your Zoom class.

Workstation PC Requirements: 

Please check that your computer conforms to the following minimum requirements: 

  • Minimum of 2.4Ghz Dual Core processor 
  • 4 GB RAM of memory 
  • 1 GB space hard drive 
  • A dedicated video graphic card (recommends NVIDIA GeForce) 
  • Screen monitor needs to be at least 15 inches 
  • Operating System can be either Windows 10 or above or Apple Mac iOS 
  • Web browser:  Google Chrome (advisable)