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Tue 15 Oct, Tue 22 Oct, ... Tue 18 Feb 2025
16:00 - 18:00

Venue: Department of Engineering, CLIC 2

Provided by: Engineering Centre for Languages & Inter-Communication


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CLIC: Introduction to British Sign Language
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Tue 15 Oct, Tue 22 Oct, ... Tue 18 Feb 2025

Description

This course is designed for learners who have very limited or no previous knowledge of British Sign Language (BSL). The course aims to enable individuals to understand and use BSL effectively for purposes of practical communication with deaf or hard of hearing people, to develop understanding of the BSL sentence syntax and to learn more about a Deaf Culture.

Please note this course is not credit-bearing and so cannot be used as part of a Tripos.

Target audience
  • All staff and students from Cambridge University Engineering Department
  • Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here
Sessions

Number of sessions: 10

# Date Time Venue Trainer
1 Tue 15 Oct   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
2 Tue 22 Oct   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
3 Tue 29 Oct   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
4 Tue 5 Nov   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
5 Tue 12 Nov   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
6 Tue 21 Jan 2025   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
7 Tue 28 Jan 2025   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
8 Tue 4 Feb 2025   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
9 Tue 11 Feb 2025   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
10 Tue 18 Feb 2025   16:00 - 18:00 16:00 - 18:00 Department of Engineering, CLIC 2 map Zrinka Mendas
Objectives

In this course, students will learn how to:

  • Fingerspell and lip-read
  • Meet and greet people
  • Introduce yourself (name, age, where you live)
  • Describe one’s family
  • Talk about the weather, months of the year and the seasons
  • Give directions and discuss transport
  • Describe animals and pets
  • Practise shopping for food and clothes

Students will also learn about:

  • Basic BSL syntax and grammar rules
  • Verbs
  • Negative and positive face expressions and emotions
  • Use of W-questions
  • Prepositions
  • Timelines
Aims

This course aims to enable learners to understand and use BSL effectively for purposes of practical communication with deaf or hard of hearing people, to develop understanding of the BSL sentence syntax and to learn more about a Deaf Culture.

Format

Class work and individual study. This course will be classroom based at CUED (in person, face to face teaching).

Frequency

Once per year

Related courses
Theme
CLIC: British Sign Language

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