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Basic Sign Language

This six week course teaches basic signs for daily communication. We believe immersion is the best learning environment. Each session is two hours per week. At the end of the course students will:

fingerspell
ask and answer simple questions
perform basic introductions
identify people and relationships
identify colours and use numbers
identify days of the week and months
tell the time
understand basic placement

Deaf Awareness

70,000 Deaf people live and work in the UK today. The workshops focus on issues and opportunities in the Deaf Community and introduce Deaf culture. Topics and exercises include:

lipreading awareness
group discussion describing the Deaf community
Deaf culture and community
equipment and technology
booking and working with interpreters