With a team of industry professionals producing and delivering our course content, you can be sure the skills and knowledge you learn are applicable to your career aspirations, whether that’s in management, administration or beyond. We look at the variety of communication tactics which you can use with different groups, and show that not all deaf people sign, and not all deaf people lipread. About the Author: This book is written and illustrated by a team from the Faculty of Deaf Education and Learning Support at City Lit.

Learning a sign language has never been so easier with rapid development of the web, quality materials and training is much more convenient and affordable. p>","authors":[{"authorId":10489,"name":"City Lit","slug":"city-lit","description":"City Lit is a London-based adult education center, providing courses to thousands of students every year. You can check your locality for educational institutes or community services with language club where they offer personal assistance to sign language learners. Finger spelling is the method to spell out names and places using hand signals and finger adjustments.

People who are Deaf often share a common ‘Deaf culture’ which includes Deaf history, education, clubs, social events, sports (such as the Deaf Olympics) as well as sign language.

You can learn BSL easily with conscious effort and time but to be a professional, you have to train and practice on another level to obtain the qualifications. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The faculty of Deaf Education and Learning Support provides accredited British Sign Language courses at all levels to both deaf and hearing students and each of their tutors are qualified teachers and BSL assessors, with specialist training in teaching sign language.As well as providing sign language tuition at City Lit, they also visit companies and institutions to teach sign language. The illustrations depict both the actions and facial expressions used to sign accurately, while the online content features real-life BSL conversations in action to further your understanding. description":"British Sign language is the standard medium of communication for the Deaf community in the United Kingdom. Putting aside the unfortunate provenance of the word " dummy", this book was good, but not brilliant. Also, the images are not particularly clear, making it hard to learn from them (and I don't seem to have the companion CD-ROM to look at that).