Level 2 Certificate in British Sign Language

BSL Level 2 - Courses
This qualification is designed to enable learners to develop their skills to communicate with Deaf people using British Sign Language (BSL) in a range of everyday situations. The qualification will allow learners to participate in longer and more varied conversations than at Level 1. The course will develop communication in BSL about real life, routine, and daily experiences. The learner will be able to deal with most routine communication and have enough understanding of grammar to cope with some non-routine communication.

https://www.signature.org.uk/qualification-specifications/

What will I learn?
BSL grammar (use of placement, plurals in BSL, use of Non Manual Features, negation/affirmation, classifiers and roleshift).
You will be able to create simple short signed narratives in BSL that will enable you to describe your holidays, everyday conversation, going out for a meal, spending money and so on.
Develop receptive skills in order to answer simple multiple choice questions in BSL (set by Signature).

How will I learn?
We use interactive learning activities
Online videos and homework tasks
Visual Powerpoints
Topic based learning
Online learning platform
Quizzes and games
Videos and questions (that mimic the assessment).
Signed narratives

How will I be assessed?
All assessments are marked by the external body, Signature.

There are four themes which run throughout this qualification – 2 (Optional) Themes to be chosen by me.
Theme 1 – Everyday Conversation (Mandatory)
Theme 2 – Eating and Drinking (Optional)
Theme 3 – Spending and Shopping (Optional)
Theme 4 – Travel and Holidays (Optional)

The course is divided into three units and candidates are required to pass all units to gain the Signature qualification.
Unit BSL 201 – Receptive Skills : Assessment: Watching a clip and answering multiple choice questions linked to the clip you watch.
Unit BSL 202 – Productive Skills - Assessment: You tell a 3-5 minutes story and are assessed on your BSL signing skills.
Unit BSL 203 – Conversational Skills - Assessment: You will have a 6-7 minutes conversation with your tutor.

Level 2 Certificate in British Sign Language is suitable for those who:
wish to achieve language skills at an intermediate level to improve communication with Deaf people
are Deaf and wish to gain a qualification in their native language
are family, friends and colleagues of Deaf people
want to progress from Level 1 study in BSL, and who may want to progress to more advanced levels of study in BSL at a later date
are studying for personal development.