British Sign Language Certificate

This course is part of the Languages for All (LfA) programme at Dundee, offering everyone the opportunity to study a language, whether for personal or professional reasons. Classes are taught in the evening and you can choose from a wide range of languages, many of which are available at different levels.
If you are a student at the University of Dundee, you can also join a LfA course either as part of your undergraduate degree for no cost (accredited modules only and subject to degree regulations), or in addition to your main degree at reduced student rates (no cost for taught postgraduates enhancing their language skills in relation to their studies).
British Sign Language (BSL) enables D/deaf people full access to a language that is their own, that they create and that reflects their experience of living in an intensely visual world. It gives rise to a full and rich culture like BSL poetry and even sign-song – singing in sign language using visual beauty in movement as an art form.

On this course you will easily learn how to hold or follow a general conversation, and understand and make requests in BSL. Through role-playing, tutorials, and practice conversations you will be introduced to the language function and grammar such as placement, use of verbs & phrases, non-manual features, sign order, handshapes, direction, orientation, signing space and fluency.