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A1 LEVEL / UNIT 5
Defining people, animals and objects / Numbers Before starting the training, you can review the unit plan in PDF format by clicking the picture on the side.
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5.1. Grammar / Numbers
Whenever you use British Sign Language, sooner or later you’ll need to indicate number. Whether you’re talking money, time or quantity, you need to have the basic numbers at your fingertips. BSL has many regional variations, and numbers are particularly variable. Numbers are an essential part of sign language, and are needed for many conversations. 1. When signing all numbers, you only use your dominant hand. Your non-dominant hand is not used at all for numbers. 2. Know the the correct hand positioning when signing numbers. It is important when signing numbers that numbers are signed a few inches away directly in front of your body. Don't sign too high or too low from the centre of your body, otherwise, the other person won't be able to see what you are signing. 3. Learn to mouth the number you are signing. When you are signing a number, it is important that you mouth the number at the same time. This is so that the other person knows that you are signing a number and so won't confuse it with another sign. Dates Each month has its own sign in BSL. For example January, February etc. When signing dates, we start with the month, then the day and finally the year. Example December 3rd 1990 – June 7 2007 |
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5.2. Vocabulary / Common words
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ACTIVITY 1
What travel document does each video refer to?
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5.3. Vocabulary / Hotel Room Facilities
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ACTIVITY 2
What is provided in the hotel room as referred to in each video?
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5.4. Deaf Culture / Visual Noise
When you communicate with Deaf and HOH (Hard of Hearing) people communication can be affected by ‘visual noise’ like bold wall patterns and anything or anyone moving in the background.. Other distractions would be dim lighting, or, glare from lights. To a Deaf person this feels like trying to speak to someone when others are talking loudly in the background |
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5.5. Vocabulary / Colours
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ACTIVITY 3
What colour does each video refer to?
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5.6. Deaf Culture/ Deaf or Hearing Impaired parents’ children
CODA is an acronym for Child of Deaf Adult, which is used for the hearing individuals who were grown up by one or more deaf parents. Many CODAs are called bilinguals as they acquired both the sign language and the spoken language in their early ages Along with that, they are blended with two cultures, names the Deaf culture and the culture of hearing society. This fact makes them function as a bridge between their parents and the hearing society that they live in, and they usually grow up being a translator for their families in a natural manner. Therefore it is common that many of them work up and improve themselves in this professionally and become sign language interpreters. |
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