A Pretty Simple blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Some of you will know about my project to get British Sign Language content on our corporate website. For the background to this, see the original business case and my experiences in the studio filming the videos. Last week I got the BSL videos from our audio/visual unit, with all the audio editing complete, bringing us [...]
BASAS (British Association of South Asian Studies) (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies welcomes bids of up to £3,000 for pedagogic research or materials development projects in languages, linguistics and area studies. The remit of LLAS is to support teaching and learning of languages, linguistics and area studies in UK higher education. These guidelines have been produced to help potential bidders decide whether or...
Artisticards & scrapbooks handmade by Kippa (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/galleries/people/hands_two-handed_sign.php I may be on a mission to educate everyone to at least sign their name, amongst other things.. she says smiling! I completed Level 2 BSL a few years ago, and i am now looking to do voluntary work to refresh my skills - with the view to eventually work in the deaf community. I added this pic of the notebooks i have created so far,...
Linguanaut.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
I promised I'd start a new series on this blog soon , looking at a language of the week. This is just as an introduction, at the moment, to let you know it IS coming soon. One of the languages that has caught my eye (for want of a better word) is British Sign Language. When I get a moment this week, I will put something on this fascinating language here on the blog. In the meantime, here's the BSL...
Pai (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
As it's Learn to Sign week I thought now would be a good time for a post combining comics and signing. Here we go. In British Sign Language we have something called sign names. They are basically nick names and are a short hand way to refer to someone, as an alternative to fingerspelling their name. One of my friends likes cake, so her sign name is the sign for cake with the lip pattern of her name....
Islington Deaf Campaign (IDC) (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
“WORLD DEAF AND SIGN LANGUAGE DAY 2009” 10 am To celebrate Sign Language Day: Opening by Mayor of Islington, MP, and Councillors 10.20am – 10.50 am “British Sign Language Charter” by Jill Jones. 10.55am - 11.15 am “ New Housing allocations scheme” for Deaf people by Councillor Barbara Smith. 11.15 am - 11.50 am Questions and Answers. 11.50 am Break tea and...
32 Days Remaining (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve had a lot of hits from people looking for online learning materials to support a new term of CACDAP courses in British Sign Language (tap BSL into the search box if you’re looking for links to video resources). As a result I’ve been thinking about the BSL resources [...]
INSPIRATION FM RADIO/ Jerry's blog (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Launch a new website Called On 16 Sept www.sceneandsound.co.uk will be launched and is a brand new, easy-to-use website aimed at providing blind and deaf people with more information about their local theatre/s and the facilities they have to offer including details of British Sign Language interpreted, captioned and audio described performances. The website also includes audio clips and a facility...
Alternative Rock Band OPOSIUM News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Oposium's single Behind The Rain has been signed in British Sign Language to make it more accessible for deaf communities. Or watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZRosXiT3hM Although predominantly aimed at making the song's lyrics available to those hard of hearing, interpreter Lee brings the lyrics to life and really captures the emotion of the song. "Seeing the song interpreted...
Richmond Park Church (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
We have 2 BSL (British Sign Language for the deaf) signers in our group who interpret for our deaf members. And we like to have an excuse to celebrate meals together in one or another of the local restaurant (anyone for an Indian'). richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.
Baba Mzungu (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
On my last trip to Kenya in May of this year, I came across a few deaf people. Not surprising really as the first school for the deaf run by the deaf is situated in Kisii. On my last day in Kisii, I met a deaf child, Simon, who was 8 years old. He was accompanied by a friend, Brian, who signed for Simon. Both children seemed proficient in sign language, as is my co-director, Vincent. At the time, I...
the DeafBlog (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Nine year-old Tayla Reynolds has become one of the youngest in Britain to gain a sign language qualification so she could communicate better with her hearing impaired mother. Tayla successfully learnt more than 600 gestures in British Sign Language because...
Richmond Park Church (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
View the British Sign Language Finger Spelling Alphabet (pdf file) richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal church in Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Tayla Reynolds learnt 600 different signs and has become one of the youngest people in Britain to complete the Level 1 British Sign Language tests.
Richmond Park Church (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
Church Member Profile: Jan. Age: 57. Job : Administrator. Hobbies & Interests : Reading; walking; travel; dancing and music. Roles in church: Joint Care Group leader with husband Geof; British Sign Language Interpreter (level 2) for deaf members of church; member of Sacred Dance Group. Current favourite TV programme: Christian World News; Countryfile. richmondparkchurch.org.uk an evangelical pentecostal...
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