Courses

Our courses are developed for learners who wish to acquire basic understanding of BSL (British Sign Language) for the purpose of holding a simple conversation with Deaf people, including – family, friends, and colleagues.

The courses are delivered over zoom or in person, it will say on each course how and where it’s delivered. 

You will cover a wide range of topics and content, including:

• Greetings; common courtesies, information, understanding simple questions, fingerspelling, numbers.
• Identifying types of work; educational establishment, occupations
• Weather
• Instructions and directions
• Opinions and ideas
• Signing structure

You will learn about:

• The basic understanding of BSL
• How to communicate in BSL
• Basic understanding of Deaf Awareness  

Three assessment units, all of which are mandatory to gain the full qualification, these include:

• Understanding basic information in British Sign Language
• Taking part in and following simple conversations in British Sign Language
• Developing strategies to acquire simple and basic British Sign Language skills
• No assessment or exams on our 6 week course. 

If you have enjoyed your course, you could continue your studies and progress onto the next level!

Apply by selecting a course above and completing the form.
Once the form has been completed and submitted, you will receive an email confirmation. A member of the DEN Team will then be in touch to arrange your DEPOSIT to secure your place on the course (Payment by BACS / BANK TRANSFER).
We will then email you an invoice containing your DEPOSIT paid and your FULL payment schedule.
If you choose to pay in FULL, we will email you instructions and confirmation.

• National recognised qualification that provides an excellent opportunity for progression to the next level.
• Develop real-life skills and interaction with Deaf people.
• BSL Teachers who are Deaf and native users in their field
• All BSL Level 1, 2 and 3 courses are regulated by UK awarding body Signature

Do not use smartphone. 

Advisable to use ethernet cable to connect laptop / tower computer directly to router for smooth connection. 

If you rely on WIFI connection, ensure no-one else / devices are connected to the router, please kindly ask them to disconnect themselves from the router for temporary measures. 

Remove any unwanted applications that are running in the background of your device. 

Minimise background setting that gives the device camera / webcam a clearer focus on the person than distorted backgrounds. Ie: Avoid bookshelves, picture frames in background. 

High Speed Internet Access: 

·         Dedicated High Speed Internet access with significant bandwidth allocation is important to provide high quality video conferencing. 

·         Each BSL Interpreter’s workstation needs to have a consistent speed of 5MB upload and 25MB download. 

·         Network /Ethernet Cable – High Quality CAT5e / CAT6 / CAT7 do not use wireless 

·         No one should use the Internet at the same time as you’re using it for DEAF EMPOWERING NETWORK. 

Workstation PC Requirements: 

Please check that your computer conforms to the following minimum requirements: 

·         Minimum of 2.4Ghz Dual Core processor 

·         4 GB RAM of memory 

·         1 GB space hard drive 

·         A dedicated video graphic card (recommends NVIDIA GeForce) 

·         Screen monitor needs to be at least 15 inches 

·         Operating System can be either Windows 10 or above or Apple Mac iOS 

·         Web browser:  Google Chrome (advisable)