| Curriculum area | Outcome |
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| Module A: What is British Sign Language (BSL)? |
To describe some of the differences between BSL and English Know that culture is closely related to languages and identity and give examples of cultural differences |
Module B: Deaf Identity
| To be able to express what it is like and how they feel being Deaf. To be able to observe and share experiences |
| To be able to write or draw how they feel being Deaf | |
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To be able to meet other Deaf adults, understand that there are others, discuss and ask questions for observational and receptive skills Signpost and make aware of other deaf organisations – British Deaf Association (BDA), Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), Signature | |
| To be able to describe using Guess Who game and observe when describing another person for receptive skills | |
| To express what children and young people like and dislike | |
| To be able to explain their favourite lessons and why | |
Module C: Language awareness and grammatical features:
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To be able to understand the concept for handshapes and classifiers Compound signs, what are they? |
| To be able to develop further their fingerspelling skills as well as receptive skills reading others fingerspelling | |
| To be able to design their own BSL dictionary and use whenever necessary in all subjects | |
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Module D: The role of language Storytelling:
| To be able to retell a story in BSL from a cartoon/non -verbal story |
| To be able to observe and re-tell the story from videos signed by Deaf adults and children and to explain their favourite story |