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BSL Curriculum Progression 4

Curriculum area	Outcome
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 Socialisation, family, school, language and culture, feelings	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
	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: Elements of a sign, fingerspelling	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
Module D: The role of language Storytelling: Creating and use of language	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