Working towards our skills badge Sign Language What we will learn this week What Sign Language is? The History of Sign Language Types of Sign Language The British Sign Language (BSL) Alphabet How to say Hello my name is using BSL Using Team
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Working towards our skills badge Sign Language<br>
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What we will learn this week What Sign Language is?
The History of Sign Language
Types of Sign Language
The British Sign Language (BSL) Alphabet
How to say Hello my name is using BSL
Using Team work - A BSL Word Search<br>
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What is sign language? Sign language: Any means of communication through bodily movements, especially of the hands and arms, used when spoken communication is impossible or not desirable.
The practice is probably older than speech.
Sign language may be as coarsely expressed as mere grimaces, shrugs, or pointing's; or it may employ a delicately combination of coded manual signals reinforced by facial expression.
Wherever vocal communication is impossible such as in a loud room or across the playground, sign language can be used to bridge the gap.<br>
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A Brief History of British Sign Language (BSL) History of British Sign Language (BSL) is marked by oppression from the hearing people. As late as the 1980s, the sign language used by the deaf communities in Britain was considered a simple collection of gestures and pantomime, while the parents of deaf children were advised not to allow their children to use signs or gesture. It was thought it would prevent them from developing lip-reading skills and speech. Since BSL is an unwritten language, its early history is poorly understood. The very few written records about the use of sign language by the deaf communities in Britain were almost exclusively created by the hearing people which makes them questionable in regard to the language itself. But there is solid evidence that deaf people in Britain were signing as early as in the 16th century although most scholars believe that they were signing earlier.<br>
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British Sign Language There are many different types of sign language to learn, today we will be looking at finger spelling from the British-sign.co.uk Types of sign language? Makaton
Makaton is used extensively throughout the UK, but has also been adapted for use in over 40 countries, including France, Greece, Japan, Kuwait and the Gulf, Russia, South Africa and Switzerland.
Makaton is a sign language that today is used by over 100,000 children and adults to make Makaton symbols and signs, either as their main method of communication or as a way to support speech. Makaton is increasingly used by the general public to aid communication There is no universal sign language. Different sign languages are used in different countries or regions. For example, British Sign Language (BSL) is a different language from American Sign Language (ASL), and Americans who know ASL may not understand BSL.<br>
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Lets Learn some sign Language<br>
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Now using what you have just learnt I want you to try and say “Hello, my name is ….” Look at the video below to help you. You should remember to mouth the words to help the other person understand just like in this video. (The video has no sound!)
Take about 10 minutes to complete this task
Feel free to work with a partner if it helps you How to sign "My name is... What's your name?" in British Sign Language - YouTube<br>
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How are we getting on? By this stage I hope you are getting the hang of it?
We have one more challenge to end the night and test our skills<br>
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Now for a fun word search to finish things off This may be a bit hard so work together to complete the word search on the next page. You will be looking for 5 words:
Scouts
Pioneering
Campfire
Badge
Tent
You can ask your leaders for the sign language chart so you can check any letters you may have forgotten.
Once completed let your leader know so they can see who has completed it the fastest!<br>
