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Hi my name is Gemma, I have just started the introduction to BSL course. I have always been interested in learning BSL. My son has just started learning it in secondary school as part of an after school club. So I thought this would be perfect timing as we can learn it together so that's why I have enrolled on the online course.

Hi all my name is Dixie and I have wated to learn BSL for a while now as my job takes me to lots of different and difffercult situations as i am a fire fighter and on one occaction i was in charge of an incident (RTC) and one of the causlties was deaf and was very scared and unsure of what was happening. I felt ocmpletly hopeless and so upset i could not communicate with him to give reassurance and help.

I've wanted to learn sign language since 2020, after I had learnt how Deaf and HoH people had difficulty reading lips because of the masks, but because BSL wasn't widely taught to hearing people, communication was more difficult for people in the deaf community. I had even come across this course funnily enough, when I was looking for lessons, but got overwhelmed with university exams and shelved the idea for the time being. Then a deaf charity came to my door to ask me to sign up for donations and when I learnt that 4 years on, BSL still wasn't being widely taught, I made the decision then to start learning BSL for myself - if one person can close the gap even a little bit, it makes more peoples lives easier which is ultimately what I'm after.

VIDEO TRANSLATION: Hi! My name is Amoke, or AMK for short. I used to live in London but now I live in Nigeria. Hi everyone! It's lovely to meet you all! Forgive my very rusty attempt at signing an introduction 😅 I picked up some of these words from a BSL dictionary so I might not be using it in the grammatically correct way but I hope I was understandable! Super excited to make use of this forum in anyway I can, and hopefully find a BSL buddy I can practice with 😊 Otherwise, I hope everyone has a lovely evening!

I've always wanted to learn BSL and even got the course as a Christmas present one year but I'm not great at sticking to things and life got in the way. However, a month or two ago my husband lost his hearing overnight and we suddenly found ourselves in a position where we could only communicate by writing everything down. Without technology and voice recognition apps I would have writer's cramp constantly. He is getting better at lip reading but as I have lost a few front teeth so he struggles to lip read a lot of the things I say and our eldest has a speech impediment which makes things harder. So we're all, as a family, trying to learn enough sign language to return life to as close to our normal as possible.

Hello my name is Sue and reason I wanted to learn BSL is I have a new job as passenger assistance for a group of Primary schoolchildren who I escort to school and return home at the end of the day, and the school specialise in deafness, and are taught BSL. Most of the parents have the same difficulties and they also sign, so to be able to respond and interact with both parents and children I wanted to learn signing. I do have loss of hearing and do wear hearing aids successfully. My mother was hard of hearing and went to a school where she was taught lip reading so the family tend to watch lips when people speak. Looking forward to getting to know you all. Sue

Hello, I wondered if anyone knew if you can enter yourself for BSL exams and how to go about doing this? I’d be really grateful for quite an urgent answer from someone. Thank you

Hi I'm looking to further my BSL learning, completed Level 1 in Feb 2023 and was planning to do Level 2 this September, but the college has no BSL teacher! Now I'm looking for practice buddies, call/ text me please 07920025786. Javaid Bristol

Hi, I'm learning BSL at home as I think its important to be able to communicate with anyone I meet in my job in retail. I haven't had a chance to use any of my signs yet but am practising/revising them regularly so I don't forget! I really enjoyed watching the recent Channel 4 Paralympic coverage with BSL as it gave me a chance to practice watching a fast signer. Bye x

Hi, I'm also wanting to do an epq in bsl. I can see you've not been active in a couple years but I'm giving anything a shot and praying you might see this. I'd appreciate it so much if you were able to help me if you did do your epq in bsl. this is how i feel right now i can't find anyone who is doing bsl as an epq any help would be extremely appreciated, thanks

I’m Shiona. I’m currently on my BSL learning journey for the second time. I started a few years ago but life and a baby happened and I stopped my learning. I currently don’t have use for BSL in the sense that I don’t know or generally meet anyone in which I would need to use it, but I feel that should that time ever come it’s only right that I’m prepared. It something I wish would have been mandatory when I was back in school. I’m always open to making new friends, a lot of my time is taken up with work and my home life so I’m not going to lie, I don’t particularly have all that many! I’m a complete novice with BSL right now, and I’m quite anxious to use it in RL rather than in front of a mirror but if you have patience I’d love to chat! Whether you’re a novice too or an expert.

Hello, my name is Zonya and I have been learning BSL for a couple of months now. I am not deaf but work at a doctors surgery where we have very few deaf/Deaf patients but find it sad that there are so few non deaf./Deaf people that know BSL. I feel this should be a compulsory lesson at least once per week in all schools. I hope everyone is well.

Hi everyone, so I am Sarah and I am a support worker at a local further education college. I support all kinds of learners with a range of difficulties and thought that it would be a great idea to widen my skills so as I could support in more areas.

Hello all, new to sign language currently on the course :-)

Hello. My name is Kerry. I have always wanted to learn sign language. Now that my children are older, I now have the time to learn. I am enjoying learning through BSL. Loving the course.

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Hi all, My name is Kate and I am a Headteacher of a primary school. I really feel it is important to teach the children BSL and so I am refreshing my BSL stage 1 knowledge from a few years ago.

I'm Dave. I've just started to learn BSL and I'm hoping it will support me in my job, but also for myself, where I've been deaf in my right ear since I was eight years old.

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hello, my name is liam and i am new to BSL, i am learning so that i can use it at work, i work in a zoo. i am learning on the british BSL course online and i am picking up lots of new signs however i struggle with forming sentences and signing in a conversation as i have no one to practice with. please let me know if you will be interested. thanks liam

My interest started there but I also teach in university and had a student with hearing loss and I felt terrible that I couldn’t do sign, she had support from student services, but all I could offer during lectures was subtitles so I want to do better and am also starting an MEd in inclusive learning.

Hello excited to learn BSL and loving it so far :-)

Just started learning BSL to try and get my Level 1 Award and hopefully use BSL in some form of volunteering. Looking forward to it 🙂

Hello! I have been interested in BSL for a while because of it's dynamic and visual nature. I use Makaton at work and am using a little BSL with a deaf client who doesn't yet sign. Hoping to brush up on some rusty basic skills and learn a lot more . . .