Emily Jones

So... This is why am i learning BSL... I'm learning British Sign Langauge, because i want to make a different in a child's life and be able to help a child or young person. I want a child or young person to feel exactly the same as other children and/ or young people and i want them to know only because they have to use sign as their language they are not different and they are exactly the same as other members of the public. i want them to feel like they are not being ignored or they are not different in any way. i want them to be able to interact and be able to join in with different activities, and being able to undertake this course and being able to actually help someone else gives me such a good feel. I want to learn British Sign Language in order to gain the experience and knowlegde of it and also be able to interact with anyone that may have it. Even if i end up changing my career and becoming something else and not working in a childcare setting, i might work somewere were a customer or another staff member is using British Sign Language and i will be able to have a conversation with them and also help them if they ever need it. I believe Brtitish Sign language is something everyone should try and undertake and have a go out because you never know you could be working with someone or dealing with someone that uses it on a daily basis. I absolutely love the fact that i have started this course and i'm already practicing my signs with family member and friends over facetime. iI've never felt so prouder of myself for undertaking something like this. Its such a good thing to have and it will also look good on a cv. I'm thinking of taking a makaton course swell, so if someone knows anywhere around North Wales that has a course please let me know

Hi all, My name is Emily. I'm 19 years old and live in North Wales. I'm currently in the process of completing the "introducing british sign language" course via British-sign.co.uk I haven't grown up or been around anyone who is deaf or used sign language as much, but i do have a friend that had lost her hearing since she was a child as she become ill and she has only just recenly been able to hear things again as she was given an operation that changed everything for her. I got into learning sign language since i started in a further education college back in 2016, i was a childcare student and we learnt a bit of sign language back then and i got so into it i told myself i wanted to learn it when i was a bit older. being 19 now and have a job in a primary school i thought it would be worth it to gain a new qualification and be able to learn something new and growing up only seeing my mum's friend roughly twice every year and seeing her being able to do it, i got very interested in it and i wanted to do something like that with a child. Thats me