This is a digital version of our British Sign Language course. It consists of a PDF and accompanying videos. You will be able to access the title online via your browser or download it to the accompanying Teach Yourself Library app.

Do you want to be able to understand and use British Sign Language confidently?

All you need is this best-selling course. Learn everyday, useful BSL through real-life situations that make the grammar and vocabulary easy and memorable. Hundreds of line illustrations throughout the book and constant references to video clips make learning fast and fun.

British Sign Language (BSL) is used in the United Kingdom. The number of Deaf people in the UK using BSL has been put at about 50,000; there are in addition many more hearing people who use BSL to communicate with Deaf users. Sign languages are not related to spoken languages and BSL is completely different, for example, from American Sign Language. Sign language conveys meaning through the use of space and movement of the hands, body, face and head.

We know that many hearing people are keen to learn BSL (it is a very popular evening class course, for example). But there is a lack of good teaching materials written in English for hearing learners of BSL, which this course fills. Get Started in British Sign Language follows the BSL curricula taught currently in colleges (Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People C AC DP and Institute of BSL) and therefore will be able to be used as support material by learners, as well as providing a complete grounding in the structure and grammar of BSL.

Flexible

Learn in your own time and at your own pace

Time saving

Learn quickly with one- and five-minute essentials

Expert

Written by Deaf authors

Informative

Sections of Deaf culture

Jargon-free

Learn the grammatical features of BSL with ease

Practical

Reinforce your learning with examples and exercises

Authentic

Learn everyday BSL through real-life situations

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Access the video clips for this course by downloading them to the Teach Yourself Library app or streaming them on library.teachyourself.com.