Year 10 Let's Explore Sign Language!

This course is a full year long and occupies 2 option slots. If you choose this course please ensure to reduce your total course selection by one to accommodate it. 

The big question: How can we convey meaning in a visual way?

This course is designed to build on learning from Let’s Start Sign Language in a fun, practical and interactive way. There are three main units of work: Deaf Deaf World, Come Dine with me, and a zoo trip.

You will learn about Deaf people in other countries and what rights they have, and challenges and obstacles that Deaf people face. You will learn about resilience, but also look at adaptations or solutions we could make to our world to make life easier for diverse groups.

In the Come Dine With Me unit, students will learn recipes in sign language, cook together in a group using sign language, and critique each other’s meals using the target language.

Students will be able to sign/present about a specific animal at the zoo, learn vocabulary related to animals, habitat and feeding routines and have the opportunity to ask questions in a zoo setting. The purpose of this activity is for students to get used to signing in a range of settings/scenarios, and work on confidence in interactive situations.