I can offer a bespoke program for Deaf Instructors , Deaf Tutors, BSL/English Interpreters, SSWs, CSWs, Teachers of the Deaf, Support Workers, students studying linguistics and practitioners who work in the field of deafness. These are the topics I specialise in;-
The 58 Gestural Phonemes of BSL
The 22 Handshape Families
Handshape Variation
The Unmarked Handshapes
The Phonemes of a Sign
Move
ment
Orientation
Location
Non Manual Features (NMF)
Topographic Space
Syntactic Space
Nouns
Nouns with a Built in Verb
Verb Types and Space
Verb Inflection
Adjectives
Nouns with Built in Adjectives
Aspect, Manner and Mood
Proform
Pronoun
Plurals
Connectives
Classifier Functions;-
Handling
Size and Shape
Tracing Size and Shape
Touch
Instrumental
Deictic
Semantic Classifiers
Person CL
Vehicle CL
Animal CL
Body Part CL
Adjective CL
Verb CL
Noun CL
Syntax
Classes of Signs
Established Lexicon
Productive Lexicon
Substitutive Depiction
Presentable Action
Presentable Object
Synecdoche
Simply choose a topic/topics and email me to create a program designed to meet your needs. DEAF- I can teach in BSL and SSE. Hearing- I teach in English and BSL dependent on your fluency in British Sign Language
Teresa Best
