First BSL — greeting and fingerspelling
KS2 · 20 minutes · Sign a greeting and your name.
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Our learning goal
Sign a greeting and your name.
Your turn: Choose one thing you would like to understand by the end.
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Full teaching script
- Today: First BSL — greeting and fingerspelling. Our goal: Sign a greeting and your name.
- Take one idea at a time. Pause after each sentence; ask for repetition whenever you need it.
- British Sign Language is a full language with its own grammar, not English on the hands. Meaning lives in five parts: handshape, location, movement, orientation and non-manual features — your face carries the grammar, raised eyebrows can mark yes/no questions, while other questions use different signals. Learn from fluent Deaf signers rather than text alone. Fingerspelling uses two hands in BSL and is for names and new words. Deaf etiquette matters: get attention with a wave or a light table tap, keep eye contact, and never speak while looking away.
- Together: choose one example from the explanation and show how it works. What do you notice?
- Your turn: Learn the two-handed alphabet and fingerspell your name smoothly five times.
- Reflect: what made sense, and what would you like explained differently?
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